DAKOTA SHOWCASE
The Nebraska Twisterz won the Dakota Showcase over another Nebraska team, Alegent Crusaders I, 61-48. Three Nebraska teams made it to the semis. Perhaps they should have renamed the tournament the Nebraska Showcase. The lone non-Nebraska team to crash the final four was Metro Stars Black. They fell to the Twisterz in the semis 59-43. The Twisterz open the day with a 62-50 win over the MN Lakers, but trailed in that contest by 15 in the first half before suffocating the ML guards with a press in the second half.
Sarah Nelson of Alegent Crusaders I made 15 free throws in the semis vs Pinnacle Bank NE tying a Dakota Showcase record.
Jordan Hooper of Team Runza (another NE team) led overall scoring with a 21 ppg average. She topped out with a 28 point peformance against MSB in the semis.
IBCA Blue beat the MN Thunder 60-42 in the silver bracket and then lost to the Sioux Falls Warriors 50-45 in the semis. SFW won that bracket (9th place) with a 63-54 win over Metro Stars White. IBCA Blue finished the tournament 3-2.
MN Stars Zuck topped MN Fury Morris in the Silver quarters 43-41. Metro Stars White then beat MSZ 58-48 in the semis. MSW beat the South Dakota Thunder 50-39 in the quarters.
Lakeville North finished with four straight wins and took the bronze bracket (17th). They beat the NW Iowa Stars 65-45 for that title.
Here are the final brackets. Here are all the boxes.
KELO has a report with video of the DS.
I will have more on the 12 out & abouts (& photos) up at some point later today after I digest the news from the past two days.
08:26:56 2009-06-28
