Not a good Day!

Hi Girls,

1- Final score RRHS 37- Vikings 20

2- We played terrible and we shot terrible, thats each players fault. Worse than that we did not know where to go half the time it seemed we played scared, thats my fault. We will never win a close game if we do not each know our jobs in each situation. As much as we practice the same thing over and over I was shocked to see players all over the map out there tonight. Sometime shots just do not go in but defense can always be there, so can playing hard, playing smart and playing together.

3- I do not want to see post players shooting anything in practice but layups and short shots in the paint and foul shots. I want the wings to forget shooting 3's and learn to make 15 foot jumpers and runners going to the basket and layups at speed.

4- Our stats: Mer- 8 points 5 rebounds. Jamie- 6 points, 0 rebounds. Lindy 0 points 6 rebs.
Emily 0 points, 2 rebs. Jesse 0 points, 0 rebounds. Alex 4 points 0 rebs. Casey 2 points, 2 rebounds. Caroline 0 points, 0 rebounds. Everyone else 0 and 0 in limited time.

5- We shot 22 percent from the floor, not good enough to win. Mer made 2 of 3 from the line. Alex Darnell made 2 out of 2 from the floor, Mer made 3 out of 8.

6- Turnovers: Jamie 5, Lindsey and Jesse 3. Mer 2, Emily and Lindy 1. I really doubt this all we made but since I do not have film of the game I will accept it as fact.

7- RRHS Stats: #3 Whitloe 10, #22 Moss 9, #14 Abernathy 7, #32 Murray 6, #4 Burgess 4 pts. They shot 10 foul shots and made 6. Most of their baskets were short shots and layups.

8- We had a chance to jump out to a good lead early in the game and either missed the layup or turned the ball over going for the lay up basically every time down the court in the first quarter. The score at the end of the first Quarter was 3 to 2 them. In the second quarter they outscored us 13 to 4. 3rd quarter 15 to 6 and the 4th we won 8 to 6.

9- There are certain things you have to do as a team to give yourself a chance to win. Know where to go and what to do, Play great defense without fouling and don't give up layups , make Layups and foul shots and little chippies around the goal, not turn the ball over and boxout and work hard under the goal. Remember most points in girls basketball are scored on weak side follow shots under the goal. Most of the time they are the results of hard work by the post players.

10- Each day is a new day and each day gives us another chance to improve and rededicate ourselves to the list of things in line 9. Think about what you could have done tonight to make us a winning team.

11- Only 3 girls had the type of games that I would call winning basketball tonight. Mer, Alex and Casey.

12- We have a big game Wednesday vs. Hobgood and a chance to prove we can play. It's all in front of us and we have to decide if we are going to bow up our backs and make ourselves a good team or play like we did today. Its your choice. Come ready to play tomorrow.

Coach May