H.A. 27 - RMA 5

Hi Girls,

A workman like effort. Sometimes when the offense isn't at its best you can still dominate the game with defense. That's our teams calling card. We can always turn up the heat and create offense from our defense. Dean Smith said once that if he coached at the High School level he would devote most of his time teaching defensive pressure. Of course it is partly a great design and we do run Dean's defensive pressure packages, but it is also lots of hustle, determination, focus and heart and you girls have a bunch of it. Without the hustle and heart all the great defensive plans in the world would not be worth the paper they were written on. This teams heart and determination makes me personally so proud to be your coach.

Stats:

1- Scoring: Jamie 14 pts, Renee 6 pts, Jesse 2 pts, Mer 2 pts, Casey 2 pts, Lindy 1 pt.

2- FG%: Team 40%**; Renee 3/3****, Mer 1/1**** Jamie 6/9***, Casey 1/4, Jesse 1/4,
Caroline 0/1, Lindsey 0/2 ,Emily 0/3, Alex 0/4.

3- FT%: Team 50%*; Jamie 2/2****, Lindy 1/4.

4- Rebs: Team 16/4; Caroline 4D/0 off**, Jesse 3D/0 off*, Lindy 3D/o off*, Jamie 1D/2 off*,
Caitlin 2D/0 off*, Mer 1D/1 off*, Emily 1D/1 off*, Alex 1D.

5- Assists: Team 9; Jordan 3****, Lindsey 2*, Jamie 1, Lindy 1, Emily 1, Caroline 1. Special Congratulations to Jordan for making 3 assists in about 3 mins. of playing time and leading the team in assists for the game. 3 perfect passes. Great Work!

6- Steals: Team 14; Jamie 6****, Jesse 3**, Caroline 1, Mer 1, Lindy 1, Emily 1, Lindsey 1.

7- Blocked Shots: Team 3; Lindy 1*, Lindsey 1*, Jesse 1*.

8- Deflected Passes: Lindsey 3**, Mer 2* , Jesse 1*, Emily 1*.

9- Turnovers: Team 12; Casey 3, Jamie 3, Jesse 3,Lindsey 2, Jorday 1. Everyone else 0.

Opponent scoring: #40 Coats 2pts., #14 Chloe Thompson 2 pts., #32 Sigmon 1 pt.

Final Thoughts: We got a great defensive game out of Jamie and Jesse with 9 steals. Jamie with 6 totally dominate her girl. I am sure Jamie and Jesse will be the first to tell you that unless you other teammates lockdown your girl so she is not open they probably don't get those steals.

As in most cases in life great individual performances always have great support from lots of people in the background helping to make it happen. Probably like your Moms and Dads getting up on a Saturday morning early in the snow and taking you to play this game. I say you all owe them a great big hug. Now I probably owe them one also since I am the Coach of this team but I imagine they would rather have two from you. One for me and one for you. Thanks Parents.

I will post a new post on practice Monday when I know what it is exactly. I have a call into Coach Herman now. I do know we will practice. If we can win 2 more games CCS and APA,
I think we will share for the conference title.

I am not sure we remembered to say the Lords Prayer at the end of the game. I know we did before the game. If I forgot you girls say it on your own. I did on the ride home just in case. We can never be too thankful for our many blessings.

6 and 2 in the conference and 13 and 6 overall. If we get to count the two games canceled as forfeits we would be 15 and 6. Great Work!

Bland