H.A. 35 - St. Davids 29

NOTE: I will get the official word on playing Saturday at 9:00am in the morning at 6:30 am. I will call Nancy and Seglenda as soon as I hear. Everyone phone a friend, make sure Caitlin and Renee get a call. If we do not play we will make it up next Saturday at 12:00 and the rest of the teams will play this Monday at 3:15 or so. I will also post it on this blog page at 6:30am or so. Be prepared to play, I have my doubts that we will have anything but rain and Rocky Mount is predicted to have rain only. Get some rest and get something to eat


Hi Girls,

A really great effort tonight. St. Davids gave us their very best shot and we answered the bell and won. You girls are a wonderful team when we are playing hard and playing well. St. Davids came in with a new wrinkle on defense running kind of an extended match up zone that tried to force us to make long passes or get trapped at the half court line.

I was really glad we gave the extra work to the Spread series and the high picks. Without it we would have really had a difficult time. I was really proud of how you girls were able to improvise some nice backscreens and pick and rolls on the fly. That shows me you are learning to play team basketball. Lindsey did a great job of running the team on the court( a pg's job) and you girls did a great job of making it all work(teammates job). It was truly a Team effort on offense and defense and we do not win without it.

It was a great effort by the perimeter players especially Lindsey who shouldered most of of the primary ball handling. Jamie and Jesse did a great job helping her when she was trapped or in trouble and she got some good solid screens from Jamie and the high post girls who had to take some hard hits to set the screens.

Stats:

Scoring: Lindsey 9 pts., Lindy 6 pts., Jesse 6 pts., Emily 4 pts., Caroline 4 pts., Jamie 2 pts.,
Alex 2 pts., Mer 2 pts. Team; 35 pts.

FG%: Team 46.2% ***; Jesse 2/2****, Alex 1/1****, Lindsey 4/7**, Emily 2/4**,
Caroline 1/3*, Mer 1/4, Lindy 1/5.

FT%: Team (11/21) 52.4%**; Lindy 4/4****, Jamie 2/2****, Jesse 2/4*, Caroline 2/4*,
Lindsey 1/5, Emily 0/2.

Rebs: Team 29***(22 D/7 Off.); Jamie 7***(6D/1Off.), Mer 5**(3D/2Off), Lindy 4D**,
Emily 4**(3D/1off), Lindsey 4**(3D/1off), Caroline 3**(2D/1off), Jesse 2*(1D/1Off), Casey 1D*.

Steals: Team 10; Jesse 3*, Jamie 2*, Lindsey 2*, Emily 1, Caroline 1, Casey 1.

Assists: Team 5; Lindy 1, Emily 1, Jamie 1, Jesse 1, Lindsey 1.

Blocks and Deflected passes: Jamie 3B**/1Def, Jesse 1Def, Lindsey 1 Def, Mer 1 Def, Alex 1 Def.

Turnovers: Team 11; Lindy 0, Mer 0, Casey 0, Emily 1, Jamie 1, Caroline 1, Jesse 3, Lindsey 5.
Considering the tremendous pressure they put on the primary ball handlers I thought we did real well. Might like to have a few mishandles back but down the stretch when we focus on making the easy pass we were really good. It was a good effort.

Score by Qtrs: 10 to 6, 4 to 9, 7 to 7, 14 to 7. Final 35 to 29.

Opp. Scoring: #23 M Woods 8 pts, #15 C. Garrett 6 pts, #12 E. Nicholls 6 pts, #30,
H. Gillman 4 pts. , #14 J. Caro 3 pts., A. Buckingham 2 pts.

Final Thoughts: It was a great win. We are now 12 and 6 overall and 5 and 2 in the conference. Based on what the St. Davids Coach told me it appears we are tied for second with CCS who lost to Parrot and to St. Davids. KVA has only won one game and RMA has not won as of yet. We want to make sure they do not get started against us. St. Davids record if all this part fact part assumption is correct must be 3 and 4 with wins over KVA/RMA and CCS.

I still think if we can win out we will get a tie for 1st place. I do not beleive APA will go undefeated the second half of the season. As I said before they only have one real good player and usually a coach and team can shut one player down.

Grades: Play Hard 100%, Play Smart 97%, Play Together 100%.. Great Effort maybe the best of the year.

Thought: You can measure the speed of a Race Horse with a Stop Watch but it takes a Race to measure its Heart. Roy Wms., UNC.

Girls I think the greatest attribute of this team is the heart you play with. If you have Skill by itself , you can be a good team but if the team has Heart and Skill it can be a great team. You girls fall into this category. I am watching each of you girls get better by the day, keep it up, this is what winning basketball is all about and what we are doing is how you get there.

Bland