JV Girls Advance to Play CCS.

*****CARY DEPARTURE TIME THURSDAY 2:30PM. GAME TIME 5:30PM.*****



Hi Girls,

Way to go! Our season gets to live another day, now if we can knock off CCS we can play for the Conference Championship. It is Survive and Advance. Fun isn't it? It will be even more fun when we beat Cary out on their home court. Be proud of what you have accomplished but let's not settle for anything less than what we are capable of accomplishing. Stay focused!!! Two more wins and we can grab ourselves a piece of H.A. Basketball History. Give it 100% effort and focus!

Stats:

1- Scoring: Jesse 14 pts., Lindsey 6 pts., Lindy 4 pts., Caroline 1 pt., Emily 1 pt.

2- FG%: Team 30.7%; Lindsey 3/3****, Jesse 7/13***, Lindy 2/6*, Jamie 0/9, Caroline 0/2,
Alex 0/2, Mer 0/1, Jordan 0/1, Megan 0/1

3- FT%: Team 25%; Caroline 1/2*, Emily 1/4, Jamie 0/2.

4- Rebs: 12D/17Off***; Lindy 9****=6D/3off, Jamie 5***=0/5off, Caroline 5***=1D/4Off,
Emily 3*=0/3off, Jesse 2*=2d/0 off, Jorday 1 off, Renee 1 D, Caitlin 1 off, Alex 1D, Lindsey 1D.

5- Assists: Team 9; Lindsey 4***, Jamie 3**, Caroline *, Caitlin 1*.

6- Steals: Team 20****: Jesse 5****, Jamie 4****, Caroline 3***, Lindsey 2**, Lindy 2**, Caitlin 2**, Mer 1*, Megan 1*

7- Blocks/Deflections: Jesse 1B/2Def**, Lindy 1B/2D**, Lindsey 1B, Mer 1 D, Caroline 1D,
Alex 1 D, Caitlin 1 D.

8- Turnovers: Team 10; Jamie 3, Jesse 2, Lindy 1, Lindsey 1, Caroline 1, Alex 1, Casey 1.

9- Opp. Scoring: #14 Chloe Thompson 5 pts, #21 Alex Jackson 2 pts, #24 Dunn 2 pts,
#40 Catherine Coats 2 pts, #23 Anne Claire Roberson 1 pt.

10- By Qtrs: 8 to 4, 4 to 1, 10 to 5, 4 to 2. Final Score 26 to 12****. Good Job Girls!

Final Thoughts: A great win, all wins at tournament time are great wins. We again show what having the ability to play great pressure defense can do for a team. If you play it hard and do it well and keep it up for long enough it breaks the other teams will to win. Its is our skill and our will to win against their will to win. I have not seen anyone that can create offense from their defense like we do and I have not seen anyone that can break the other teams will to win better than we do when our pressure defense is working good.

I am proud of that fact and I am proud of my team. It is a wonderful Defensive scheme but it takes great heart, determination, focus, effort and talent to make it work. It also takes all 5 players playing their hearts out every possession. It is you the girls on this team that make us a great defensive team. Coaching and scheme by itself would not get us far. You are a joy to watch.

Even the coach from RMA says you are one of the best teams he can think of ever playing against at playing great pressure defense. This is coming from a man that went 3 years at St. Davids and did not lose a conference game.

We win as a team and we lose as a team. but I want to point some things of interest on the individual side from the RMA game. I thought Jesse had her best game and it came at a great time, she played great defense as usual, she also played great offensively. I also thought Lindy with 9 rebounds was huge for us. Lindsey played a very solid floor game at the PG position and had 4 assists, 2 steals and made all three shots she took. Jamie had an unusual day for her as her shots were just not falling but she played great defense and made 4 steals, 3 assists and hustled and got 5 offensive rebounds. Remember the Thought for the Day that says "do not let something you cannot do keep you from doing the things you can do to help your team win."

I also thought Caroline did a nice job playing extra min's with Emily feeling bad and I thought Caitlin did a nice job hustling to make 2 steals,1 assist and 1 offensive rebound, making a difference in the game.


Grades: Play Hard A+, Play Smart A-, Play Together A. Good Work!


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