No Luck vs. APA - Picture Day Tomorrow @ 4:15

Hi Girls,

Before I forget it, thank you for my cards, they were very thoughtful and I really appreciate them. Also a thank you to the parents for the nice party after the game. I wish it could have been a Victory Party but we just started off a little to slow, spotting them 8 points before we scored. After the first quarter, even with all the intentional fouls at the end we won 21 to 17 over the last 3 quarters. Unfortunately when you add in those 8 points from the 1st. quarter the final score is 21 to 25.

We did take the lead in the fourth quarter by one point and we made a steal and had the ball. I was just getting ready to call spread but an APA player stole the ball at midcourt before we could make it up court and they scored and we never led again. If we could have made it up the court and gone to the spread series I think we probably would have won, at least the odds would have been in our favor, plus we could have protected our starters with 4 fouls.

Stats:

1- Scoring: Jamie 10 pts, Jesse 6 pts, Emily 4 pts, Mer 1 pt.

2- FG%: Team 7/29 =24.1%; Jamie 4/7***(1/1 3pts) , Jesse 3/8*, Emily 0/1, Mer 0/1, Lindy 0/3, Lindsey 0/3, Alex 0/5(0/2 3pts) They played good defense but we need to shoot better, those easy misses early in the game would have help alot if we had made them. We probably would have won.

3- FT%: 4/11 36.4%; Emily 2/2****, Mer 1/2*, Jamie 1/7.

4- Rebs: Lindy 6***-5D/1off, Alex 5**-2D/3off, Jamie 4**-2D/2off, Jesse 3*-0D/3off,
Mer 3*-2D/1off, Caroline 2*-2D/0off, Emily 2*- 1D/1off, Lindsey 1D.

5- Assists: Team 6; Lindsey 3**, Emily 2**, Jamie 1*.

6- Steals: Team 15**; Jesse 4**, Lindsey 4**, Jamie 3**, Emily 2*, Lindy 1*, Caroline 1*.

7- Blocks/Deflections: Emily 3***/1*, Lindy 0/3**, Jamie 1*/2*, Jesse 0/2*, Lindsey 1*/1*,
Mer 0/1*, Alex 0/1*, Casey 0/1*.

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

9- Opponents Scoring: #3 6 pts, #4 6 pts, #23 4pts, #20 4 pts, #2 3 pts, #21 2 pts.

10- Opponent FT%: Team 5/18 27.7%; #3 Mauck 2/7, #4 King 2/4, #2 Ruffalo 1/4, #11 Huddle 0/2, #21 Arthur 0/1.

11- Scoring By Quarters: 0 to 8, 4 to 3, 12 to 6, 5 to 8.

12- Fouls: H.A. 19, APA 10. We have to learn to play tough but not to foul so much. If we can make the other team work hard by staying in front of them and everyone close to their man, some of the time they will throw it away on their own.

Final Thoughts: We need to learn to value the ball more than we do. We can still play fast, take the ball to the basket or make the pass to a breaking player when it is open, but when it is not there we need to keep our dribble alive and bring it back out and look for a better opportunity to score.

Basically in a closely matched game like this one who ever gets the most good shots at the basket will usually win. That is why steals for fastbreak baskets, offensive rebounds for easy buckets, and good shots out of our set offense against their set defense add up to big advantages. Plus making free throws.

I still think we are a great team, it is an honor to coach you, you play so hard for me and your teammates. You have tremendous Heart and will to win and if you could pick one trait it would be that. Keep your spirits high, we finished 3rd in the conference and all those other teams are very serious about winning at basketball at every level. If you don't think so just look at their gyms and what they pay their coaches.

There is no such a thing as an easy day in this league. We have a very good shot at winning the conference tournament if we play close to our potential. APA has only lost 1 game and we let them slip by twice. Cary if we can stop that one girl is very beatable. We will start to work on that Sunday afternoon at 4:00pm to 5:30pm. We will practice Monday 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Varsity has picture day at 3:00pm.

Our picture day is Friday(tomorrow) at 4:15. Bring you uniforms and shoes. If there is time we will shoot some and have a walk thru until the JV Boys take the court.

Interesting Note: Parrott is the largest school in 2A sports with 690 students. We have 440 or so. A couple more students and they would have to move to 3A, about 10 or 15 less and we would be 1A.

Grades: Play Hard 100%, Play Smart 90%, Play Together 100%.. Good showing!

Bland