Vikings 35 - KVA 15

Hi Girls,

Great game! I think all in all it was our best performance of the year. We took away their inside passing game and contested every shot and pass. Basically we made them make plays. As I told you before the game it was our will against theirs, we wanted to make them work hard and have to make difficult plays with hands in their face. As the game went on we broke their will to win. Thats how you win games with your defense.

Making it seem difficult to dribble or pass the ball to get good shots and having to always struggle to get off a good shot over outstretched hand will break the spirit of a team that does not have a tremendous will to win or heart as I like to call it. That is basically what we did vs. KVA. Great pressure defense is our calling card, right now its the #1 area of the game that we can dominate our opponents.

We also did a very efficient job of running our offense's and were strong on the glass. We are continuing to develop our games in this area. Our outside shooting was very good and we got lots of support from our bench with 13 points plus some very good defense and rebounding.

Let's build on it!! If we can play at this level or higher the rest of the year it will take a monumental effort to beat us.

Stats:

1- Scoring: Lindsey 12pts, Mer 7, Jamie 4, Jesse 4, Casey 4, Emily 2, Alex 2. 35 pts.

2- FG%- Team 43.75%** Lindsey 3/3 3pts 1/1 (2pts)****, Jesse 1/1****, Mer 3/4***, Emily 1/2**, Alex 1/2**, Jamie 2/6*, Casey 2/6*, Caroline 0/1, Renee 0/1, Megan 0/3,
Lindy 0/4.

3- FT%- Team: 42.9%; Jesse 2/2****, Lindsey 1/2*, Jamie 0/1, Emily 0/2.

4- Rebs- Team 22**; Lindy 3D/3Off=6***, Jamie 4D/1off=5***, Mer 3D/1off=4**,
Caroline 3D/1off=4**, Emily 1D, Jesse 1D, Casey 1D.

5- Assists- Lindsey 2*, Jesse 1.

6- Steals- Emily 3**, Lindy 2*, Jamie 1, Lindsey 1, Caroline 1, Casey 1.

7- Blocks and Deflected Passes- Jamie 1B, Lindsey 1B, Emily 1D, Mer 1D, Caroline 1D.

8- Turnovers: Team 8*; Caroline 2, Lindsey 1, Jamie 1, Jesse 1, Mer 1, Lindy 1, Emily 1, Casey 0.

9- Scoring By Qtrs: 5-2/12-3/12-4/6-6

10- Opp. Scoring: #14 H. Abbott 4pts, #25 E.Crews 4 pts, #22 E. Wilson 3pts, #11 H. Powell 2 pts, #10 C. Ford 2 pts, #12 R. Ross 0**, #15 P. Wester 0**, #13 Freeman 0.

Final Thoughts: We did a great job defensively. We also executed our offense very well and shot a very high FG%. Our Record is now 11 and 6 overall and 4 and 2 in the conference. We have had 2 very likely wins taken away from us since we beat Ridgecroft and Fay. Christian on the road fairly easily and both return home games were canceled. Throw out the RRHS games and we could very well be undefeated with a little luck or a little better execution.

This is a very challenging stretch but we are playing well and I look foward to the Game Friday vs. St. Davids and Saturday @ RMA. Be proud of yourselves for your good play, your coach is, your parents are and your school is.

Grading: Play Hard=100% Play Smart=95% Play Together=100%

As I said before, it was our best game of the year. (So Far).

Thought: The Good Lord gave us eyes in front of our head to see what we need to accomplish not in the back of our heads to dwell on things we already accomplished. Roy Williams, UNC

We have to be able to move our focus foward to St. Davids on Friday and RMA on Saturday, lets not get caught resting on our laurels.


Bland