Nice win over Hobgood

Hi Girls,

Nice win tonight over one of our arch rivals Hobgood 39 to 10. I was impressed with our effort our defense and our interior passing and rebounding. Many coaches think if you dominate the boards like we did it is the game. I don't know if all that is true but I do know when we dominate the boards we have hardly ever lost.

I am going to post our stats and I might come back and add some thoughts later if I come up with some. If I don't I will see you at practice tomorrow, next up Fayetteville Academy on the road Friday.

Scoring by Quarters: 1st: 6-0, 2nd: 13-2, 3rd 12-8, 4th 8-0 Final: 39 to 10

Scoring: Halifax; Kelly 12pts, Jamie 9 pts, Emily 6 pts, Mer 4 pts, Lindsey 4 pts, Megan 2 pts, Jordan 2 pts

Scoring Hobgood; #31 April Duke 5pts., #15 Megan Medford 3 pts, #35 Kaylie Barwick 2 pts.

FG% Team: 35.2% 19/54. Individuals: Jamie 4/6***, Mer 2/4**, Kelly 6/12**, Lindsey 2/4, Megan K 1/3*, Jordan 1/3*, Emily 3/10, Kim 0/1, Catherine 0/1, Brooke 0/1, M&M 0/2,
Alex 0/5.

FT% Team 16.7%; Individual; Jamie 1/4, Mer 0/2. Practice, Practice, Practice!!!

Rebounds Team: 14off/21Def=35; Individual: Mer 2/7**, Kelly 4/3**, Emily 5/1*, M&M 0/3,
Jamie 1/1, Megan K 1/1, Leslie 1/1, Alex 0/1, Kaela, 0/1, Kim 0/1, Catherine 0/1.

Assists: Team 13: Individual; Mer 5***, Jamie 3**, Lindsey 1, Alex 1, Kelly 1, M&M 1,
Brooke 1.

Turnovers Team 8: Mer 2, Alex 2, Catherine 2, Kelly 1, Leslie 1.

Steals team: 13; Jamie 5***, Lindsey 5***, Jordan 2*, Leslie 1*

Blocks: Kelly 3***.

Final Thoughts: It was good to get everyone some time on the court. Thats always good for team morale. As you can tell we have a very talented team. However we can't depend on that physical talent always winning us games. We have to become better everyday and better in everyway. Not missing lay ups would be a huge advantage. Making our fouls shots will win us many close games.

I thought Mer had a great game. 5 assists and 9 rebounds was great. Jamie as usual had a great game 5 steals, 3 assists, great defense and 9 points, Kelly made her presence felt with 12 points 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. Lindsey picked back up from last season with a good floor game and 5 steals. I was excited for Megan K get her first points as a Viking and she played a nice floor game. Last but not least, Emily did some good work on the offensive glass with 5 offensive rebounds.

Enjoy this win until practice tomorrow and then come ready to work on getting better. As I told you in the locker room after the game, every team is going to get better during the year. If we stop to rest on our laurels someone is going to pass us.

Remember: Play Hard, Play Smart, Play Together and Strive for Perfect Execution on every play in practice and in games. Practice does not make Perfect, Perfect Practice makes Perfect.

Coach May