Hard Earned win at Hobgood.

Hi Girls,

We escaped with a victory today at Hobgood 24 to 22. It was not a pretty game and our execution was not good. Lindsey and Mer made a great play to seal the win for us and Jamie made a big basket before that. We played with heart and that pulled us through. An ugly win is still a lot better than a pretty loss.

Scoring by Qtrs: 1st: 5-2 2nd: 7-10 3rd: 8-6 4th: 4-4 Final Score 24-22


H.A. Scoring: Alex 7, Mer 5, Jamie 4, Em 4, Lindsey 2, Kelly 2.

Hobgood Scoring: #15(G) Megan Medford 5, #(G) 31 April Duke 5, #42 ( C.)( tall)Jesse Bunting 5,
#35(F) Kaleigh Barwick 3, #30(F) Arianna Elenary 2, #50(F) Taylor Smith 2.

FG%: Team 37% Individual: Alex 3/4****, Mer 2/3****, Em 1/2***, Lindsey 1/3***, Jamie 2/8, Kelly 1/5 Not a terrible shooting percentage, if we had made a few more layups we could have really helped ourselves. We need to do a better job of executing getting the ball down to the low block, good things happen when we get the ball there.

FT%: Team 3/16 18.75% Individual: Emily 2/4***, Mer 1/7, Alex 0/1, Kelly 0/2, Jamie 0/2 I am not even going to talk about it. We are going to make them tomorrow.

Rebounds: Team 6off/8def; Individual: Kelly 2/3***, Jamie 2/1**, Em 1/2**, Mer 0/2*, Alex 0/1*.

Assists: Team 2: Individual: Lindsey 1*, Mer 1*. Cannot remember ever playing a game with this few assists. I know there were some good passes and the lay ups were missed but we just did not do a good job of forcing the ball into the low post. It is easy to say they tried hard to keep us from passing it there but don't you think there was a reason they did not want us to get the ball there. Great teams force their will on other teams, they run their stuff, if it is hard to do they become more determined and more focused.

Steals: Team 13***: Individual: Lindsey 6*****(Great Job), Kelly 3***, Mer 2, Em 2, Alex 1.

Blocks: Alex 1**, Kelly 1**.

Layups: Team 6/13 46.2%; Not bad we just did not get enough of them. We should make 50% as a bare minimum and 70% would be a good night.

Turnovers: Team 18 ; Lindsey 6, Jamie 5, Mer 4, Kelly 2, Em 1. We made too many for the number of layups we shot. A risky pass that has a good chance of getting a sure 2 points is one thing, a risky pass that leads to nowhere is not Playing Smart. It is not a game of Perfect but it is a game of playing the odds and doing things that favor your chances of winning.

Final Thoughts: We Played Hard and the teams will to win at the end was outstanding. As far as Playing Smart we did not do near as much of that as we are capable. For the most part we Always Play Together.

Girls it is going to come down to how well we can execute and how determined we are to execute our plays, our offensive sets, our defense and our philosophy. Bottom line we are going to have to play alot better if we want to reach our team goals. Let's chalk this one up as an off day that we were fortunate to escape with a win.

Coach May