Hi Girls,
A Great comeback win. One that took great effort and focus. I was so glad to see we can still play 24 Lockdown and play it well when we need it. I think we were 9 points down near the end of the 3rd quarter. Jamie's 3 got it down to 6 to start the 4th. We then outscored Parrott 7 to 0 in the 4th quarter to pull out the win.
We came in with 3 lofty goals for this season:
1- To defend our Christmas Tournament Title.
2- To win the EPIC Regular Season Title.
3- To win the EPIC Conference Tournament Title.
All I can say on our team goals is 2 down, 1 to go. Being the Regular Season Champion is by far the most impressive of all the title's. The Regular season Champion is simply the Best Team in the conference and is based on a season of play with home and home games. Way to go girls!
We did something some said we could not do. I am so proud of you all. Not many ever win a Championship of any kind in a lifetime. There is one thing for certain, the EPIC is dead serious about basketball. Any kind of Championship in Basketball is quite an accomplishment in the tough 2A EPIC conference. We were close to a tie for the championship last year( 4pts) and could not finish the deal. As they say the difference between ordinary and Extra-ordinary is just that little Extra. That is what you girls had when we needed it all year, that little Extra. That makes the difference.
Scoring by qts: 1st: 10-8; 2nd 0-6; 3rd: 6-8; 4th 7-0 Final: 23-22
H.A. Scoring: Kelly 12pts, Jamie 5pts, Emily 4pts, Mer 2pts.
APA Scoring: #5 L. Beyer 8, #23 E. Riley 6, #10 N. Wenzova 4, #12 L. Mills 2, #11 B.Tyndall 2.
FG%: Team 9/27; 33.3%: Kelly 5/9***; Emily 2/5**; Jamie 2/10; Alex 0/1, Lindsey 0/1, Jordan 0/1.
FT%: Team 4/9; 44.4%: Mer 2/2*****, Kelly 2/5*, Lindsey 0/1, MeganK 0/1.
Rebounds: Team 2off/14def: Mer 0/5****, Kelly 2/2***, Emily o/2*, Jamie 0/2*, Lindsey 0/2*,
Alex 1*.
Assists: Team 6**; Jamie 4****, Alex 1*, Mer 1*.
Steals: Team 12****: Jamie 4****, Mer 3***, Lindsey 2**, Kelly 2**, MeganK 1*.
Blocks: Kelly 2**, Alex *.
Layups: Team 8/17; 47%**; Kelly 5/9***, Emily 2/5**, Jamie 1/3*.
3 pointers: Jamie 1/1*****.
Turnovers: Team 10: Lindsey 3, Mer 2, MeganK 2, Jamie 2, Alex 1. (Only Ten in the bigtime atmosphere we were playing in was very good)
Final Thoughts: It has been a Dream Season. Remember all the stuff we practiced on. The Maxim I like to use alot that goes "Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail" comes to mind tonight. We were prepared to do a number of different things if we needed something. Against some teams one thing worked well and against other teams we had to pull a different tool out of the box. The Bottom line was we always had another tool we could go to when we needed something to run.
Even if you were well prepared but played with no heart and no effort you would never win. To be a Champion at any level you have to Play with great Heart. All those 50/50 loose balls if the other team gets them all you probably will not win. All you girls that have been around me for a long time know how much I value players that play with Heart,effort and focus. Without it in basketball you are nowhere.
Play Hard, Play Smart and Play Together.
We will enjoy this Championship for a lifetime but come Tuesday lets put it on the back burner and focus on winning one more with this team. Opportunity is fleeting. Two more games and this team will become next years Varsity and JV. We don't really have to do anything else to prove we are a great team but I would like to see us go ahead and show what we have and win another Championship for good measure. Believe it or not I still do not think we have played our best game this year. YET!
Get some much deserved rest over the weekend, 2011 EPIC Championship Team.
Coach May
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