3 Wins at Bay

4th:
We played pretty well in the 4th grade game. Final score was 19-8...I think? A couple things to remember, play smart, make good passes & keep your head up when you're dribbling. Many times, and I repeat 'many times' we had the ball up top with 3 defenders on the ball and 3 of our girls would be wide open underneath the basket. We have to be looking up to see this. Also, we need to make quicker passes. Once you see 2 or more defenders coming your way...get rid of it. Do the math, someone has to be open if two girls are guarding the ball. Good job though ladies...keep up the good effort!

5th:
We were officially down by one point at halftime...I was a little nervous. A quick glance at the scorebook revealed they had 7 points and 6 came from #24. That's why we stuck on her like glue in the second half. The best way to slow down a person from scoring is never let them touch it. It's hard to score if you can't touch the ball. Many times we were just letting her catch the pass and then guarding her. With a good player...that's too late. We looked much better in the 2nd half and I believe the final score was almost identical to the 4th grade game. 19-9...something like that.

6th:
I thought I was gonna be sick after the 1st quarter...not really, but I was a little frustrated with our play. I think it was 4-2 after the 1st quarter. That's why I benched all the 1st 5 and went with a different group. Our defense was fine, but we couldn't score. The second 5 played all of the 2nd quarter and outscored Bay 17-0 in the 2nd quarter. Wow! That was what we were looking for. In the 2nd half we looked good and the final score was 42-5. For some reason, we have trouble scoring at different times. I guess that's the game of basketball...sometimes you're on and sometimes you're not. One thing we can do to help is aggressiveness. When you get the ball...look to make something happen. Too much dribbling around in circles and waiting for the something to happen. It's only gonna happen if you make it happen.

Marked Tree is headed our way.

Tuesday night at 6:00 at the old gym.
4th, 5th & 6th grade games.
Come ready!

After Tuesday you get the week off for Thanksgiving and we'll get back in the groove on December 2nd at Trumann.

Coach Archer