Flat start eliminates 7th grade red team

The 7th grade Red Team was not ready to play their game and it ended up costing them a chance at the consolation championship of the Flame Tournament.

They spotted the other team an 8-0 lead with an absolutely terrible start that featured lob passes and turnovers, giving up easy baskets. The 7th grade boys mentally just weren't there to start the game.

Playing from behind most of the game, the Red Team got off a lot of good looks from the outside, but not enough of them fell. Down 9 points in the second quarter, Michael Ng hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 6, and then Justin stole a pass on the press, but was unable to convert the wide open look.

That proved as a huge momentum changer as the gimme lay-up would've cut the deficit to just 4 points.

They cut the lead to 2 in the middle of the fourth quarter, but they just didn't have enough steam to take the lead.

The final score was 25-20. Michael N. had a game-high 9 points, including a 3-pointer. Jeremy had 8.