The 6th grade boys dropped their final preseason tournament game 30-23.
Like their game Friday night, today's contest was definitely winnable, but their defense and rebounding were lacking once again.
Up by two after one, the 6th grade was outscored 8-0 in a disastrous second quarter. On several occasions, the other team missed a free throw, but nobody boxed out, leading to easy put-back lay-ups for the other team.
They cut the lead to four in the fourth quarter, but that was as close as they'd get before eventually falling by seven.
Right now, the team chemistry and execution is not there for a team that will need to compete at a high level in order to be successful in their division.
Offensively, they are forcing up too many shots instead of working the ball around. Defensively, they also aren't playing well, which hurts their transition. This team is at is best when they can play good defense and get out on the fast break. But when they give up points like they did today, it's almost impossible to generate easy scoring chances and the game becomes station to station.
Luckily, these games were all preseason games and it was a good learning experience to see what the team needs to do going forward for the regular season.
Justin hit two threes, and combined with Daniel for 22 of the team's 23 points.
Staff writer Emily contributed to this report.
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