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A wise man once said the best deodorant is winning.
And our basketball teams all wore very strong fragrances this weekend as all four teams won their season openers, some in convincing fashion and some in some not so convincing fashion.
Nonetheless, it was an exciting few days and a good way to jump start the season for our respective teams. Winning the first game usually provides a boost and optimism for the year ahead.
With that being said, let's look back and some of the things that could've been better in our MMQ.
4th grade
Phenomenal game by Jonathan, who had a career-high 14 points. That is a lot of points by a 4th grader and the most since Raymond scored 18 points in a game last season.
Few things that this team needs to correct is getting contributions from the other players on the team. They won't have as many opportunities as Jonathan to shoot the ball, but on Friday night, only Jason and Jonathan took shots. The other players had chances but shied away from taking them. They'll need to start shooting it more, which will give them confidence down the line.
There inbound was also atrocious. They might not have more than 3 or 4 clean inbounds. I'm sure they'll work on that this week.
5th grade
Willard was the star, scoring 6 points to lead the 5th grade to victory.
On the side that needs improvement was their ball movement on offense. The ball doesn't swing and move around as quickly as it should and that makes Raymond force up shots. Their fundamentals aren't exactly crisp right now, but when they can get a better grasp on passing the ball and controlling the ball, their offensive attack will be more fluid.
6th grade
This might have been the first time the 6th grade boys showed some grit and determination. At the end of the third quarter, I said to the person next to me that the 6th grade will be the first team to lose this weekend. I'm glad they proved me wrong.
An 8 point deficit is a lot to overcome in CYO, especially a 6th grade team in the fourth quarter. They showed heart and it was fantastic seeing the emotion from Daniel and Brendan after their buckets as you could tell they were pumped up to come back and win this game.
I hope this game was a motivator and glimpse of what this team can achieve when they are clicking and don't shoot themselves in the foot.
Their one glaring error in addition to the turnovers and lack of boxing out, is the people getting back on defense. Some of the buckets they gave up were third and fourth chance points. This happened because some of the players trailing the play didn't run all the way back to the basket. They assumed the play was over and just decided to jog back instead of sprinting back. They didn't sprint back and the other team had rebound after rebound.
Get back on defense to prevent that second and third chance shot.
8th grade White
Nice job by the White Team to get win number one. Last year, they got win number one against the eventual division champions, but didn't make the playoffs. Let's hope the fortunes change this year.
The good - Mark with his 12 points, Calson, 6 points and no fouls and Robert on the defensive end with his hands. Robert did something a lot of players from grades 3-8 do not do and that was anticipate the pass. If you look at the highlights, he reads the guy with the ball and is anticipating the pass going back to the point. That's why he got his hands up and made the steal.
The not so good - Some players on defense lack the explosiveness. There were some balls bouncing around and it seemed like nobody moved toward the ball. There isn't that urgency on defense to want to get the ball and against a better team, this will hurt them.
Also, Gavin L. needs to wake up once in a while. There are times he looks disinterested and lazy and it shows. He needs to be energized and ready to go because he can be a huge contributor to this team. He almost had a nice putback in mid-air Friday night that fell a bit short.
Gavin is a pretty good defender, but he needs to be committed to playing defense 100%. Sometimes, he isn't fully there. That'll need to improve.
That's all for MMQ - Epic Video #2 will be here some time later tonight.
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