Any hope for an upset was vanished a few minutes into the DeMarillac 8th grade's playoff game this evening, as they dug themselves a 14-0 hole midway through the first quarter.
To make matters worse, Julio was absent from the lineup and their second leading scorer was missing, in a game that his presence was definitely needed.
The team they faced was undefeated during the regular season and clearly better than the 8th graders. Not very often is this excuse used here on the blog, but it was apparent to anybody who has ever seen a basketball in their life that they did not belong in this division.
With that being said, the DeMarillac boys didn't do themselves any favors by turning the ball over at will in the first half. Defensively, they couldn't grab any rebounds and were always the second man to the ball.
It was apparent by the body language in the first half that the 8th grade was frustrated and it took them a while to really focus and just play basketball. Down by so much early in the game is very deflating and the boys let it get to them and continued to make the same mistakes.
They put it together for the start of the second half and Pablo hit a 3 pointer to jump start the offense. He had a team high 7 points. Anthony also chipped in with 6 points in his final game in a St. Mary's uniform.
Santiago made a shot in the first half and Jon Jett hit a three late in the game to conclude the scoring.
The 8th grade (DM) finished the regular season (5-3) and were ousted in the first round of the playoffs.
One game they will look back on more than tonight's was their effort and execution a week ago. Had they won last week, they wouldn't have had to play the number one seed in the playoffs. They lost by a point and instead were fed to the wolves.
Nonetheless it was still a pretty good season for this team as half of the team had never played an organized basketball game until 8th grade. They had a lot of catching up to do in terms of experience and were able to hold their ground for most of the year.
They rarely had a full team practice as one or two, or even half of the team was missing on a regular basis, so there were a lot of obstacles the team had to overcome.
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