The 6th grade girls looked more like the team that had only two wins in their first few years of basketball than the one that started the season (3-0) this afternoon.
They played a tentative first half where they couldn't make a shot, and the 2 points in quarters one and two ended up biting them in the rear end in a 14-9 loss.
In the second half, the 6th graders were the better team, but the hole they dug themselves was far too much to climb out of for a team that has trouble putting the ball in the hoop.
Kelly's basket to start the 2nd quarter was the only bucket in the first half for the 6th grade girls. The other team capitalized on some bad positioning by the 6th grade to get open looks, as well as offensive rebounds the girls were unable to corral.
One thing the team can take away from today's game is that they mounted a comeback when they could've easily folded like they had in the past. There wasn't much fightback in previous games when the girls were down by a large margin early, but the press ignited the team to get back into the game.
Slowly they were able to chip away as they held the other team scoreless the entire 3rd quarter, while Fiona scored her lone 3 points to pull the girls within 7 points.
Lesly's bank shot from an awkward angle cut the lead to five, and Jamie had a golden opportunity to make it a one possession game on a fast break lay-up but her shot rimmed out. The other team then hit a jump shot for their only points of the second half which made it once again a seven point game.
A pair of Victoria free throws got the 6th grade back within five, but that's as far as the girls got.
With 58 seconds left, the girls were on defense and needed the ball back, but they couldn't get it. The other team passed the ball around and the girls had no answer, as a good 40 seconds were taken off the clock before the 6th grade got the ball back.
By then, there was only a little over 10 seconds left, and the game was all but over.
At (3-2) the 6th graders fall into third place in the division and have lost two straight.
Size wise, the girls were once again much smaller in the post, and with the absence of Edwena, they were even smaller down low.
They played scared in the first half, something they tend to do when going up against bigger girls, but in the second half they stepped up their game and were aggressive. It showed because they outscored the other team 7-2 down the stretch.
The same two teams will meet again next Sunday when the 6th grade plays the second of their back-to-back.
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