Midway through the 2nd quarter, the 7th grade looked like they were going to be able to weather the storm without The Twins Thomas and Joseph, who were off playing in a piano recital Saturday afternoon.
Garrick and Ryan, the only two true post players on the team playing today, stepped up their game and were dominating the class.
Their defense was at its best in the second, blocking shots, coming up with steals, feeding their transition game.
Leading 12-6, there was a sense that the game was over.
The other team begged to differ and outscored the 7th grade 24-9 the rest of the way, handing the 7th grade a 30-21 defeat in their second game of the season.
One of their coaches Elliot said after the game, the team got too cocky because of the early lead.
In the second half, it was a classic self-destruction with turnovers of all kinds, and the effects of having only 6 players in uniform, which wore the boys down as the game got deeper.
Aaron and Willard both had off games and combined for 0 points, which made the other team's defensive assignment a lot easier.
Jason Ng and Raymond, the two top scorers on the team are both left handed, so the majority of the offense is tilted towards that side of the court.
With the two right handed wing players relegated to just passing the ball back up top, the opponent locked both Jason and Raymond down in the second half.
After a convincing win Friday night, the poor fundamentals by the team was too much to overcome.
They don't handle the ball well and not many of them are comfortable with the basketball. That leads to so many terrible passes, travels, un-needed jump balls and headaches.
Raymond had a team high 12 points and was 4-for-7 from the free-throw line. But Jason and Ryan were a combined 2-for-10.
The start of the 2nd quarter was the 7th grade at its finest, as Jason and Raymond both combined to block several shots, a few which started fast breaks that resulted in points.
Garrick scored his only 2 points of the game off of a nice offensive rebound and put-back off the glass.
But their momentum from the second didn't continue throughout the game.
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