As Mrs Yu once yelled, "Take care of the ball!"
The 7th/8th graders apparently either never watched that highlight or have neglected it.
In a game where turnovers outnumbered points, the 7th/8th grade lost 16-13 for the first time in the regular season.
Edzon, the team's leading scorer, was held to just one point, a free throw in the second half.
It was a sloppy game throughout, full of bad passes, lack of communication and just bad overall awareness.
Even when Jackie scored his first points ever, it was off of a broken play.
Benjiman, like Jackie, who is playing in his first year, spun wildly out of control and just chucked the ball in desperation towards the basket, hoping it would find someone in a red jersey.
Luckily, Jackie was standing right there and his lay-up made it a 9-8 game.
Then Matthew scored on a shot from the lane to give the 7th/8th graders a brief 10-9 lead. The other team then hit a jump shot the other way and never looked back.
Offensively, there was just no rhythm. For the bulk of the second half, the 7th/8th grade (2-1) broke the other team's press in the backcourt and in jailbreak style, rushed down the court and lost the ball.
They actually had several fast breaks where they had the numbers, but the person dribbling the ball kept his head down, never to look up, and eventually forced up a shot or threw the ball away.
The lack of basketball IQ is really hurting the team right now, as many of them rush when they don't have to do so. And with Edzon struggling to score points, the supporting cast did not do a good job of picking up their teammate.
At the end of the game, they also were unable to get the ball back or foul in the last 40 seconds or so as the other team ran out the clock as time expired.
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