The CYO preseason tournament has not treated the 8th grade girls kindly the last few years.
Jamie did hit a game-tying 3 pointer with just under 20 seconds to play, but they could not corral a rebound off a wide open lay-up, and the other team hit a point blank shot from right in front of the basket to win the game.
Final score, 18-16.
In six tournament games, the girls have lost three of them in the final seconds the last two years.
On a night where the other team wasn't at their sharpest, the 8th graders had their chance for a statement win, playing against the same team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season.
They were up 12-7 with a minute to go in the 3rd quarter, but two buckets by the other team quickly made it a one point game going into the fourth.
Plain and simple, the girls stopped scoring.
The game was theirs for the taking, but they couldn't generate any type of offense in the second half. A few times they had wide open looks at the basket, and each time they were unable to convert. The only points the girls had before Jamie's three at the end were free throws.
And collectively, they shot 5-of-13 from the line. Not once did a girl drain both free throws.
Rebounding has always been a problem for the undersized girls, but it was even harder as Lily picked up three fouls in the first half. She watched for almost two quarters from the sidelines when she could've helped her team grab some rebounds.
After blowing out NDV in the first round of the tournament, the girls head into their regular season opener with two straight losses, three if you count the rec league.
Yes, the girls are better than they were a year ago, but right now the difference between a win and a loss is one shot, one rebound, one turnover.
On the bright side, they did play their last ever tournament game.
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