4th quarter dooms the 4th/5th graders

By Tina Leung

#24 rushes down the court, and scores another bucket right in front of the basket on her third try after grabbing the rebound consecutively - too bad she was on the other team.

The 4th/5th graders lost their second game of the season today 17-8, dropping their record to (1-1).

They got off to a fast start with Justina, who had the game high of 6 points, draining a jump shot right after tipoff.

At the end of the first quarter, Aislin scored her first two points of her career after receiving a nice pass from Samantha, closing the quarter 4-3.

It was a tight game as both teams would trade points. The 4th/5th graders would score two points but the other team's #24, who was aggressive and very tall for a fifth grader, would respond with a rebound and putback of her own. Overall, they could not grab the defensive rebounds, and the other team would take advantage of it.

Early in the fourth quarter, the girls trailed 9-8, but Justina left the game because of an injury from going hard to the basket. The 4th/5th graders would have to play the rest of the game without her, their main ball-handler, so the other team pulled away and won 17-8.

Overall, #24 outsized them all, as she grabbed all the rebound and basically scored all of the other team's points.

Despite the loss, the 4th/5th graders did improve. As of last week's scrimmage, they could not even get off a shot, but this game, a bulk of the players got at least one shot and all of them touched the ball.

They are improving and progressing.