For the first time in her career, Annika made a basket, scoring the first two points of the game and Justina had a game high 12 points.
It was an impressive showing for the team of six, playing their best game to date. Offensively almost everybody on the team was able to get a shot off, and the ball distribution and passing is getting better.
Down 13-12 in crunch time, Justina took the ball in transition, pulled up and hit a shot that gave the girls a one point lead. But the other team, like every team these girls face, had a distinctive size advantage as one girl on the other team, a good head taller than the biggest St. Mary's 4th/5th grader camped out in the paint for the entire game.
She was able to catch a pass just inside the free throw line, and then proceeded to bury the short jumper for the game winning shot.
The girls had opportunities to win the game but they turned the ball over twice in the final 30 seconds. Once was a blatant pass which was thrown away in the backcourt, and then the backbreaker was a turnover with 8.8 seconds left in the game.
Despite the loss, it was a much needed confidence boost for a team that has had trouble scoring early in the season.
After a two game hiatus, James was back on the bench with his other three coaches.
Down 13-12 in crunch time, Justina took the ball in transition, pulled up and hit a shot that gave the girls a one point lead. But the other team, like every team these girls face, had a distinctive size advantage as one girl on the other team, a good head taller than the biggest St. Mary's 4th/5th grader camped out in the paint for the entire game.
She was able to catch a pass just inside the free throw line, and then proceeded to bury the short jumper for the game winning shot.
The girls had opportunities to win the game but they turned the ball over twice in the final 30 seconds. Once was a blatant pass which was thrown away in the backcourt, and then the backbreaker was a turnover with 8.8 seconds left in the game.
Despite the loss, it was a much needed confidence boost for a team that has had trouble scoring early in the season.
After a two game hiatus, James was back on the bench with his other three coaches.
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