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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
CYO Preseason Girls Tournament: Day 6 - 5th grade girls lose in final round
The 5th grade girls fell 18-10 in their final game of the preseason tournament.
Michaela had a team high six points, while Kaela had her own four points.
It was 8-4 at halftime, but the 5th grade came out flat in the second half and were down 13-6 at one point.
Right now, the team looks very inexperienced and aside from a few players, a lot of girls look lost.
This, like the theme to pretty much every St. Mary's team for the girls season is a brand new team. Only two players are leftover from the team last year so team chemistry is going to take some time.
Furthermore, five of the six new girls have never played basketball until less than a month ago, so to expect everything to go smoothly in the first few games is not reasonable.
What is reasonable is that they need to improve game by game. They show bits and pieces of improvement but the consistency is still an issue.
On offense, not everyone has confidence when they touch the ball, so the ball movement is very stagnant.
Overall, the group as a whole just doesn't know the game all too well and that is problematic.
With time, they should be able to slowly pick it up, but the big question is can they do it sooner than later.
Michaela had a team high six points, while Kaela had her own four points.
It was 8-4 at halftime, but the 5th grade came out flat in the second half and were down 13-6 at one point.
Right now, the team looks very inexperienced and aside from a few players, a lot of girls look lost.
This, like the theme to pretty much every St. Mary's team for the girls season is a brand new team. Only two players are leftover from the team last year so team chemistry is going to take some time.
Furthermore, five of the six new girls have never played basketball until less than a month ago, so to expect everything to go smoothly in the first few games is not reasonable.
What is reasonable is that they need to improve game by game. They show bits and pieces of improvement but the consistency is still an issue.
On offense, not everyone has confidence when they touch the ball, so the ball movement is very stagnant.
Overall, the group as a whole just doesn't know the game all too well and that is problematic.
With time, they should be able to slowly pick it up, but the big question is can they do it sooner than later.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
CYO Preseason Girls Tournament: Day 5 - Bad day for girls teams
The 6th grade girls followed up their second round win with a disappointing performance in the final round of the CYO preseason tournament.
After getting out to a 4-0 lead, the other team went on an 8-0 run, a stretch where the girls were outplayed in every facet of the game.
Offensively, they could barely get off any good shots. On the defensive side, they couldn't grab a rebound and were always the second person to a loose ball. The other team outworked the 6th graders and it showed.
Down 10-6 with a few minutes left in the fourth, Lesly scored for the first time in her career and a putback by Edwena tied the game up with a little under two minutes to go.
They even had a chance to win the game with several lay-ups, but there were unable to score on any of their final possessions, sending the game into overtime.
In OT, it was the same story, they had the looks from close to the basket, but were unable to score.
The other team's game winning basket came off of an offensive rebound, which was the story all game long.
With 18 seconds left on the clock, Edwena had a chance to tie the game but unfortunately missed both her free throws.
Cynthia hits her first three, but 7th grade loses
The 7th grade girls were involved in a shootout early on with both teams scoring on their first two possessions.
With two minutes into the game, it was 6-6 and it looked like it was going to be a high scoring affair.
But both offenses fizzled, especially the 7th graders, and they took a 24-11 loss in the final round of the CYO preseason tournament.
Cynthia scored 9 points, including her first career 3 pointer, and Melina added 2 points in the loss.
It was a much better effort and performance for the girls this morning, as they seemed a little more focused and controlled on both sides of the court.
With that being said, they still need a lot of seasoning, and most importantly, developing their fundamentals.
They don't take care of the ball very well when they dribble or pass the ball, and that will be problematic if these trends continue.
But in three games, they already have shown improvement, and their valuable practice time will only make them a stronger unit.
3rd grade falls in final game
Sofia and Veronica scored for the 3rd grade, but it wasn't enough as they were beaten decisively in the final game of the CYO preseason tournament.
They trailed 2-0 after the 1st quarter, but then fell behind 10-0 at halftime.
From that point on the other team was on fire and they pretty much ran away with the game.
It was good to get these first few games out of the way for the girls, so they will no longer have jitters come game one of the regular season next week.
After getting out to a 4-0 lead, the other team went on an 8-0 run, a stretch where the girls were outplayed in every facet of the game.
Offensively, they could barely get off any good shots. On the defensive side, they couldn't grab a rebound and were always the second person to a loose ball. The other team outworked the 6th graders and it showed.
Down 10-6 with a few minutes left in the fourth, Lesly scored for the first time in her career and a putback by Edwena tied the game up with a little under two minutes to go.
They even had a chance to win the game with several lay-ups, but there were unable to score on any of their final possessions, sending the game into overtime.
In OT, it was the same story, they had the looks from close to the basket, but were unable to score.
The other team's game winning basket came off of an offensive rebound, which was the story all game long.
With 18 seconds left on the clock, Edwena had a chance to tie the game but unfortunately missed both her free throws.
Cynthia hits her first three, but 7th grade loses
The 7th grade girls were involved in a shootout early on with both teams scoring on their first two possessions.
With two minutes into the game, it was 6-6 and it looked like it was going to be a high scoring affair.
But both offenses fizzled, especially the 7th graders, and they took a 24-11 loss in the final round of the CYO preseason tournament.
Cynthia scored 9 points, including her first career 3 pointer, and Melina added 2 points in the loss.
It was a much better effort and performance for the girls this morning, as they seemed a little more focused and controlled on both sides of the court.
With that being said, they still need a lot of seasoning, and most importantly, developing their fundamentals.
They don't take care of the ball very well when they dribble or pass the ball, and that will be problematic if these trends continue.
But in three games, they already have shown improvement, and their valuable practice time will only make them a stronger unit.
3rd grade falls in final game
Sofia and Veronica scored for the 3rd grade, but it wasn't enough as they were beaten decisively in the final game of the CYO preseason tournament.
They trailed 2-0 after the 1st quarter, but then fell behind 10-0 at halftime.
From that point on the other team was on fire and they pretty much ran away with the game.
It was good to get these first few games out of the way for the girls, so they will no longer have jitters come game one of the regular season next week.
Friday, February 24, 2012
CYO Preseason Girls Tournament: Night 4 - 7th grade loses in round two
Cynthia scored the only 6 points on the night for the 7th graders, as they were beaten 23-6.
The other team took advantage of the many 7th grade turnovers on the night and converted them into fast break points.
It was 14-4 at the half, he 7th grade had a chance to climb back into the game.
But a very flat second half proved to be the difference.
The girls play in their final game of the tournament tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.
The other team took advantage of the many 7th grade turnovers on the night and converted them into fast break points.
It was 14-4 at the half, he 7th grade had a chance to climb back into the game.
But a very flat second half proved to be the difference.
The girls play in their final game of the tournament tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
CYO Preseason Girls Tournament: Night 3 - Edwena's career high gives 6th grade a win
Edwena set a new career high with 7 points, and the 6th grade girls were victorious 13-5 in game two of the CYO preseason tournament.
It was a very rough games with both teams draped all over each other, but the 6th graders were able to play through the physicality and pull out a win.
They nursed a 6-3 lead and stretched out their lead to 7 points early in the fourth on buckets by Fiona and Edwena.
From the free throw line, Edwena was a very impressive 3-for-4.
The 6th grade led 2-0 after one and doubled it when Kelly hit a nice bank shot midway through the second quarter.
Jamie's jumper in the third accounted for the only 6th grade bucket in the third quarter.
It was a nice turnaround for the girls who were blown out in their first game Tuesday night. One big difference for the 6th grade was the fact they were able to get off shots, something they had trouble doing for most of the game Tuesday.
One of those girls was Rebecca, who made her St. Mary's debut. She had a fast break lay-up in the second and almost scored on the breakaway.
After two games, the team of nine are starting to blend. Four of the girls are brand new and have never played in a basketball game before this week, so there is going to be some growing pains.
So for a team that was just put together weeks ago, a win in their second game is a great building block for the rest of the season.
They will play for the consolation championship Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
It was a very rough games with both teams draped all over each other, but the 6th graders were able to play through the physicality and pull out a win.
They nursed a 6-3 lead and stretched out their lead to 7 points early in the fourth on buckets by Fiona and Edwena.
From the free throw line, Edwena was a very impressive 3-for-4.
The 6th grade led 2-0 after one and doubled it when Kelly hit a nice bank shot midway through the second quarter.
Jamie's jumper in the third accounted for the only 6th grade bucket in the third quarter.
It was a nice turnaround for the girls who were blown out in their first game Tuesday night. One big difference for the 6th grade was the fact they were able to get off shots, something they had trouble doing for most of the game Tuesday.
One of those girls was Rebecca, who made her St. Mary's debut. She had a fast break lay-up in the second and almost scored on the breakaway.
After two games, the team of nine are starting to blend. Four of the girls are brand new and have never played in a basketball game before this week, so there is going to be some growing pains.
So for a team that was just put together weeks ago, a win in their second game is a great building block for the rest of the season.
They will play for the consolation championship Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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