The 8th grade girls played their best basketball of the tournament and were rewarded with a 23-22 victory in overtime.
Tianna hit one free-throw in overtime and that was the only scoring from either team. They played some good defense and took care of the ball good enough and came away with win number one.
The girls were much more aggressive in this game in taking it to the basket and the results showed. 23 points is the most ever this team has scored in their now two plus years of playing basketball.
In the first two games of the tournament, the girls just could not hit their shots. Each game, they got open looks and lay-ups, but were unable to get the ball in the basket in the previous two games. Today, they did so early on and the girls were able to generate some momentum offensively.
Melinda, who had a career-high 8 points, did a great job today and has looked strong the last two games after a tough outing in game one of the tournament. She's been pushing the ball a lot more this year and taking it more to the hoop. Tianna had 9 points to lead the way. Emily scored 4 points and Tiffany scored for the first time this year on a beautiful lay-up in the first half.
This win should do a lot for their confidence as they struggled the first two games. Today, they slugged it out against a very physical and rough team and were able to hold their ground and make shots.
It was an early start, but the girls were ready from the get go. They trailed 13-12 at the half, and took a one point lead into the third.
Derek was not at this game.
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