The self inflicted wounds finally caught up with the 6th grade as they were given a harsh dose of reality as they were handed their first loss of the season, a 31-8 drubbing.
Raymond, the team's leading scorer was held to only one point, and another offensive weapon Grant, was relegated to only one bucket the entire game.
It was a nightmare of a game for a team that had come into the game undefeated. However, the 6th grade hasn't been completely dominant in any of their games this season and have won all their games by single digits.
Against less talented teams, they were able to get away with their turnovers, poor passes and lack of rebounding.
This afternoon's opponent however was athletic and after the first quarter, the 6th graders should've known that they would need to play their "A" game to have a chance of winning.
Instead, they never got into a rhythm offensively and were extremely poor defensively and dug themselves a 15-3 hole going into halftime.
A lot of the points from the other team came on the fast break as the 6th grade has a lot of trouble in their transition defense.
The players don't retreat quick enough and even though sometimes they stop that first shot, the other team comes back to collect the offensive rebound.
Ball movement is a problem on this team as several players love to dribble themselves into the corner and throw up ill-advised shots.
And since they weren't getting rebounds and turnovers, Raymond was unable to get the fast break going and what resulted was their lowest output of the season.
The 6th grade is now (4-1).
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