The 3rd grade girls had their best quarter to date, scoring 6 points alone in the 3rd quarter of their game Saturday.
Unfortunately, their first two quarters did them in as they carved themselves an 20-0 hole at halftime, only to fall 24-6.
Sofia had 4 points and Veronica had 2 points in the loss.
The girls still look a little scared out on the court, afraid to really go all out for the ball. The little things like being quicker to the ball, or being alert enough to step in front of somebody is lacking.
In the 3rd quarter, they showed glimpses of that as girls were anticipating passes, going for the steal. When they play with some jump in their step, they tend to be successful. When they sit back in their comfortable 2-3 zone and let the other team pass the ball around, that leads to trouble.
This team does not have the most size, so they are physically smaller than other teams. They are also not too physical, which is what happens with inexperience, and that leads to a lot of offensive rebounds for the other team. That's where the bulk of the other team's points come from early in the season.
Sometimes the girls will get steals, dribble it downcourt, only to turn it around and bring the ball back up to the top of the key. They need to be confident and take it all the way to the basket to either draw a foul or get up an easy shot. Too many times the girls get into a half court mode and turn the ball over.
Veronica, like an NFL cornerback, picked off a pass in the third and went coast to coast for the team's first basket of the game.
Sofia then matched her career high by sinking two shots in the paint.
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