The 3rd grade girls ran into a hot team and lost 13-4 to end their first basketball season.
After spotting the other team a 10-0 lead, Veronica scored in the 2nd quarter to cut the lead to 10-2 at halftime.
But from that point on the girls played a lot better defense, giving up only 3 points the rest of the way.
Sofia added 2 points in the second half to round out the scoring.
It was a tough year for the 3rd graders, as they were matched up against a lot of teams that were already really good for 3rd graders.
With only 6 players on the team, conditioning was also an issue as it's tougher to run all four quarters when you are that young. Physically, they were not built to do that.
Their best chances are wins were the two games that they lost 6-4, one coming in the middle of the season, and then one last week in sudden death overtime.
The biggest problem for the girls this season was their fear of shooting the ball. Whether it was a lack of confidence or always looking to make an extra pass, not shooting the ball was the norm.
Even in today's game, the girls had some clean looks at the basket around the key, but either hesitated to fire, or looked to pass the ball away to a teammate.
Another part of their game that has to improve is ball security. There were too many turnovers, which led to a lot of easy points for the other team.
A year of basketball is incredibly valuable in terms of experience, because a lot of the girls who have graduated in the last few years weren't able to start playing basketball until they got closer to middle school.
Look no further than their coach Marissa, who didn't get a chance to play CYO until 5th grade. Now she's on the basketball team at Sacred Heart.
So getting started at a young age will definitely benefit the girls in the long run.
Sofia ended the year as the team's leading scorer.
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