Off the opening tip, it felt like it was going to be a good day for the 4th grade boys basketball team as Brendan coasted in for the first bucket of the game five seconds into the 1st quarter.
It was smooth sailing in the first half, as Calvin and Nathan both had 4 points each and Darren made his first shot ever in CYO play.
Add that together and the 4th grade held a commanding 12-2 lead at halftime.
Second half, different story.
The other team started to make their shots, and the 4th grade (1-1) started to miss, and the gap tightened. And at the end of three, it was 12-10 as their opponent outscored them 8-0 in the 3rd quarter.
Brendan gave the boys some much needed breathing room when he split a pair of free throws midway through the fourth, but the other team made a jump shot and hit a free throw to tie the game at 13-13 with about two minutes to go.
But Brendan bookended the game by scoring the game's final basket on a bank shot off of a fast break, which gave the boys the lead, and eventually their first win.
He had a team high 5 points.
It was the good, bad and ugly all in one Saturday for the 4th graders.
They were rolling for a while, and then in the 3rd quarter, everything went wrong. Lack of defense, turnovers, missed easy shots.
Consistency will be the key as the 4th graders need to up their games in year number two. The division and the competition is better than their rookie season.
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