Fiona wakes up, leads 7th grade to a big win

Fiona snapped out of an early season funk in a big way, scoring a career high 14 points as the 7th grade won their second straight game to open the season, 27-10 over NDV.

After being held scoreless in last week's season opener, Fiona got going early, using her left hand to get around a defender and then to the basket for the team's first two points of the game.

She followed that performance by doing pretty much the exact same thing three more times in the first half, as she pushed the 7th grade out to a 17-3 halftime lead.

In the half court set, Fiona was able to get by the girl who was guarding her almost every time, as she had a field day.

Following a win last season, Fiona said after the game that it was very important not only to her, but for the team to score early to build up some confidence.

So sticking to her statement, she answered the bell and had herself a day she won't soon forget.

Her big day masked some of the deficiencies from the game such as some real poor free throw shooting in the 1st quarter.

Even though they had a 7-0 lead after one, they shot 1-for-8 from the free throw line.

They also went through spurts where they could not rebound the ball.

Some of the balls weren't even difficult to grab -- they bounced right in front of them and still somehow they were unable to come up with it. It was so bad that you could see Leslie slowly pulling her hair out as she watched it unfold time after time.

The girls also weren't very effective for most of the second half, unable to break the press. They went into a spell where all they did was throw the ball out of bounds or turn the ball over to the other team.

Luckily, they built enough cushion that these mistakes didn't come back to haunt them.

All seven girls on the team got on the scoresheet.

Ivanna and Victoria both had 4 points, while Rebecca had a nice putback in the 1st quarter for her only bucket of the game.

Jamie and Kelly had quiet games with only a free throw each.

Some of the girls on the NDV team played soccer for St. Mary's and were teammates of Rebecca, Fiona and Victoria a little more than a month ago.

This marks the second straight year the girls have started the season (2-0).