On a night where nothing seemed to go right, the girls were disposed of 23-9, ending their season.
Plain and simple, the girls could not score, and generate any momentum. The times they had clear looks at the basket from point blank range, they faltered.
After they were unable to grab a rebound, the other team opened the scoring with an easy put back lay-up. Then they hit a 3 pointer a few possessions later and the girls looked defeated minutes into the game.
Fiona answered with a pair of free throws, but the other team responded with yet another 3 pointer to make it 8-2.
That lead stood the rest of the way.
Sloppy passes, missed assignments on defense and not even being able to hit the rim on several shots led to a 16-6 halftime deficit.
The other team only scored 7 points in the final 14 minutes, but the 7th grade mustered only a Kelly free throw and Victoria bucket in the 4th quarter.
This team is not built to come from behind so for them to trail double digits for pretty much the entire game made it nearly impossible for them to amount any type of comeback.
Two of their top scorers Fiona and Jamie did not make a field goal the entire game.
Kelly had her share of looks by the hoop and from the outside but was only able to hit two shots.
As poor as their defense, decision making and rebounding was, the bottom line was they could not score.
After their best regular season to date at (6-2), the girls had high hopes of making it back to the championship.
But the other team looked like the better team and crushed that hope and dream early in the game.
The road to gold won't get any easier as a playoff appearance likely signifies a moving up in the divisions. They'll have an entire off-season to get better and try to make their final year at St. Mary's a most memorable one.
SHOUTOUT: Big shoutout to Raymond for being the only boy in the 7th grade who came and watched Friday night's playoff game.
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