Six out of the seven 7th graders scored Saturday afternoon, and the boys shook off a slow start to win their third game of the season 45-24.
One of those players who found the basket was Spencer, who hit his first two shots of the season in the 3rd quarter. He created his first shot off the dribble and banked in a shot and then hit a lay-up off of a nice pass a few minutes later in the quarter.
There was some rusty early on as the 7th grade (3-1) faced their largest deficit of the season, down 10-3 a little more than halfway through the 1st quarter.
Leslie called a timeout to chew out the team and they woke up from there. From that point forward, they went on a 22-2 run to end the first half and took a 25-12 into the break.
Michael had his best game of the season, hitting two 3 pointers and lead the fast break, setting up his teammates nicely by the basket.
The team as a whole was really good in transition, with several great passes, like they were running a 3-on-2 or 2-on-1 practice drill. Unfortunately, the game ball wasn't the best and several usual gimme lay-ups rimmed out of the cylinder.
Jason Hou returned to the lineup after a two game absence and scored two points on free throws at the end of the first half. Even though he only scored two, he contributed in ways that do not appear on the stat sheet.
He has pretty good basketball IQ and made a great steal in the 2nd quarter. He read the play and got the ball, then wrapped a pass around to Jason Lei who scored two of his 11 points on an easy shot by the basket.
Jonathan did not have the hot hand like he did before the break, but still managed to tie Michael for a team high of 12 points. Allen added two points.
Defensively, they were pretty solid and forced the other team into a lot of bad shots. Part of their comeback was due to their press, which suffocated their opponent.
And the defense led to offense, which led to a third straight win.
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