SG Basketball D2: Sometimes the Best Defense is a Good Offense

 

And that’s when things really got ugly for Les Carnicas.

 

Because, after our first anemic performance back in January vs Laruche(2) – 30 pts total, and we were lucky to get that many – your Spartans had been working on their offense against a pressure man defense. Practices had been spent figuring out how best to 1) handle the pressure, and 2) get the ball into good spots where our playmakers can make plays. And boy o boy, for the first time this past Monday night it worked, it clicked, and it was bee-YOO-tiful to watch.

 

Baseline reverse layups, high-post drives, post-post pick and rolls, drive and kicks, sprint handoffs, elbow jumpers, wing pick n rolls – holy smokes EVERYTHING was working. From two minutes left in the 1^st quarter until the end of the 3^rd quarter, the Big Red Machine put the game away by pumping in no less than 37(!) pts. To fully appreciate this offensive explosion, your Spartans had only reached the 50 pt plateau three times this season; tonight we reached 50 after only three quarters!

 

Laruche, of course, did not quit, and finished the game on an 11-0 run of their own. But it was too little too late – Final Score 50-33, and Stanstead College was officially on a roll.

 

Hmmm. Offense clicking. Lockdown defense. Signing championship banners. Great team vibe.

 

Sometimes it just doesn’t get better than being a Spartan.