Senior Girls D3 Basketball
SG Basketball: Carbon Copy @ Marie-River
The last time we played Marie-Rivier’s second team we lost 27-19 in a low-scoring affair that saw both teams struggle on offence, but with the clear edge going to Les Riverains because of their huge advantage in toughness, rebounding and second-chance opportunities.
Unfortunately, the exact same thing happened in the rematch. And I mean EXACT. Once again we were without our top scorer. Once again our initial defence was stellar. And once again we gave up multiple offensive rebounds on almost every possession. So frustrating! In fact, it was so similar to last game that I don’t need to come up with a new way to describe it; my writeup from December sums things up perfectly. To wit:
“…our initial defence was so good that we never allowed our opponents to score on their first attempt. With the guards scrambling like mad and the forwards smartly rotating, we forced missed shot after missed shot. It’s unofficial, but I’m guessing Marie-Rivier scored all of 4 points on their initial shots…”
“…we got absolutely crushed on the boards, with our opponents regularly getting two, three, and sometimes even four chances to score each possession…”
“…we regularly let the ball, when we already had it in our hands, get tied up for loose balls, or even worse, ripped out of our hands…”
“…we couldn’t come up with any 50-50 balls; it seemed like 95% of loose balls went to Marie-Rivier...”
“…and that, folks, is the whole story. It is very hard to win a basketball game if you get out-rebounded, out-hustled and out-toughed…”
Yep. Exact same frustrating story. Kinda eerie, actually.
But to be fair, there WAS one clear difference this time around – I liked our work ethic better. Last time we spent the entire game on our back foot, surprised at how hard we were expected to work. But this time the girls legitimately tried their hardest, giving everything they had on every possession. Sometimes the other team is just more athletic than you. But that didn’t keep us from scrapping the entire game. And it’s that attitude that will serve us well the rest of the season.
Especially at the biggest tournament of the year. The Anderson-Bailly. Coming soon!
© 2017 Stanstead College. All Rights Reserved.