We "WON" 4 for 4 Last Night

5:30 game

Destroyers II        7

Sting Angels       50

Nine of the 13 players who made the game attempted shots. We had 43 attempts and  3 makes all scored in the second half. One player made it to the foul line.  The girls are starting to shoot more. I like what I see. We were 0-6 for threes and each was an open shot taken by a player capable of making it. We had 20 rebounds. Our defense got better in the second half. 

6:30 game

Destroyers I                12

Bay State Storm         44

Twelve of the 15 players made attempts on the basket. We had 36 attempts and 5 makes. Four players scored from the floor. We had 17 rebounds. Two players made it to the foul line. Early in the game I had to call a time out to remind the girls to play defense. Our defense got a little better in the second half. 

7:30 game

Destroyers I            9

Sting Angels         60

Eleven of the 15 players made attempts on the basket. We had 31 attempts and 4 makes. One player made it to the foul line. We had 18 rebounds and 3 blocked shots. Our defense got better in the second half. 

8:30 game

Destroyers II              25

Bay State Storm         56

All 13 players made attempts on the basket. We had 63 attempts and 11 makes. We were 3 for 10 on 3 point shots. Four players scored from the field. One player made it to the foul line. We had 30 rebounds. Our defense got better in the second half. 

My take away from this night is we still don't understand how to play defense. We are not picking up a player as soon as the ball swings to our opponent. We are still guarding our mark with out understanding that the BALL is the threat.  We lose sight of the ball while looking for our  mark and the ball goes right by us. We also continue to mark our player when the ball is driven past us instead of steping up to stop the ball. On the rare occasions that we DO go help, we forget to recover to our original mark. 

Every one is getting better at it but no one has the mental toughness to play hard the entire possession yet. It will come as the desire and pride of getting stops grows. When the defense kicks in AND the shots start falling we will be able to compete.  I like that we are shooting. Once the shoot, shoot, shoot is habit, I will teach them about shot selection and about getting the shots with in our motion. The rebounding is a bonus since it is not something that I stress or work on yet in practice.

Despite what the score boards announced, it was a good night to be a Destroyer.