The women's basketball team started the season off 2-0 with two wins against Bethany College on November 9th and 10th. The first game was won 65-47 with the following statistical leaders: Jenna Ball, 23 points; Meagan Miyasaka, 6 steals, 6 assists; and I lead in rebounds with 9. 
Our season goal is to make 70% of our free-throws every game, and we exceeded that with 77.8%.In the second game we defeated them 61-46. The leaders were: Crystal Idrogo with 20 points and 11 rebounds; and Meagan Miyasaka with 2 steals and 7 asssists. We did not meet our free-throw goal, shooting only 69.2%.
Bethany was a very physical team, and they played good defense with tight pressure. It seemed like they got tired during the second half and could not keep up as much, but they were a good match-up for our first two games. The only thing that was a bummer was playing them two days in a row! It gets boring playing the same teams over, especially two days back-to-back. Also, I did not like playing at noon. For one, it throws off our whole schedule because we usually are in class or eating lunch.
I felt really rushed for the game on Friday because I had to go to two classes before the game and try to turn in a bunch of work before going to the gym and suiting up. I like to be able to take my time before the game, getting ready and getting mentally prepared, and I was not able to do so before those games. I thought the game gave us good practice for running our offense against a pressure defense, and
prepared us for the William Jessup Tournament. It was definitely nice to see someone else besides ourselves. We only had one scrimage before the games so I felt like we were a little behind, but in the end it all went okay. 
I felt like our defense needed some work; we were not in the help positions we needed to be and we did not talk a lot. It will get there. For our first games I would say we played really well. I think
this team is going to come together and develop rather quickly, compared to last year.
No comments:
Post a Comment