We finally broke the first-half curse last night at Grace. For years, Grace has been one of the more difficult places for the Lady Lions to score, especially in the first-half of games. After watching last night’s game, it’s not hard to figure out why…some ‘hometown cookin’ often prevents us from playing our game.
Although the refs called what was arguably the tightest game I think I’ve seen called in a very long time, we were finally able to break the 22 point first-half curse. We ended the first-half with 28 points. The down side was that Hannah and Olivia had 3 fouls each and Rachel who RARELY picks up two fouls in a game, had 2 at the end of the first-half.
One of the keys to winning any game, regardless of the level of competition is being able to “control the controllables.” Meaning we must not get caught up worrying about the things we cannot control, but instead focus on the things that we ARE ABLE to control. Although we cannot control the referees….we CAN control how we play to minimize their calls.
If they are calling fouls for reaching (or even looking at the ball as they were last night), we must play smart and adjust our game accordingly. If they are calling quick fouls for reaching…then we MUST minimize our reaches. It takes self-discipline and it took a few of us far too long to finally understand the way the refs were calling the game.
GAME NOTES
I’m not sure what Grace’s defensive game plan was going into the game, but they sure loved running the “Box & 1”. They ran it on Haley, Rebecca and Chelsea.
Third game in a row with less than 16 TO’s!!!
TEAM STATS
Points Scored: 62
Points Allowed: 33
Rebounds: 36 (18 off/18 def)
Assists: 13
Steals: 16
TO’s: 14
2FG = 40.9% (18 of 44)
3FG = 28.5% (4 of 14)
FT = 51.8% (14 of 27)
Haley
Mins: 18
Points: 16
Rebs: 5 (3/2)
Asst: 2
Stls: 3
TO: 4
2FG: 45.5% (5/11)
3FG: 0% (0/2)
FT: 85.7% (6/7)
Chelsea
Mins: 19
Points: 14
Rebs: 5 (3/2)
Asst: 2
Stls: 4
TO: 1
2FG: 75% (3/4)
3FG: 50% (2/4)
FT: 40% (2/5)
Heather
Mins: 20
Points: 5
Rebs: 5 (3/2)
Asst: 1
Stls: 1
TO: 0
2FG: 33.3% (1/3)
3FG: 0
FT: 50% (3/6)
Rachel
Mins: 24
Points: 9
Rebs: 7 (1/6)
Asst: 4
Stls: 2
Blocks: 1
TO: 1
2FG: 33.3% (4/12)
3FG: 0
FT: 50% (1/2)
Hannah
Mins: 21
Points: 12
Rebs: 3 (2/1)
Asst: 0
Stls: 4
TO: 0
2FG: 50% (4/8)
3FG: 33.3% (1/3)
FT: 50% (1/2)
Olivia
Mins: 20
Points: 6
Rebs: 4 (2/2)
Asst: 1
Stls: 0
Charge: 1
TO: 4
2FG: 25% (1/4)
3FG: 50% (1/2)
FT: 20% (1/5)
Hilliary
Mins: 10
Points: 0
Rebs: 2 (1/1)
Asst: 0
Stls: 1
TO: 2
2FG: 0
3FG: 0
FT: 0
Julie
Mins: 7
Points: 0
Rebs: 1 (1/0)
Asst: 0
Stls: 0
TO: 1
2FG: 0
3FG: 0 (0/1)
FT: 0
Rebecca
Mins: 9
Points: 0
Rebs: 1 (1/0)
Asst: 1
Stls: 1
TO: 1
2FG: 0 (0/1)
3FG: 0 (0/2)
FT: 0
Chrystal
Mins: 12
Points: 0
Rebs: 3 (1/2)
Asst: 2
Stls: 0
TO: 0
2FG: 0 (0/1)
3FG: 0
FT: 0
Blocks: 2
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