RI 67-26 St Andrews

Knowing that we were already going to top the group despite the outcome of this match, we all still wanted to do our best for this match and practice a few things coach has made us practice in the past few trainings, despite missing two players.

But something was wrong.

Maybe it was because we have defeated Catholic High a few days ago, our intensity and seemed to drop, where we slowed down our pace a little throughout the entire match. We started off with a 3-2 zone, where we did not perform it as discipline as it should have been, and we only got our momentum soon later. However, the opponent opened the scoring when one of our inside players was hit accidentally by one of the St Andrew players and dropped the ball. Nevertheless, our good defense resulted in the 18-4 scoreline in the first quarter.

The second quarter and third quarter was where everything went wrong, We went for a box and 1 defense before a full court press, yet our intensity seemed to lower a lot. Another inside player was also injured at this time too during box and 1. The 1 in the defense did not play well and we often fell for the taunts of their no. 8. Third quarter we under performed, playing bad defense and not treasuring all our offense opportunities, which trailed 10-5 for us.

Fourth quarter we collapsed to a 1-1-3, though we let loose many open shots at first due to communication problems. However, the opponent always forgot the man at the back and that initiated many fast breaks, though not everytime the last man scored. In the final minutes we practiced 2-2-1 and we forced a few turnovers, though it broke as many times as it succeeded. In that quarter alone we scored 25-11.

With today's match, our second round is over.Today's match identified our shaky foundation of a few basics and a few players' fitness levels. The next match would be the semi finals and the finals on Wednesday, where we cannot afford the lethargic performance we put up today.

Ribball C div '09
A 110% in games.