Richardson Game

The girls lost a heart breaker at Richardson by only 5 points as we just could not finish and seal the deal. We were leading after the first quarter 12-10. We tied up the second quarter at the buzzer with Hannah Wedding's long three pointer to make it 11 all. We went into half time up 23-21.

We came out after half time with a few adjustments and lost 8-11. We were down 31-32 going into the fourth quarter. However, Richardson was worried about our vast improvements this season and held the ball at half court. We were glad to see them do this because we had four of five starters with three or more fouls. We had two players on the bench with two fouls, and we were all in foul trouble as a team. So, we just waited. Richardson held the ball the whole fourth quarter. With 3:30 left we picked up man. I should have waited until about 2 minutes left, but I rushed our defense. It was my fault. We were in a one point game with them and I should have waited a little bit longer. But, we picked up and one of their players pushed off trying to guard the ball and got an offensive call. It was just what we needed. We got the ball back and I called a time out and drew up a play. We threw the ball away instantly by trying to throw it in to the wrong person. We threw it in to the last possible option, who was not open and Richardson got the ball back.

To make a long three minutes short; we had every opportunity to win and did not finish. We threw the ball away left and right. We had half our turnovers in the 4th quarter for the whole night. The girls were under pressure and many have not been in that situation before. We beat ourselves as we only scored a measly 3 points to their 7. They won 39-34.

Notable Stats:
Tierra Scottt - 11 points, 4 steals, 1 rebounds, 1 assist
Kosi Ekwu - 9 points, 10 rebounds!!, 2 blocks, 2 assists, 1 steal
Hannah Wedding - 5 points, 3 steals, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block
Bridget O'Brien - 5 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist