Not Such A Disappointment
Well, the game Friday didn't really go as planned. We lost by 1pt. I can't believe it. The parents were pretty pissed because there were so many things in our arsenal that just weren't utilized. Ryan and our point guard never came off the court. Not even for a quick break-nothing. 32straight minutes of playing. I can't complain about that, though. But the other post who played should NOT have been on the court. She had 8 turnovers in the first quarter ALONE. And for some reason our coach refused to put Rachel in (another of our posts). It was just a very frustrating game.
With 30 seconds left in the game we were ahead by 2. Ryan went in for the layup and got clobbered. She missed BOTH of her free throws. (earlier in the game the ref waved off one of her free throws, saying the stepped over the line, but one of our parents was shooting pictures and she proved Ryan was CLEARLY behind the line). She is shooting over 80% of her free throws for the SEASON. That's HUGE! So to miss two of them in a row was really disappointing. (I don't know if she was just too tired at that point from not getting a break, or what but she shouldn't have missed them). Then, the other team marches down and hits a 3... totally undefended because our girl wouldn't step up and get in her face. We weren't able to get the ball back until there was only 6/10 of a second left. And we lost. The San Angelo paper's headline for the article on Saturday said, "Crowley Misses Two Late FT's and looses to Randall". Ouch! I thought that would upset Ryan but she just shrugged and said, "I did my best!" Good for her.
Here's the Star Telegram article.
So Monday she starts track and has her first track meet on Saturday. She's missed the first two trackmeets because of basketball. We will also be starting AAU basketball in a couple of weeks to get ready for the Nike and Adidas circuit starting in April. And so it begins.
Here are some pics from the playoffs...
Ryan wins the jump...
Ryan fighting for the ball...
Can you possibly spot my daughter in this picture? LOL She's VERY hard to find!
Ryan rebounds...
