Trinity

Tonight is the big game Shallowater vs Trinity. They are both coming in with two loses and they both lost to Lamesa. Even tho Shallowater beat Lamesa in their first game and lost to Trinity in their first meeting. So the stage is set for a really good game. Shallowater with a record of 13 wins and 2 loses with two Tournament Championships The Sundown and The Levelland and in the Levelland they had to over come Frendship and district rival Cooper. For a small school like Shallowater that was quite the accomplishment.
And win or lose it has been a great season for the girls. They really came out and played some steady basketball. And it is a shame to have the whole season riding on this one game but they came out flat and tired last week against Lamesa and got beat. That all night party over at Cagles just killed them. And you have to remember when you are number one everybody wants to knock you off. So they are going to try their hardest and play their best game against you. So you can't have a emotional let down just because you beat a team bad the first time. You can't look past teams you have to play everyone the same.
  Looking at the game tonight I my self would double team Breckland the whole game with pressure the whole court. If she is going to beat us I would make her work for it. Put your two best defences players on her and run a triangle zone in the paint. A two one zone not a one two. In this way you can stop the short jump shot and still have a post player under the basket to stop the penetration. Don't press them get back into your zone and pressure their point guard if you don't get back they will fast break you. You say why would you do that well because they only have one player who can beat us and that is their point guard If you take her out of the game then they are not a very good team. With her passing and decision making and 3 point  shooting they are a really good team. She is the key so turn her off this game with pressure. Don't let her ever get comfortable that is the way to beat them. And once you get a lead don't go to the bench pour it on them don't let it be close at the end. That is why they lost the first time had a ten point lead in the second quarter and the coach went to the bench and they took advantage of the subs and came back. You can't do that against the good teams. But that is why you play the games to learn and our Middle school coaches are learning just like the players. It is one thing to play and a whole other to coach. And it takes practice experience dedication and an open mind to be a good coach. And I think all of our coaches have those qualities. The main thing is to Educate and Motivate. Then after that there is a lot of way to look at the game the season. Hey my Mob team I don't care if they win or lose so everybody plays the same amount. Maybe that is the way our school coaches are they want to get everyone playing time and that is a good thing..     That's enough of this Good Luck Girls...