By: Jessica Strimpel, Normeze Rivera, and Anayah Flowers
January 14, 2020
The boys varsity basketball team (1-10) played against the Independence Blue Devils on Tuesday, and even though they played hard, they came out on the losing end, 64-26.
The first quarter saw a slow start for both teams, but the Blue Devils got hot toward the end and led 13-4.
In the second quarter, it got worse as the Hurricanes were outscored 17-6, expanding Independence’s lead to 30-10 at the half. The cold shooting by the Hurricanes prevented them from making a run to close the half.
The Blue Devils came out strong in the third quarter delivering yet another punch by hitting shots and playing solid defense. The score at the close of the third quarter was 49-16.
The Hurricanes offense picked up a tad in the fourth quarter, but it was too late to rally with the Blue Devils winning the game rather convincingly.
“We need to have positive attitudes, get rebounds, box-out, and we shouldn’t be afraid,” said freshman Jaden Basinger.
Although the boys lost this game, their effort will continue to grow with the hope of winning more games.
“We need to run our offense at game speed and adapt to the defense rather than going through the motions. We will be installing a new offense to create more movement that will put our players in a better position to score,” added Coach Karl.
A conference game like this shows our team how much work there needs to be done to be competitive. It should serve as motivation to work even harder in practice to get the desired results.
The Hurricanes hope to bring in a big crowd this Friday as they take on Berkshire.
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