Not A Good Night

By: Anayah Flowers, Jessica Strimpel, and Normeze Rivera

January 22, 2020

The varsity girls basketball team played the Independence Blue Devils on Wednesday, and unfortunately, the Lady Canes were defeated by a score of 80-34. 

The Canes went into this game with optimism and prepared to play their best. 

From the very beginning, however, the Blue Devils asserted their will and dominance leading 28-10 after the first quarter.

The second quarter was not much different as the young Canes were outscored 24-9 increasing the deficit to 52-19 at the half.

The second half was a little more balanced, but the hole was too deep for the Canes to climb out of as the host Blue Devils took an easy CVC victory.

Even though the varsity team is very young, they were outmatched and played against an experienced Blue Devil squad.

Freshman Genesis Caraballo stated, “We need to focus on the game and continue to do all of our plays correctly. Tonight, we didn’t do that.”

 

Coach Urig also added the following: “I thought we played hard throughout the game. This team had a lot of challenges, and I believe we learned and got better throughout the game as well.”

“Transition defense and press breaker needs to be worked on; once we focus on that, I think it’s going to help us as we close off the season.”

The girls hope to use this game as a way to improve for the remainder of the schedule. The team has already seen great improvement but are looking for consistency.

The Lady Canes’ next game will be on Saturday, January 25, at Fairport Harding High School against the Lady Skippers.