Over Presidents' Day Weekend, the JPII girls played in the February Frenzy, an annual basketball tournament run by a nearby Catholic school. The girls won a stunner on Friday night, 10-8. Emily scored all of the team's points in first half, including a half court shot as time expired at the half to put the team up 5-2 (I'm totally biased, but the place went absolutely wild. The entire JPII boys team had just arrived and saw the shot, which added to the excitement.) They played a great defensive game - Emily played every minute and completely neutralized the other team's best player and the team was unable to pull ahead without that girl scoring any points. On Sunday night, they played against a local travel team and it was tough going for our girls. Based on their record, however, they made it to the semi-final game on Monday afternoon and stayed close to another local travel team until the last 90 seconds of the game. They left it all on the court and Emily again played every minute of the game, ending with 8 steals and 5 rebounds. There is one game left in the season and I will really be sad to see it come to an end.
My girl loves to take the jump ball.
Free throws are Emily's most difficult shot. To put things into perspective, she's made more three pointers (3) this season than baskets from the free throw line. And it's not for lack of effort. She regularly gets to practice early to practice her free throws and practices them during water breaks, when everyone else is getting water and chatting. She finally hit one over the weekend.
With the girls down by 15 on Sunday night, the coaches encouraged Emily to drive to the basket, rather than always looking to pass. She had the perfect opportunity a few moments later.
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