9th Dawgs Blue-March 12-13

YBA Dawgs Blue vs. Calaveras Pride- WIN

Saturday 3/12/11 1:20 9.m. YBA squared off against Calaveras Pride. This was a back and forth barnburner. YBA was able to handle the Calaveras press. In addition, YBA showed good offensive execution in this game and played aggressively on defense for 4 qtrs. 4 qtr saw YBA come out a little flat but they were able to fight it off and regain their intensity again. Keys for improvement from this game: ball security, offensive execution, and a stronger will to compete for 4 qtrs.

Defense player of the game: Grant, Joe Henry, and Morgan Green
Offense player of the game: Luke Jordan
Best Hustle: Whole Team
Best Attitude: Whole Team

YBA Dawgs Blue vs. Davis Hotshots – WIN
Sunday 3/13/11 10:05 a.m. YBA squared off against Davis Hotshots came out hot. They had some good deep ball shooters. Great defensive efforts from Austin gave us a chance to take the lead and never give it back. We hit a flat spot in the 3 rd quarter but rebounded well through out the game. We suffered a big loss in the 3rd quarter will big Joe going down with what looked like a major knee injury. We protected to ball and came away with a 4-point victory.

Defense player of the game: Austin/Grant
Offense player of the game: Austin/Luke
Best Hustle: Jared
Best Attitude: Luke/Christian/ Jared-and Joe with returning to the bench with an injury to be with his teammates

YBA Dawgs Blue vs. – CRR Red-Loss
Sunday 3/13/11 12:15 p.m.YBA squared off against the CRR Red. YBA came out with good energy the whole team showed great defensive play and hustle. Offensively as a team, decision making and scoring showed improvement in this game. YBA was able to turn solid defensive stops into transition baskets in the fourth quarter. However rebounding was a struggle for the entire game. CRR had some great shooters and took advantage of us not having big Joe in the line up. CRR proved to be the better team down the stretch hitting four-clutch basket in five positions.

Defense player of the game: Morgan Green , Jared
Offense player of the game: None
Best Hustle: None
Best Attitude: Christian


Coaches Thoughts:
Overall, We played very well for having very limited practice time. We showed stretches of great ball movement and more importantly “GRIT” which we will need to have as a team to continue to be successful. Players please be ready to work this week in practice be willing to run through a wall. “It is amazing what we can accomplish when we don’t care who gets the credit for it”.