JV-April 23

A good weekend for the Dawgs despite missing Cole, Daniel, & Nathan, as we finally got a tournament championship win. We played well and won by 13, 32, & 7. It was a complete team effort as we finally got contributions from every player on the team.


Dawgs 49 Dreamers 36
In a game we controlled throughout, the one time it was close (38-32) in the 2nd half, Lawerence stepped up and hit back to back threes from the wing to push the lead back out over 10. Kameron had a big game with 6 points and STRONG defense and low post work. Matt was outstanding rebounding and had over 10. Lawrence led the way on Offense with 4 threes and close to 20 points.

Dawgs 65 Irish 34
A game that was never close as we started out on a 13-0 run and led 26-6 after one quarter. Matt led the way with somewhere near 26 points (including 12 in the 1st quarter), 15 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks & 2 steals. The whole team looked very good and Tariq played outstanding Defense and made several big plays throughout. Ryan played well on both ends (surprising us both) and had several nice assists. Kameron continued his push to become a "banger" down low and out muscled several of their players in the game.

Dawgs 57 Nuggets 50
Not quite the Defensive performance that we showed the previous two games, but that can be attributed to it being our 3rd game (2nd in a row) and we only had 6 players. We led by 10 almost the entire game and our defense and team play was outstanding. We did a great job of switching Defenses and confusing them. We also battled them down low and I think a key for us was that our 2 posts outplayed their buff man. It was a complete team effort that secured our victory and made me proud of the basketball that we played this weekend. This tournament was the closest to the style I want to play in terms of our unselfishness, 1/2 court defense, and having everybody play consistent, hard nosed basketball.

The awards are as follows;

MVP: Matt, closely followed by Lawrence
DEFENSIVE MVP: Lawrence, followed by JR and Tariq
TEAM PLAY: JR, followed by Ryan and Tariq

Coaches Thoughts...

Let's build on this weekend, continue the unselfish play and move the ball quickly. We're entering our big push before Reno and I like the way we're heading... Our Defensive communication is improving but needs to get much better... We did an amazing job (comparatively) of getting back in transition, keep it up, it's easy to remember, either we're pressing or we're daring them to beat our 1/2 Defense...