8th Grade White-April 2-3

First and Foremost

Congratulations on 3 - 0 and Tournament Champions

(but coaches are coaches see comments below)

YBA Xtreme White vs. Davis Wildcats White 

Saturday 4/2/11 at 3:30 p.m. at William Jessup University YBA squared off against and beat the Davis Wildcats White 52-40.  YBA came out with good energy. However we kept the game close for 3 quarters failing to close out on shooters, making careless passes that lead to turnovers and failing to be disciplined and run our offense with proper offensive spacing.  Understandable with our new roster chemistry takes time. It took until the later part of the 4^th quarter but aggressive rebounding, defense and good transition ball movement allowed us to score in transition and extend our lead. Solid team effort. Keys for improvement from this game: get off to a quicker start on offense with better decisions, finish off transition baskets and lay ups, maintain perimeter spacing on offense, look for the screener who is rolling, screener roll more aggressively, boxing out on defense, and contesting all shots on defense.

• Defense player of the game:  Cody Abendschein, John Voter, Josh O’neal on boards
• Offense player of the game: Jade Sotelo, John Voter (passing/vision), Josh O’neal on boards
• Best Hustle: Jade Sotelo
• Best Attitude: Cody Abendschein, John Voter

 YBA Xtreme White vs. Davis Hotshots   

Sunday 4/3/11 at 9:00 a.m.YBA squared off against and beat the Davis Hotshots 46-40.  The score makes this one look closer than it was a few late 3’s.  Fortunately the clock was on our side we failed to close this one out.  This was not the same Hotshots team we lost to in overtime much weaker.  For Sunday at 9 a.m. we came out with better energy than we have in past Sunday morning games. We again got off to a slow start unable to convert early and we made poor decisions in transition and on offense and did not run our offense which allowed them to hang around.  With the addition of the 3 point line if you let teams hang around you can lose lots of games you should not and you may let it come down to a referee’s judgement call which may not be in your favor and you lose falling pray to what is known in the world of athletic competition as an upset and these stay with you for life.  We gave back a double digit lead when our bench was not able to maintain the lead we had.  Hustle on the offensive boards, defense and rebounding kept us in this game. We need to pass the ball more effectively in our transition offense too much full court dribbling and too many homerun type passes they become turnovers. A win is a win we learn what we can and move on.  Keys for improvement from this game: closing out games we clearly should win and maintaining that lead, better decisions and passing in transition, offensive execution run our offense, finish off transition baskets, maintain perimeter spacing on offense, boxing out on defense.

• Defense player of the game:   Matt Dzwilewski, Cody Abendschein, John Voter, Josh O’neal 
                                                        on boards
• Offense player of the game: Matt Dzwilewski
• Best Hustle: Jade Sotelo
• Best Attitude: Cody Abendschein, John Voter

YBA Xtreme White vs. Sierra Sonics

Sunday 4/3/11 at 11:10 a.m. YBA squared off against and beat the Sierra Sonics 53-41.  We came out with good energy but again failed to run the offense early in the game and again settled for homerun poor passes in transition that lead to turnovers often sailing way over everyone’s head and out of bounds.  This in turn allowed a much weaker opponent to hang around and think they were in the game.   The bench played commendably in this game and ran the offense better than the starters and actually scored several baskets out of the set.  This one was a little sloppy but the better athleticism won out in the end with hustle on the boards and aggressive ball pressure. A win is a win we learn what we can and move on. Keys for improvement: come out and run the offense, improve ball security (reduce turnovers better passing decisions), offensive and ob play execution (run them as drawn up), finish inside on offense.

• Defense player of the game: Cody Abendschein,  Josh O’neal, John Voter     
• Offense player of the game:  Stephen Bober, Jade Sotelo and Josh O’neal running Kentucky high screen and role in 4^th nice job, Gavin Triplett running the offense in the 4^th quarter
• Best Hustle:  John Voter, Jade Sotelo, Jesse Savage on the boards
• Best Attitude:  The Bench (good support ready to play when called on)