Final at SHA

Final at SHA

 

SHA's quick tempo and endurance in the second half doomed the Lady Knights. Team had 17 assists for the game while forcing 17 turnovers. The dynamic duo of Daijia Ruffin & Raven Merriweather continued with 26 pts/10 rebs for Daijia and 20 pts/8 rebs for Raven.

 

Lexington Catholic was led by Rachel Blake with 19 pts and Suzanne Miller chipped in with 13 pts.

 

It 'appeared' that the Lady Knights had no answer to the extra pass within their matchup zone defense.

SHA's quick tempo and endurance in the second half doomed the Lady Knights. Team had 17 assists for the game while forcing 17 turnovers. The dynamic duo of Daijia Ruffin & Raven Merriweather continued with 26 pts/10 rebs for Daijia and 20 pts/8 rebs for Raven.

 

Lexington Catholic was led by Rachel Blake with 19 pts and Suzanne Miller chipped in with 13 pts.

 

It 'appeared' that the Lady Knights had no answer to the extra pass within their matchup zone defense.

 

I think that's going to be the case for a lot of SHA opponents this year. They are good and when Ruffin is healthy, I think they are at least a final 4 team and maybe the eventual champ.

SHA's quick tempo and endurance in the second half doomed the Lady Knights. Team had 17 assists for the game while forcing 17 turnovers. The dynamic duo of Daijia Ruffin & Raven Merriweather continued with 26 pts/10 rebs for Daijia and 20 pts/8 rebs for Raven.

 

Lexington Catholic was led by Rachel Blake with 19 pts and Suzanne Miller chipped in with 13 pts.

 

It 'appeared' that the Lady Knights had no answer to the extra pass within their matchup zone defense.

 

In every game certain things stand out and this game is no different. Rachel Blake scored 11 of her 19 points at the foul line going 11/11. Lex Cath shot 19 FT to SHA 4 FT. I thought the officials didn't call this game as tight compared to what I've seen in other games.

 

SHA played an ok game, but I think the coaches can get them to improve to a higher level of play. Their chemistry is still not where it needs to be to play a complete game against a top level opponent. It seemed like certain times when different line ups are in the game, the girls were watching Ruffin or Merriweather to see what they were going to do. Only shooting 4 FT in the game indicates that they might not be attacking the basket with the dribble drive from the guard position. They did do a good job of passing the ball around the zone and work it inside to Ruffin for lay ups, so this might account for the lack of dribble drives. I hope we can make the dribble drive part of the offense, especially how they are calling the game this year. Our PG should go to the line more than zero times in a game.

 

It was good to see the second and third units get some playing time to help gain some experience.

I think that's going to be the case for a lot of SHA opponents this year. They are good and when Ruffin is healthy, I think they are at least a final 4 team and maybe the eventual champ.

 

Ruffin was back to her old self in this game. When SHA gets it all figured out they will be a tough out for any Kentucky opponent.

Ruffin was back to her old self in this game. When SHA gets it all figured out they will be a tough out for any Kentucky opponent.

 

She's fun to watch when healthy. I was a little disappointed she wasn't feeling well when they played Highlands. She played, but wasn't herself. Now, I said a "little" disappointed!

 

Just like watching her play.

What happened to SHA against Jeffersonville? What a shocker.