Week 3 - Under 14 Girls (1) Game Report

This was the second real big test of the season playing the reigning Premier League Champions and Classic Runners-up in Logan Thunder. After last week's high, downing Maroochydore, we certainly hit rock-bottom on Saturday. Again another very poor start, down 19-2 at quarter time, under the extreme full court pressure from Logan. We did not handle this well, although our very poor shooting percentage did not do us any favours. After quarter time the game was quite even, and in patches we were on top, but poor decision- making and failure to follow our team defensive rules really let us down. Logan's full court pressure caused us to make a number of turnovers and their great shooting finished us off. It was very disappointing to not come out and play to our potential, and I am sure the players are hurting....I hope they are...I am. Players need to adjust their game to the refereeing, whether it is good, bad or indifferent, and I will leave the discussion on this as this is not the forum. The effort certainly opened our eyes, as to what is expected in U14s this season, and we can make the necessary adjustments. A couple of positives were the 100% effort given by Mel Bateman on both ends of the floor, and Maddie Woodford's hustle all game. Also it would be fair to say that we learnt a lot more about them, than they learnt about us, because we didn't give our best performance by a long shot. A committed effort to rebound, play defence, follow team rules and cut down turnovers is required.

Player of the Week: It would be unfair to Logan for me to give a player of the week from our squad, as they clearly outplayed us. Honourable mentions to Mel and Maddie.