Tuesday 29th January: YEAR 8/9 GIRLS BASKETBALL

RATTON 10 ETC 65
Hannah Blundell 21, Charleigh Crotty 16, Shantelle Omar 14, Jess Gouviea 8, Kirsty Timm 2, Chloe Baker 2, Saphirre Haydes 2.

A fantastic performance from the squad, having not had a game since the BISHOP BELL title clash, ETC played well but not to their potential in the 1st quarter. It took until the second quarter for them to really start turning on the style, the defending was tight; and our turn over of the ball was outstanding. The offensive breaks were aggressive, each player showed great momentum on the attack. Some great vision and early passing allowed the girls through for some low pressure lay-ups. Some very high quality moments in the game, that made the girls look a different class. Hannah Blundell pacey on the attack, putting away many lay-ups and scoring a great 3 pointer. Charleigh Crotty again showing great strength in defending, and picked out some defence breaking early passes for one of her team mates to go on to score. Shantell Omar working hard for the team, a really determined performance with basket assists, and demonstrating intelligent play by using the legal block. Jess Gouviea as always was a defensive rock, making it hard for Ratton to get any shots away, showing great strength when rebounding, and thinks ahead in the game when passing. Emily Gillam worked extremely hard when marking her player to deny any space, so close to scoring a basket this week.We started the 3rd quarter 31-4 up with the year 8 girls in the starting 5 (Immy Robinson, Sapphire Haydes, Chloe Baker, Kirsty Timms). The girls were great in the attack but at times lacked some awareness when defending. Still the girls proved to be too much for Ratton, with Kirsty, Sapphire and Chloe all managing to score a basket, finishing the quarter 37-10.The final quarter saw the return of the year 9s from squad. Having rested and rehydrated the girls were full of energy and showed no easing up in the assault on Rattons basket, the passing was incredible and the movement off the ball was exceptional; finishing the game 65-10.Well done girls and a great team performance.

MVP: Hannah Blundell “high number of assists, scored some impressive lay ups and a 3 pointer.”