The first half of the 2013-2014 AAU basketball season has seen a new group of boys come together as a bunch of individuals and slowly begin to gel as a TEAM.
The boys have played in 3 tournaments so far and this process of becoming a team has been evident in the up and down play that we have witnessed on our way to a 6-6 tournament record. For every nice win we have (the 32-30 come back win over the Chargers comes to mind) we've got a couple of head-scratchers (losing poorly played games to Lightz Out and Shockwave). Then again sometimes the loses aren't a result of learning each other, but just making free throws. -- (lost by 6 to Who Has it Magic while going 9-33 at the stripe & losing to Northside Snipers by 5 while going 9-27; ouch!!)
Our up and down play in tournaments hasn't carried over to our league play where our Rockets enter the 2nd half of the season with a perfect 5-0 record and on top of the Pacific Division. Our perfect record includes solid wins over Pacific Division rivals, the Vipers and the Northside Snipers.
The boys and their coaches are working hard to keep that perfect record going in league and to develop some consistency in tournament play. We are chasing a league championship and a state qualifying finish in our next tournament. We believe the boys can do it.
We'll see you at the gym......Go Rockets!!!
P.S. - look for individual game recaps coming soon.....
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