Let me first
say that our team is thankful to be back in Murray, Kentucky where we can
actually breathe normally on the basketball court. It was hard to breathe on the basketball
court at Colorado State because of the altitude. Nevertheless, we came away with a win against
Colorado State during the final game of the tournament. We struggled in the first half and could not
really get anything going offensively.
We came out a little sluggish in the second half, but then got it going
late in the game. We beat Colorado State
by five points. Some of my teammates had
really good games. Kayla Lowe came in
the game and provided us with some much needed offense and ended up scoring eight
points. Paige, my twin sister, played
really well in the second half and scored 14 points in the game and hit all
nine of her free throws. Mallory Luckett
also made some key baskets down the stretch and was our leading rebounder with
six (and yes, she is a guard). This was
a very good win for our team because it was a total team effort.
The only bad
thing about traveling to Colorado was the long trip. I am not a big fan of flying because I do not
like the hassle (checking in bags, going through security, walking a mile to
get to where you're going). Other than
that, flying is fine. The great part
about flying is you get a snack and complimentary drink :). At least you know you will not starve while
flying. This will be our last trip where
we fly because we will drive to the rest of our games. Overall, I would say that our team had a good
trip to Colorado and we learned a lot about our team from this tournament.
Now, our
team is focused on our first two conference opponents which are EKU and
Morehead State. We just got back from
Colorado on Sunday and are going to be heading out to Richmond, Kentucky on
Wednesday. These games are very
important and we need to be focused from the beginning. We want to start out the OVC schedule on a
positive note. In order to do that, we
have to be focused and stay together.
Go Racers!
