Hoop'n It Up!

The Eldest has played in her first competitive basketball game. Our school just opened this year and so this was the first game for the whole school. None of the girls had played in an actual game before and they were faced against a school that had been open for a few years now. There was just a bit of an experience gap and it showed some as the home team lost 18-4.

The eldest played very well. She was far and away the tallest girl on either team, and is doing a good job of learning to use her height to control the paint. The other team did most of their damage from outside; even their better girls avoided going into the post. When they did, the Eldest got her hands up and caused them to alter their shot. Not one person scored a bucket over her.

She played all but the last three minutes of the first half and played all of the second. She looked a little winded at the finish, but never stopped sprinting from end to end. She did a great job of getting back on D before the other team got the ball across the floor.

Her shining moment came with :40 seconds left when her teamate popped a three from the wing that bounced long off the iron. The Eldest went up and grabbed the board and sank the put-back for her first ever basket. It also means her Old Man gets to brag about his daughter who is now tied as the leading scorer on the team.

Her final stat line was:
2 pts on 1 of 2 shooting
5 rebounds
4 shots altered
1 shot block
3 turnovers

Not a bad debut, if I say so myself.