Top Row: Coach Tingley, Aurora, Maheshi, Ayla, Gabby, Chrisni
Bottom Row: May, Tangmo, Sasha, Holly, Me, Coach Hudson.
From the 19-22 of February, OSC hosted the SAISA Girls Basketball Tournament. Teams came from AES (Deli), ASB (Mumbai), AISC (Chenai), AISD (Dhaka), LS (Kathmandu), LAS (Lahore), and KS (Karachi).
Each team played 2 games everyday for 3 days (6 total!!). By the end of the three days, I was EXHAUSTED. Our pool ended up having the four top teams of the tournament, so most of our games were very close. I think a large part of basketball is mental preparation, and our team were very tough that way! I wrote an inspirational quote on my arm for each game to give me something to focus on, and I found it really helped.
OUR GAMES, OUTCOMES, QUOTES:
Each team played 2 games everyday for 3 days (6 total!!). By the end of the three days, I was EXHAUSTED. Our pool ended up having the four top teams of the tournament, so most of our games were very close. I think a large part of basketball is mental preparation, and our team were very tough that way! I wrote an inspirational quote on my arm for each game to give me something to focus on, and I found it really helped.
OUR GAMES, OUTCOMES, QUOTES:
- OSC vs. ASB. Lost by 1 POINT! :( "Limits, like fears, are only illusions."
- OSC vs. AES. Lost by 4 points. "She conquers who endures."
- OSC vs. KS. First win! "He who angers you, conquers you."
- OSC vs. AISC. Hard fought win. "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
- OSC vs. ASB. Lost, but fought back hard in the last quater. "No-one said it'd be easy, they just promised it'd be worth it."
- OSC vs. KAS. Won! "The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back."
I was really proud of the way we played as a team. We communicated well, our ball-handling was competend and GREATLY improved from the beginning of the season, and we fought every point. I was most proud of the fact that I do really believe I gave 100% to every quarter of every match.
Our only problem was actually getting the ball to go into the basket. We took plenty of shots, but not so many got in. This was partly bad luck and partly lack of practice, but it was a shame. I think we earned the place we acheived, although with a bit more luck we could possibly have won second.
I was starting 5 for all of the matches, and I played for the majority of all of them except the last one. In the last match I injured my ankle and couldn't play. We had a total of 7 ankle injuries on our team throughout the season!
I did not score very much - my strengths were more in stopping other people from scoring and rebounding. Shooting is definitely something I really need to improve on for next year, as is dribbling (even as a post player, a small amount of mobility can be useful). Also, DROP STEP! ie, learn to do this in a game.
In general I played well and I think I have improved alot since the beginning of the season. The team felt really coherent and together - we certainly played very well together. We got 3rd place, with ASB coming 1st and AES taking 2nd.
From our team, Tangmo, Holly and I were voted the "All Star Players" by the coaches of the teams we played. I was proud of this, but I was even more proud of the fact that a girl on the ASB team told me that I was very scary on court and that she and the other post players on her team had to tell each other not to get intimidated by me. So I was obviously doing my job!
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