Turnovers continue to plague the Lady Spartans.
Photo by Rebecca Holt
Before entering the holiday break, the girls lost to Arvada West High School with a score of 63-12. The girls struggled offensively, and defensively gave up eight three-pointers, while Center Olivia Breningstall scored 10 of the Spartans 12 points. The girls committed a voluminous number of turnovers.
On Tuesday night, the Spartans took on Gateway at TJ losing 76-42. Olivia Breningstall had a great game scoring 23 points, but the girls still committed an inordinate number of turnovers.
On January 6th, the girls took on the D’Evelyn Jaguars at TJ losing 72-27, when the team continued to struggle with turnovers, committing a total of 31. Olivia Breningstall had another great game scoring more than half of the Spartans’ points, with 19. “As a team we still aren’t completely working together. We practice hard but its not showing on the court, but we will continue to compete as hard as we can,” said Senior Shanora Ali.
The girls look to bounce back when they head up to Yuma, Colorado for a tournament this weekend. Currently the girls are 0-9, but hopefully they can turn their play around and come out with some wins in Yuma.
“We are missing some key players due to injuries and eligibility with our transfers. We are doing the best that we can with what we have, and I am proud of the girls for competing the way that they have; but our turnovers are killing us and until we improve on them, we are going to continue to struggle,” said Head Coach Steve Thomas.
