[eldorado]

Congrats to Hazard! They played really good half court defense and slowed SV down the most I've seen this season. I knew that's what it would take to beat this team. Neither team played well offensively and both turned the ball over quite a lot. All in all the referring was good and I don't see any reason for SV to be discouraged about this one. I though Goodson came in off the bench and played some good minutes with Bryant getting most of the easy baskets and trips to the charity strip. Hicks got the majority of his points from the line as well and hit a big 3 down the stretch to give Hazard a little momentum. It seemed like Valley was too predictable on offense tonight with the high post screen going to one-on-one which really didn't seem to be effective against Hazard's tough D. They jammed the middle on SV and took away some easy drives. Hazard also did a great job breaking SV's 2-2-1 zone pressure defense which took away some of the points off turnovers that Valley had been getting most of the season. I believe this was a great learning experience for both teams and it will pay off later this season.