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Just a few observations from the game. BC's gaurd play has to improve. at one point in the game the score was 25-2 and BC had only attempted 5 shots with 2 of them being airballs. Russell was on fire early and it just snowballed. BC couldn't get the ball down the floor with a majority of the TO's direct passes to Russell. BC can expect to get pressed every game from here on out and BC will get better on the press offense just with experience. It is hard to simulate in practice what a teams pressure will be like when you are doing it against your second 5. Now the players know what to expect and will get better. I am just glad this happened in the first game so the kids have time to work on their game. Some of these kids think they are better than what they are & the parents think they are 2 times better than what their kid thinks. If they watch a game film of this game reality will set in real quick. Can it be fixed yes, will it, that depends on how hard the kid wants to work on individual skills. Most high school players can hit open shots but at somepoint you have to be able to create your own shot and dribble around someone to score. Yes BC is down but it will get better. IMO Russell cant play alot better than what they did and BC can't play alot worse than they did so BC has a lot of room to improve & I hope they do next time they play Russell it will be alot closer. Good luck LIONS & to all 16th region teams.

I have to disagree Russell got 13 players into the score book and they will only get better as the season goes on. 13 players out of 18 is pretty good depth in basketball.