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02-13-2012, 09:24 PM
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BURGIN - Taylor Sanders knows what her team needs from her this season, and she has a pretty good idea what sheâll be asked to do next season.
The junior forward has become a valuable player for Burgin this season, and sheâs working hard to become even more valuable to a team that, like her, is on a steady course of improvement.
âI feel like Iâve gotten better from last year, but Iâm still trying to get better,â Sanders said. âIâm not where I want to be, and I know I have to get better.â
This season, that means doing things like playing better defense, getting more rebounds and attacking the basket on offense. But Sanders said she knows she has already made strides in all of those areas in her first full season as a starter.
She is Burginâs third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder, and she is one of the Bulldogsâ top shooters both from 3-point range and from the free throw line.
âMy shooting has gotten better,â Sanders said.
Sanders cracked the starting lineup late last season and has made an impact this season, and sheâs already thinking ahead to a senior season in which she knows sheâll be asked to shoulder an even greater load after leading scorer and rebounder Shavon Majors graduates.
âI need to be a strong rebounder, and I also need to step up on the offensive end next year. ... Weâll have to have somebody step up and score,â she said.
Sanders has stepped up in several games for Burgin (11-16) this season. Most recently, she went 3-for-7 from 3-point range and scored 13 points in a 57-53 overtime loss to Garrard County on Saturday.
She entered that game averaging 8.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game and with shooting percentages of .283 from behind the 3-point line, where she has attempted twice as many shots as anyone else on the team, and .672 from the free throw line.
Her team has struggled to string wins together and has lost a number of close games such as Saturdayâs game at Garrard, Burginâs seventh loss by 10 points or less this season.
And she said her defense has improved as well, as has the entire teamâs defense.
âOur defense has gotten better. Weâve not shot the ball really well the past few games, but our defense has picked it up,â¿Sanders said.
She said this is the second straight year that the Bulldogs have been on the short end of most of their close games, and she said theyâre learning from those games even if theyâre not winning them with regularity.
âYou cant really change anything about it; youâve just got to go through the next one and hope it doensât happen again,â she said.
Sanders said the Bulldogs benefit from the fact that they are a close-knit group.
âItâs a lot of fun. Iâve played with a lot of these people since I was in middle school. We know each other well, and we know how to play well with each other. Where weâre such a small school, we all know how to work well with each other,â she said.
And she knows sheâll benefit from continuing to work on her game as well.
âIâve got more to work on,â she said.
BURGIN - Taylor Sanders knows what her team needs from her this season, and she has a pretty good idea what sheâll be asked to do next season.
The junior forward has become a valuable player for Burgin this season, and sheâs working hard to become even more valuable to a team that, like her, is on a steady course of improvement.
âI feel like Iâve gotten better from last year, but Iâm still trying to get better,â Sanders said. âIâm not where I want to be, and I know I have to get better.â
This season, that means doing things like playing better defense, getting more rebounds and attacking the basket on offense. But Sanders said she knows she has already made strides in all of those areas in her first full season as a starter.
She is Burginâs third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder, and she is one of the Bulldogsâ top shooters both from 3-point range and from the free throw line.
âMy shooting has gotten better,â Sanders said.
Sanders cracked the starting lineup late last season and has made an impact this season, and sheâs already thinking ahead to a senior season in which she knows sheâll be asked to shoulder an even greater load after leading scorer and rebounder Shavon Majors graduates.
âI need to be a strong rebounder, and I also need to step up on the offensive end next year. ... Weâll have to have somebody step up and score,â she said.
Sanders has stepped up in several games for Burgin (11-16) this season. Most recently, she went 3-for-7 from 3-point range and scored 13 points in a 57-53 overtime loss to Garrard County on Saturday.
She entered that game averaging 8.0 points and 8.6 rebounds per game and with shooting percentages of .283 from behind the 3-point line, where she has attempted twice as many shots as anyone else on the team, and .672 from the free throw line.
Her team has struggled to string wins together and has lost a number of close games such as Saturdayâs game at Garrard, Burginâs seventh loss by 10 points or less this season.
And she said her defense has improved as well, as has the entire teamâs defense.
âOur defense has gotten better. Weâve not shot the ball really well the past few games, but our defense has picked it up,â¿Sanders said.
She said this is the second straight year that the Bulldogs have been on the short end of most of their close games, and she said theyâre learning from those games even if theyâre not winning them with regularity.
âYou cant really change anything about it; youâve just got to go through the next one and hope it doensât happen again,â she said.
Sanders said the Bulldogs benefit from the fact that they are a close-knit group.
âItâs a lot of fun. Iâve played with a lot of these people since I was in middle school. We know each other well, and we know how to play well with each other. Where weâre such a small school, we all know how to work well with each other,â she said.
And she knows sheâll benefit from continuing to work on her game as well.
âIâve got more to work on,â she said.
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