The High School for Math, Science, and Engineering varsity basketball team had their fourth game on Monday, December 19, 2011 against Lab Museum United and won 51-40. They started their game strong and were weak into the second half. With their star player Kavan Edwards scoring 25 points, 6 rebounds, and 1 assist he contributed to the Dragons' final score much more than his teammates.
Even though Edwards put up almost half of his team’s points, it was not a one man show. Dylan agyemang scored 12 points and got 2 rebounds, with the majority of his points scored by assists from Eli Auslander.
HSMSE started their first half with a lead of 10-0 and played good man to man defense on Lab Museum United. Then the half ended with HSMSE leading 28-18. When the second half started they switched up their defense and played zone for the rest of the game. As a result, during the second half the team’s defense did not play well and gave up points much more often than their first half. In an interview with the team’s coach Epstein said, “We had a strong first half, but in our second half we played bad…we allowed them to score easily and gave up too many free throws.”
The team’s weak points during the second half was mostly their defense. They were not able to block passes. With Lab Museum United getting their passes through, they scored a lot of points. Another obstacle for HSMSE was their fouls. They forced a lot of fouls, which added up to a large portion of the opponent’s score.
HSMSE started their game great and ended their first quarter with a decent lead. However, their flaws were increasing and their defense played poorly. If they focus on how they played today they can find out where they went wrong and improve in their future games.
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