The DDS varsity basketball team traveled to Poughkeepsie on Thursday for their yearly contest with an always pesky Oakwood Friends team. I can tell you that this was our finest game of the year. It had all the earmarks of great game. Excellent execution of our plays, precision fast breaking, good position on the boards, both offensively and defensively, and contributions from the entire team.
Shriman Bala was the standout player in this game scoring a season and career high 17 points. Shriman was tough on the boards, grabbing an impressive 10 offensive rebounds. He was “finishing off” his lay-ups with incredible confidence and his improvement over the season has been significant. Shriman made some beautiful shots and was a force on defense as well. Fantastic game, Shriman!
Griffin Wilson added 16 points and was his usual steady and confident self at the point. Griffin makes it look so easy that you sometimes forget how difficult it is to be an effective and consistent point guard and floor “general”. Keep it up Griffin!
Another standout this game was Austin Christensen. I am so proud of how Austin has progressed this year. His ball control has greatly improved and he has filled in for Hudson Kuras admirably. Austin was out in front on several fast breaks and handled it with the confidence of a seasoned player. Austin had a career high 11 points and had several key steals throughout the contest. How to go Austin! Looking good!
Tri-captain Adam Baker had his usual strong game adding 7 points to the total. Adam has settled in nicely as the defensive floor leader on our punishing 2-3 zone. Go, Adam!
Rounding out the scoring was Danielle Stamer with a nice free throw and Christian Ouellette with a basket on another nice assist from our very unselfish point guard, Griffin Wilson. Cooper Davis, Jackson Ryan, and Ben Poholchuk played some great defense. In particular, Ben has improved a great deal at the point and is delivering the ball with consistent accuracy.
Overall, this was our finest outing of the year and our loyal fans were treated to a nice performance by this very strong DDS basketball team.
Next Wednesday and Thursday the team will play Mizzentop and Woodstock, respectively. We hope to finish the season with two more victories. Woodstock is always a tough matchup and we look forward to avenging our season ending loss of last season. The team record now stands at the fantastic 10-2 mark. The kids have worked very hard this year and are looking forward to the remaining two games. Please come and see us finish the season next week. We love having you there cheering us on to victory. Go DDS Tigers!
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