The Millbrook School JV girl’s team visited DDS on Tuesday for the very first meeting of these two teams. The girl’s team is made up of mostly 9th and 10th graders, so we were expecting a more physical game than we would normally face from our league opponents. That expectation proved to be true with Millbrook coming out very aggressively with a half-court man-to-man press and some very strong man-to-man defense. When I saw our players getting moved around like they weren’t even there, I thought we’d be in for a long game. This did not prove to be the case. Our kids handled the physical play just great, especially Griffin and Danielle. While Millbrook’s defense was relentless, the speed and fast-break ability of our DDS Tigers was the difference in this game. Griffin Wilson lead the precision DDS break with great passing and steady shooting. Griffin also led all shooters with 20 points. Millbrook had trouble keeping up with our up-tempo game and crisp fast-break passing. The final score was DDS-38 and Millbrook-21. Millbrook was misfiring throughout the first half, but seemed to settle down in the second half and scored some nice buckets. Meanwhile, the entire DDS squad saw some good minutes and the scoring was spread out nicely amongst the team. Danielle, Austin, and Matthew all had four points, while Christian, Shriman, and Adam each had 2 points for the cause.
Austin, taking the place of Hudson, who is still recovering from a broken finger, has been doing a great job at the number 2 position. His confidence is improving and he is taking the ball to the basket with a new found authority. Danielle, playing against other young women with similar talents and within her age group, proved she could hold her own at both ends of the court. Danielle accepts all challenges with a fierce determination to succeed.
I was very proud of our team after this outing. Not knowing what kind of challenge a high school aged team would be for us, I was glad to see the team never backed down from the more physical play of Millbrook. The team experienced first-hand how important it is to execute their plays, continue to play sound, steady fundamental basketball, and have confidence in their abilities and that of their teammates. These are the keys to a successful effort. As our season winds down, it is gratifying to see our hard work paying off for this dedicated and special group of young kids.
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