U14 CVL vs Phoenix

U14 CVL vs Phoenix 

The U14s played their first game for a month against Rushcliffe Phoenix who were sitting one place above Lincoln in the league. The game started well with Lightning managing to find spaces in the defence to drive to the hoop, but let Phoenix get too many rebounds for second and third chance shots. The first quarter ended with a promising 10-6 lead and LL entered the second with an intent to extend their lead. Unfortunately Phoenix stepped up and put pressure through the full court pushing LL into poor passes and gaining multiple turnovers, outscoring them 12-4 to take a 6pt lead into the half.

The third quarter saw more of the same as Lightning struggled to select the right passes and kept getting caught on the wrong side of the defence, they saw the lead extend to 12. Despite a good fight back in the third, where they tried to put more pressure on the Phoenix high up the court, the team just wasn’t as fast or as cohesive as they needed to be. The final score 26-37. They’ll meet again in 5 weeks looking for a different result.