Bäst i väst:)

Ingen har väl missat derby matchen i onsdags? Marks stod för motståndet och vi visste redan från början att dem skulle bjuda på ett intensivt spel med press över hela planen och hård returtagning. Vår "game plan" var att hålla kontroll på spelet och inte stressa upp oss allt för mycket. Vilket jag tyckte vi gjorde riktigt bra.
Marks växlade försvar mellan Box and 1, zon och man man allt för att ta bort vårt lags bästa spelare. Men grymt lag som vi har (!) var det hela tiden olika spelare som klev fram och tog ansvar och vi blev svår stoppade. Seger till Kvarnby och vi är just nu det bästa laget i väst:)
Ana-Laura gör en helt fantastisk match. Poängbäst med 25 poäng och visar att hon verkligen är någon att räkna med. Rubina kommer in och spelar respektlöst försvar på Ashley Key och får henne ur balans. Det är egentligen svårt att ge beröm till bara några när man själv ser att alla spelare tar ett kliv upp och presterar bra på sitt sätt.
Själv fick jag tyvärr ingen speltid denna match. För tillfället är vi 11 ombytta spelare och det är svårt att rotera på just 11 spelare. Så denna gången var det min tur. Men inga sura miner för det! Jag är stolt över att ens få vara med i detta lag och jag vet att vi har en ljus framtid:) Nu väntar en veckas träningar innan vi tar båten över till Gotland och möter Visby.
GO KVARNBY!

Kickan #7



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Sunday=Funday :)

Hello everyone!
I just wanted to update you on the fun weekend and Sunday I had here in Sweden :)
I spent a lot of time with my teammates as they seem to come over constantly ha.  Don't we get enough of each other in practice and games?! Gotta love them :) We usually just all hangout and eat food, watch movies and have the occasional Swedish Language lesson for Vivian and I :)
Sunday however was especially a good day because it started off with a great American breakfast!  A few of us all decided to go to the city and eat at a restaurant called 'Egg and Milk' if I translated it right.  The style is like a 50's American diner.  They serve pancakes, waffles, bagels, and American cereals, mmmm.  It was so good, though afterwards I think all of us felt a little sick from eating too much but it was worth it.
After we ate, Viv, her friend Randie (who is visiting from America), Petra and I all went to the IFK Fotboll game.  It was a good experience, and the fans were singing or cheering the entire time ha.  It was quite cold so we left at half time but glad that we went!
Now that the weekend and Funday is over, its time to get serious and have a different kind of fun on the basketball court.  We started off this week with a 7am shooting and will continue our hard work tonight at practice.
See you all Wednesday at 19.00 for our home game against Mark!!!  Go Greens!
God bless,
Brittany Smart #6

V for Victory!!

This past Wednesday, November 3rd, we played a home game against Umea and came out with a Win!  Our start in the first quarter was kind of rough when Umea started the game off with a couple 3 pointers and we didn't convert on quick decisions on offense.  This was the first team that played a zone against us and it took us some time to figure out what worked well and to take higher percentage shots.  Once we solved that we ended the first quarter with a 7 point lead and almost doubled that lead by half time!  Third quarter, which is normally our strongest, went downhill for us.  We become relaxed with our lead and didn't keep the focus.  Umea came back within 3 points!  Howevr, we took a couple timeouts and finally got our act together and dominated the 4th quarter, outscoring Umea 27-12!  We kept fighting and our whole team made contributions to build on that lead taking us to a decisive 104-74 victory!
I want to extend a big thanks to our fans and the support from the community!  Our team felt the great energy that was in this place and it helped keep us motivated to continue fighting throughout the whole game!  We couldn't thank you enough and invite you to our next home game on Wednesday, November 10th at 19.00 at Aktiviteten.  We will need your help to win over another challenging club, Mark!
Go Greens!
Brittany Smart :)

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