Saturday, December 02, 2006
O.T. in O.T.!!!
Life offers us continual opportunities. . . sometimes those opportunities slip through our fingers and become learning situations and sometimes a person grabs the opportunity, steadies them self and seizes the opportunity. Lexi Thorson, our 5 - 11 junior center, literally had this happen to her on the court last night.
With 15 seconds left on the clock in regulation, and the score tied at 41, Kelcey Lass penetrated from the top of the key drawing Lexi's defender away from her. Kelcey delivers a pass to Lexi who is just a little outside the lane and poised to take the game winning shot. However, thoughts got too far in front of action and the ball zips through her fingers and flies out-of-bounds. This gives the Raiders a 10 second opportunity to win the game and they were inches away from doing exactly that as a shot from the block went in and out of the basket! OVERTIME.
The girls battled hard the whole game and overcame a lot of adversity and a ton of turn-overs to get them self into overtime and they didn't call it a moral victory once the extended period began. With 6 seconds left on the clock Lexi grabs a missed LPA free throw and is immediately fouled, as we were 2 points ahead.
Opportunity Knocks. . . Lexi answered the door! After Lexi nailed her first free throw LPA calls a time out. Another free throw will seal the deal, as it would put us up by 4. A made free throw would allow us to just stand and let them go the length of the court and score and we wouldn't have to do a thing, as time would just keep ticking away. Lexi moves to the line and nails the second shot from the "charity line". . . Game, set and match!
WOW! What a great feeling! 48 - 44 Overtime win!
With 15 seconds left on the clock in regulation, and the score tied at 41, Kelcey Lass penetrated from the top of the key drawing Lexi's defender away from her. Kelcey delivers a pass to Lexi who is just a little outside the lane and poised to take the game winning shot. However, thoughts got too far in front of action and the ball zips through her fingers and flies out-of-bounds. This gives the Raiders a 10 second opportunity to win the game and they were inches away from doing exactly that as a shot from the block went in and out of the basket! OVERTIME.
The girls battled hard the whole game and overcame a lot of adversity and a ton of turn-overs to get them self into overtime and they didn't call it a moral victory once the extended period began. With 6 seconds left on the clock Lexi grabs a missed LPA free throw and is immediately fouled, as we were 2 points ahead.
Opportunity Knocks. . . Lexi answered the door! After Lexi nailed her first free throw LPA calls a time out. Another free throw will seal the deal, as it would put us up by 4. A made free throw would allow us to just stand and let them go the length of the court and score and we wouldn't have to do a thing, as time would just keep ticking away. Lexi moves to the line and nails the second shot from the "charity line". . . Game, set and match!
WOW! What a great feeling! 48 - 44 Overtime win!
# posted by Viking Warrior @ 11:27 AM 
