Basketball recap Boys game 3

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Salem A Boys Come up Short at Good Shepherd
    Our Salem basketball teams traveled to Burnsville last Friday to square off against the Good Shepherd Panthers. Coming into the week well-rested after a relaxing Thanksgiving break, our boys were excited to get back to Friday night basketball games! Good Shepherd, the defending TCLGSAL and New Ulm tournament champions from last season, graduated a couple of outstanding eighth-grade basketball players. Similar to us, the Panthers basketball team this season is composed of many younger players. However, Good Shepherd’s starting five possessed much better size than our Salem Saints. As has been the case so far this entire season, our boys did not back down one inch. We may have been undersized, but we certainly did not play undermanned.
    As soon as the game tipped-off, it was easy to tell it was going to be a fast-paced, chaotic contest. Although our Saints matched the Panthers physicality and effort level extremely well, the difference in the game came down to both Good Shepherd’s excellent outside shooting in the first half and our failure to convert layups at the rim. At the youth basketball level, the whole point of playing zone defense is to prevent dribble penetration and force the opponent into long jump shots. Our Saints did a good job of doing just that; however, the Panthers, unfortunately, hit two three-pointers and several long two-pointers. This ended up being Good Shepherd’s key to defeating our Salem Saints by a final score of 20-38. Seventh-grader Griffin displayed extraordinary endurance and leadership, playing the entire game and scoring 19 of our 20 total points!
    As we prepare to take on Crown of Life this Friday, it is imperative that our boys come to practice focused and determined to improve their basketball skills. I am sure they will be pumped up to play in front of our home crowd for the second time this year!

By: Coach Travis Koester

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