The whole Kit 'n Caboodle

At today's Upward basketball games we welcomed the Bolingbrook Lemans. Uncle Dan, Aunt Jen, and cousin Kit were able to see some of the exciting brand of basketball we offer at Eastview. Today's games were all about padding statistics. The Lady Spartans had no trouble putting away the Lady Bulldogs easily 38-12, keeping a 3-to-1 scoring ratio for much of the contest. The Lady Bulldogs were unable to score until the last period of the first half, and didn't hit double digits until the last period of the second half. Rachel was able to keep her wits about her today which helped her contribute with a solid all-around performance. She missed her only shot attempt, but it was a good shot that drew iron and bounced away. She snatched two rebounds, handed out one assist, and made a great steal early in the game. Unfortunately, the steal was disallowed because she was playing illegal defense in the backcourt. Her only significant miscue was a traveling violation that came in the last period when she was handling the ball up on the point. The defense began to collapse on her and she pulled out a tap dance that would have made Arthur Murray proud. It wasn't enough to stop the Spartans from keeping their unblemished season intact.
The Pacers kept their own personal streak alive as they were done in by the cursed yellow jerseys. That, and the better play of the Suns. It was a game of streaks that started out low scoring, ended mildly, but had quite a flourish in the middle. Our big man, Luke hit a stretch for a few minutes where the basket must have seemed as big as a bathtub. It seemed like everything he threw up there found it's mark. Long distance, inside, outside, underhand layup, bank shot, swish, whatever, it went in. He got cheated out of two points simply due to the lack of a three point line. Perhaps he was warmed up due to the fact that we forgot to switch sides after halftime. It was an impressive run, but ultimately futile. He wasn't the only Pacer who played well, Dylan was a defensive dynamo and Drew was a rebounding machine. He finished with six boards to go with an assist and two steals. His second steal looked like a sure two points, but he outran the ball as he was dribbling up the court. He almost recovered enough to sink the shot, but missed it along with his previous three attempts to finish scoreless. The Suns prevailed 44-26 in our last game in the yellow jerseys.