Lady Moors Step Up Confidence For Season’s Close

VINCENT LIN
Sports Editor
The JV girls’ basketball team is on the tip of the scale as they struggle to raise their 4-3 Almont League record. Earning a 6-0 preseason record, the Lady Moors aim to finish league on the victorious side in order to consummate their overall season.
After the success of preseason games and their fourth place ranking in the El Monte tournament, the girls entered league facing a different type of competition. According to shooting guard Amy Chow, the girls felt a lack of confidence against stronger teams such as Mark Keppel and Schurr, which were some of their first league matches. They lost 24-82 and 18-67 to those schools, respectively, in their first games against them.
“We lack defense sometimes when we don’t have confidence in winning games like Keppel and Schurr, for example. We just got intimidated too easily,” said Chow.
Chow claims that their confidence has begun to improve since then, which has helped them to win games against schools such as Montebello, San Gabriel and Bell Gardens. They defeated Montebello with a score of 50-32, and Bell Gardens with a score of 32-30. The Lady Moors boast other assets that have proven to be their strengths on the court.
“We have good communication skills and that helps us with our offense. Height is one of our disadvantages, but our speed makes up for it,” said point guard Tracy Yoshimizu.
The team lost 14-75 in their second game against Keppel, and now Schurr remains the toughest competitor in their four remaining games.