Windham High’s varsity girls’ basketball team played their last preseason game on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Windham against Bonny Eagle. Windham defense kept Bonny Eagle completely scoreless in the first half and limited their scoring abilities in the second half as the Lady Eagles walked off the court with a 46-17 win.
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| Windham sophomore Mackenzie Delewski focuses while navigating her way between two defenders during a preseason varsity girls' basketball game against Bonny Eagle at Windham High School on Tuesday, Dec. 3. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
While the game took a slow offensive start, Windham defense did not let Bonny Eagle score a single basket in the first quarter, thanks to a last-second block before the buzzer. The Lady Eagles moved the ball well and snagged rebound after rebound, while turning the ball over a number of times.
In the second quarter, Windham junior Victoria Richardson sank one of her three three-pointers she would drop during the game. Windham’s defense kept Bonny Eagle scoreless, and Windham pulled out front with an enormous lead. At the half, Windham led, 22-0.
“We’ve had a bunch of good practices in the past week where we’re just all really connecting as a team,” said Richardson. We have a lot of new freshmen this year and ... recently we’ve been doing a good job connecting and we really showed that in the game today. I think our defense went really well – we’ve been working on that a lot in practice. We could get a little stronger, I know personally I need to get stronger (and not so much in our heads). I think we’re going to be a really strong team and if we play like we did today I think we can beat a lot of the teams that we think we can’t beat.”
Although they had a substantial lead, the Lady Eagles kept up their hustle in the second half. Junior Marley Jarvais connected on a three-pointer early in the third quarter. Windham stayed with the ball and grabbed rebounds.
Bonny Eagle did eventually score, but Windham’s defense continued to limit those opportunities. Windham remained strong with a very substantial lead throughout the game.
Windham freshman Yani Kostopoulos also had a nice block late in the game.
“I think this was a good game,” said Windham sophomore Mackenzie Delewski. “We really showed our defense considering they didn’t score in the first half. I feel like we played really well together, that our zone was really good; we did really good at being patient with the ball. We work really hard not just for ourselves but for each other; we get rebounds, we’re not selfish with the ball, we do good passing, and our shooting was really good today. I feel like a lot of people felt like this year would be a growing year because we’re still pretty young, with only one senior, but I feel like we’re kind of selling ourselves short and we’re a lot better team than we think we are.”
Windham faces Lewiston at home on Friday, Dec. 6 in its season-opener; tip-off is at 6 p.m. <
“We’ve had a bunch of good practices in the past week where we’re just all really connecting as a team,” said Richardson. We have a lot of new freshmen this year and ... recently we’ve been doing a good job connecting and we really showed that in the game today. I think our defense went really well – we’ve been working on that a lot in practice. We could get a little stronger, I know personally I need to get stronger (and not so much in our heads). I think we’re going to be a really strong team and if we play like we did today I think we can beat a lot of the teams that we think we can’t beat.”
Although they had a substantial lead, the Lady Eagles kept up their hustle in the second half. Junior Marley Jarvais connected on a three-pointer early in the third quarter. Windham stayed with the ball and grabbed rebounds.
Bonny Eagle did eventually score, but Windham’s defense continued to limit those opportunities. Windham remained strong with a very substantial lead throughout the game.
Windham freshman Yani Kostopoulos also had a nice block late in the game.
“I think this was a good game,” said Windham sophomore Mackenzie Delewski. “We really showed our defense considering they didn’t score in the first half. I feel like we played really well together, that our zone was really good; we did really good at being patient with the ball. We work really hard not just for ourselves but for each other; we get rebounds, we’re not selfish with the ball, we do good passing, and our shooting was really good today. I feel like a lot of people felt like this year would be a growing year because we’re still pretty young, with only one senior, but I feel like we’re kind of selling ourselves short and we’re a lot better team than we think we are.”
Windham faces Lewiston at home on Friday, Dec. 6 in its season-opener; tip-off is at 6 p.m. <
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