The first half of the conference season has ended as of last night. The Polar Bears posted a 5 and 4 record for the first half. I believe, for a young basketball team in an extremely difficult conference, this is quite an accomplishment. While I was disappointed last night with a loss to a very good Muskingum team on the road, I think our team has made great progress since the beginning of the season. We have improved our defense and rebounding significantly and I believe our team has embraced the idea of what "team" really means. We have stuck together and been tough in each of our conference games. The OAC is as strong as ever with many teams still having a chance to be the regular season champion. For us to be successful in the second round we must continue to stick together, rebound the ball and play stingy defense. On the offensive side of the ball we have to take better care of the ball and do a better job of executing our offense. I am confident this group will continue to work hard and improve. I believe if we follow our "Do Work" motto we can finish in the upper half of the OAC and have at least one home game for the conference tournament. When tournament time comes around anything can happen. :) Go Bears!
Coach Durand
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Florida Trip
We are capable of wearing more than sweats! Here the team is getting ready for a team dinner night in Daytona (left) and New Year's celebration in Orlando (below)
The view from the Daytona Beach Hilton was hard to beat...we had beach side to enjoy the sunrise and sunset from our balconies....Megan Porter, Ericka Holcomb and Britt Bogart take in the view!
All good things come to an end as you see a group here in the airport....we went 1-1 on the tourney....we wanted the 2-0, but hopefully we can learn and continue to get stronger and better as we get ready for the OAC match-ups that await us when we get back....this trip is definitely something we will consider again as the warm weather in December and the great memories were pretty special! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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