Winter 2016 Wednesday Recreational Basketball @ KIPP Collegiate HS (2 Divisions) sponsored by The Spot

The standings are split after two weeks. Two teams are (2-0) and two teams are (0-2). But that doesn’t mean there’s much separation between the four teams. In the first game on Wednesday, Renee led all scoring with 14 points to lead her team to the ten point victory. Everything Hurt’s star Ashley, kept them in the game with her 12 points. But it wouldn’t be enough.

In the second game, the Pumas were considerably better than their first week game. They would drop behind by 10 points, but would stay in it with some long range shooting. In the end, they couldn’t close the 10 point gap-losing by six.

It was a repeat of games from last week. The top teams, the Jaguars and the Leopards, were at it again. This time, the Jaguars were not going to lose. Every time the Leopards came back, the Jaguars took off again. In the last couple minutes of the game, the Jags hit some quick shots to get up by seven points. The Leopards could not come back from that. The Jags now have sole position of first place.

In the second game, Everything Hurts played their hearts out, but couldn’t stop the Pumas 3-point shooting. The Pumas finished the game with five 3-pointers. The Pumas ended up winning by seven points and improving to (2-2). Everything Hurts drop to (0-4).

Jaguars (5-0-1) defeated the Pumas (2-4) by seven points. The Pumas are right there in the mix, but they keep falling to the top teams. Everything Hurts (0-6) must have been missing some key players. They lost badly to the Leopards (4-1-1).

Next week is the last week of the regular season. If Everything Hurts can defeat the Jaguars, then there’s a good chance that the Leopards will take the top seed heading into the playoffs.

Familiar foes were back at it last night. In the first game, Everything Hurts had to pick up some new players to try and turn things around. But the Pumas were ready for them. The Pumas had the lead for most of the game, but late in the second half Hurts got on a roll and brought the game to within 12 points. But the Pumas turned it on after that and cruised through with the victory.

In the second game, the top two teams faced off in another physical battle. Both teams played good hard defense to keep the score at 15-15 after the first half. The second half scoring picked up. The Leopards took a four point lead with six minutes left, that’s when the Jaguars woke up. They hit some big three pointers to take a six point lead, and would finally win by eight points. They will be the top team heading into the playoffs next week.