GEORGIA 87-95 ENGLAND
With two emphatic wins on the board, I knew that this week was the real start of our campaign. We come up against a Georgia side who could definitely hold their own and give us a competitive match. I was surprised to see we were crunched and after the first quarter ending 27-18 to them, I feared the worst. The second quarter was a lot better, seeing us take the quarter 21-14 meaning we went into half time with a two point deficit. The third quarter was a very tight quarter and thanks to 10 points from David Carter, it allowed us to take a slender lead into the fourth with the score at 65-64. The fourth quarter saw us hold our lead throughout but not gain a significant enough advantage until the last few minutes, mainly thanks to Hayden Bryant who scored 11 points to go along with his 3 steals in the quarter. Despite this Georgia continued to press but to no avail with the team sinking some clinical FT's at the death.
I must say I was extremely worried that our campaign could have been over after seeing that Georgia had crunched. I felt like we had to TIE today to have any chance of qualifying with our hardest games still yet to come. However, I must say a massive thank you to all managers for allowing me to TIE due to the fine game shape. I thought the offence ran very well throughout the game and princeton definitely suited David Carter who was outstanding in tallying 35 points.
Next week, we take on Bosnia which is another must win game. Again, thank you to all managers, keep up the fantastic work!
Last edited by js8 at 8/31/2015 5:02:36 PM