2008 Woodie Awards
Run leads Lady Rangers to seventh straight season win
Lady Rangers prove capable of winning games in varying styles.
By Jeff Reese
Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: Pulse
Originally published: 2/21/08 at 5:18 PM CSTLast update: 2/24/08 at 5:39 AM CST
In winning its seventh straight game, a 64-55 triumph against Northwest Vista College, Lady Rangers basketball proved its ability to win the white knuckle nail-biters.
Much like they did in their 85-56 win over Palo Alto College, the Lady Rangers again employed the fast break to their advantage.
"That's just our style of play; we play fast," Dykes said. "We feel like we can outrun anyone."
As in their last game, The Lady Rangers dominated by crashing the frontcourt for rebounds on both sides of the court.
Education sophomore Marilyn Elder attributed the rebounding advantage to her teams' larger physical presence.
"They were mostly shorter than us, so we had the height advantage over them and get rebounds," Elder, who scored 9 points, said.
During the Lady Rangers' past six wins, they displayed an ability to win the shootouts 83-80 against Southwest Texas Junior College and the defensive struggles 57-47 against Palo Alto College while also creating blowouts 85-56 against Southwest.
Coach William Dykes cited team chemistry and player knowledge of basketball as reasons his team has won many kinds of games.
"You could put 10 monkeys out there on the court and they could play basketball," Dykes said. "But it takes a ballplayer to understand and play the game, and these girls know the game, these girls are ball players."
When the Lady Rangers established a late 52-40 lead, the gym noise began to rise as the win looked clinched.
But when NVC narrowed the score to 59-55, the team had to adjust its style of play.
"We had to start talking on offense and defense; we had to start to closing, in the second half we came together as a team and started to work together," Elder said.
Dykes had his team go back to the basics of offense in crunch time.
"We had to go back to the fundamentals," Dykes said. "We had the lead but we got away from the structure of our offense; we had to get things together."
Much like they did in their 85-56 win over Palo Alto College, the Lady Rangers again employed the fast break to their advantage.
"That's just our style of play; we play fast," Dykes said. "We feel like we can outrun anyone."
As in their last game, The Lady Rangers dominated by crashing the frontcourt for rebounds on both sides of the court.
Education sophomore Marilyn Elder attributed the rebounding advantage to her teams' larger physical presence.
"They were mostly shorter than us, so we had the height advantage over them and get rebounds," Elder, who scored 9 points, said.
During the Lady Rangers' past six wins, they displayed an ability to win the shootouts 83-80 against Southwest Texas Junior College and the defensive struggles 57-47 against Palo Alto College while also creating blowouts 85-56 against Southwest.
Coach William Dykes cited team chemistry and player knowledge of basketball as reasons his team has won many kinds of games.
"You could put 10 monkeys out there on the court and they could play basketball," Dykes said. "But it takes a ballplayer to understand and play the game, and these girls know the game, these girls are ball players."
When the Lady Rangers established a late 52-40 lead, the gym noise began to rise as the win looked clinched.
But when NVC narrowed the score to 59-55, the team had to adjust its style of play.
"We had to start talking on offense and defense; we had to start to closing, in the second half we came together as a team and started to work together," Elder said.
Dykes had his team go back to the basics of offense in crunch time.
"We had to go back to the fundamentals," Dykes said. "We had the lead but we got away from the structure of our offense; we had to get things together."
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