You got to have a backup plan or in other words a Plan B and I rolled the dice and figured that Westside vs Seven Lakes would be the best game for me to watch but with Cydney Varner going completely off in the first half, at times it appeared like this would get ugly but Orleans was still up the street but so were the Wolves intensity. Surprisingly Westside press until the 2nd half while the Sparatans actually went up early applying pressure but the turning point had to be Sentreal Gregory not only hitting some long ones but playing the passing lanes for steals and if you follow what I write over and over, players who can anticipate come up with some easy baskets that can change the momentum, she did and it did
Another strong game for the supporting cast, Tanea Thomas, Janae Smith and Kirby Caldwell all did things you may not see in the box score but Gregory and Maddisen Turner had that down scoring 21 and 23 respectively. Turner's improvement over the years has a lot to do with her maturity as she knows she's a force and shows it on the floor but this game wasn't easy and the Wolves are fortunate that Michelle Fokam got into foul trouble. Fokam still manged double digits but without her offensive presence, this kid is an undersized nightmare in the paint, it was going to be uphill
What can I say about Varner other than she was a nightmare in the first half, well she's also turning into one of the best midrange shooters in not only 2016 but in the state period. Big ups to Julia Bannister for hitting some clutch shots as well as Brooke Biggot, that, along with the performance from Hadassah Benenoch filling in for Fokam
The Wolves play Clear Springs at 6:30 Friday in what will be a GPR QUADRUPLE header, that's one more than three. Tickets are only at the door, no Ticketmaster or Craigslist this time folks, one more time FOUR GAMES
