St. Louis Eagles guard Chantel Stanciel was all over the court. He directed traffic on the court as he instructed his players to go in the offense. Stanciel was very quick. He was able to come up and get some nice steals.
St. Louis used mostly man-to-man defense. They looked to pressure Kingdom Hoops and take them out of their game. Kingdom Hoops did a good job of not letting that get into their heads.
Kingdom Hoops shot the ball from all over the court. It didn’t matter who had the ball as they passed the ball around before anyone shot the ball.
The score went back and forth throughout the first half. Neither team made a significant run.
Both teams played very aggressively on the defensive end.
At halftime the score was Kingdom Hoops 33 and St. Louis Eagles 32.
Kingdom Hoops started the second half out in a zone defense. They continued to look to spread St. Louis Eagles out.
St. Louis Eagles looked to take as much time off the shot clock as they could by spreading the floor out and passing the ball around the three-point line. That worked well for them. Kingdom Hoops was able to make them take bad shots.
Kingdom Hoops had trouble finding the basket in the second half. They did not get discouraged as they kept on shooting shots even if they were not falling.
St. Louis went to a full court trapping press with just under 7:30 in regulation. They looked to get easy steals and wanted to turn them into scoring opportunities.
St. Louis was able to capitalize on mistakes that Kingdom Hoops made. They were able to get their shots to drop but Kingdom Hoops had difficulty making theirs.
St. Louis was able to capture the 16U division title with a 72-57 victory over Kingdom Hoops.
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