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Albany Gym Rat Challenge Results

and coaches comments !!

Team Record: (0-3)

Defenders (54), Long Island Lightning(60) OT

Albany Capitals(+21), vs Defenders()

NH Rivals(+3), Defenders()

Sunday 16U Championship Bracket

The Albany GymRat Challenge was a tough tournament with extremely good competition in our bracket.  We lost all three games, but our team played well and extremely hard.  We lost our opening game to a big, fast Long Island Lightning team by 5 points in OT.  After battling back from a 25-point deficit early on in the 2nd half, we went to an extremely effective full court press, which seemed to have ignited our transition game.  Christina Healy hit 2 huge free throws in the closing seconds to tie the game and send it to overtime.  Unfortunately the energy we used to battle back took its toll on us in the OT period as we simply ran out of gas.  In our 2nd game, we seemed exhausted physically and mentally as the Albany Capitals wore us down in the first half and ended up cruising to a 21-point victory.  We came back strong in our final game against the New Hampshire Rivals in an exciting game that went right down to the last possession.  Unfortunately, we couldn't convert on some big free throw opportunities and they hit their free throws down the stretch as they were able to hold on for a 3-point victory.  In all, it was a great experience for our team and it really gave us the opportunity to see how important every possession can be against tough competition   Not to mention the importance of converting key free throws and layups in crunch time.