MAUREPAS – All in all, it was a good night for the Holden girls’ basketball team.
The Lady Rockets won their District 7-B opener and all members of the team played in Maurepas on Tuesday in a 60-17 win.
“We push and push and push and we hope people are playing at an uncomfortable pace,” said Holden coach Pam Forbes, noting that Holden will face St. Amant and Amite later this week. “We are working to make this happen. We’ve had games where this happened (and) we’re working to make it happen, but the best part is that we had a first game in the district, the first game of a big week, a win, everyone had to play It is so have a great night. “
Meanwhile, Maurepas’ young team was struggling to cope with Holden’s pressure, which the Lady Rockets used to build an early lead.
“They outperformed us,” said Maurepas coach Anthony Gregoire. Maci Scivicque returned to the game on Tuesday after a missed time with an ankle injury and lost Saylor Marchand during the game to a wrist injury. “You have overwhelmed us. We’re just not ready for that yet. Overall, I’m proud of my girls. They held on to what we could hold on to. Once again we are still in the process of 10 kids on the team, we still can’t get all 10 out of there. It’s in the works. We worked on the little things. Once we get the little things right, hopefully we can move up to the bigger things. “
The Lady Rockets rolled early and took a 10-0 lead while taking advantage of Maurepas’ sales.
Sloane Bercegeay’s basket stopped the Holden run, but the Lady Rockets were leading 15-2 at the end of the first quarter.
“I thought we’d have done better and tried to get people good shots,” Forbes said. “We tried to get the right shots. We had some specific things that we tried to work on our offense – some things that we try to practice but try to get into a game. We tried to use them tonight. “
Holden continued the same formula to extend the lead to 37-6 at halftime on Haley Bordelon’s steal and layup. Bordelon had eight points in the second quarter and ended at 14.
Bercegeay, who finished with 15 points, scored seven goals in the third quarter. Her free throw put the Lady Wolves within 51-16 before Holden’s Joleigh George hit a jumper and Holden took the lead 53-16 in the fourth quarter.
“I’m proud of her because we worked hard all night,” said Gregoire. “Your press, we don’t have enough ball handlers. Were young. We’re just not adept enough to handle this type of pressure and we don’t see enough. Nobody has put us under pressure in the teams we have played against all year. “
Eleven players scored one goal for Holden, Brooke Foster, Camille Comish and Emersyn Neal with seven each, while George had six in the third quarter.
“We tried to put a lot of kids in a lot of different looks and put them in a lot of different situations,” Forbes said. “We had a lot of kids, which is always a good night.”
Bercegeay’s 2:04 free throw made Maurepas’ last point of the game, 57-17, and Holden scored the last three points of the game.
“We will continue to work hard,” said Gregoire. “We have a little more than a month and we will give everything we have.”
