Idabel Festival

We played Broken Bow and Idabel this weekend in the Idabel Basketball Festival. The format was two Oklahoma schools vs. two Texas schools. The other Texas school was Mt. Pleasant. Paris and MP were both 2-0 against Broken Bow and Idabel.

Broken Bow did a good job in the first game of controlling the tempo and frustrating us in the first hal. The kept the score low and controlled the clock. The halftime score was 19-17. We made some adjustments at halftime and turned up the heat defensively a little bit and got some easy scores and controlled the tempo in the second half and won 54-43.

The Idabel game was just as I expected. They were MUCH improved from when we played them on 11/28. We kept telling the guys not to expect the same result because they would be much better. The shot the ball much better and played tough at home as usual. In fact it was the first time we have beaten them there in recent memory. The final score was 62-52.

The other bonus was we got to see Mt. Peasant play twice. They are very quick and athletic and will be even better once they get two key players back after Christmas from football injuries. This district is going to be a battle!