White Lake Middle School Girls Basketball Team Opens Season with Win

The eighth grade White Lake Middle School girls basketball team opened up their 2011 season with a solid 34-21 win over Sara Banks Middle School.

The first quarter saw some opening game jitters as each team turned the ball over a number of times.  After a 4 all tie at the end of the first quarter, the Warriors took charge by outscoring Sara Banks 11-4 to take a 15-8 lead at half time.

Using a special give and go play Coach Ben Malecki learned from his middle school coach, the Warriors took charge in the second half by scoring six easy lay-ups.  

Malecki said he was pleased by how hard his girls played throughout the course of the game,  “I was shocked by how the girls kept going and going.  They went after every lose ball.” 

He said he was especially pleased that the ladies won the turn over battle and out rebounded Sara Banks 25-19. 

Malecki was very excited about the guard play of Amanda Lock and Marie Haney, “Amanda was great driving the lane using the give and go. She started the fast break a number of times by hitting Marie Haney for lay-ups.” 

He said he was pleased with the defensive effort of Kennedy Boyd and the rebounding of Sarah Porter.

Haney led a balanced scoring attack with nine points while Amanda Lock and Madison McGinn each scored eight points for the Warriors.

Earlier in the night, the seventh grade girls team lost to Sara Banks 23-21.