A face of determination

Saturday was Rebecca's first game of the season playing Upward. 

There was some anxiousness over playing against 8th and 9th graders from many of the rising 7th grader.  Listening to them girls talk about stacked teams, playing full court and on the 10 ft rim was interesting. 

Saturday's game was back and forth with the score, often tied.  It's one of those where you sit at the edge of your seat and bite your nails.

Rebecca scored 2 pts in the first half.  She was defending a girl that was pretty much her size, fast and aggressive.  If anyone knows Rebecca, you'll know that she is not to be discouraged.  She played hard against this girl, but she was able to score a couple of times against her.  Rebecca fouled against her, allowing her two foul shots, which the girl missed on both. 

This girl was not to be out done and they played very hard against each other. (it's not the girl pictured above.)  In the last two minutes of the game, she fouled on Rebecca.  Since there is not enough time for a foul shot, the 2 points are just given to the team with the player being fouled. 

With just 7 seconds left on the clock, the ball was thrown in by Rebecca's team under her basket.  Instinctively, everyone ran to the opposite side of the court, not thinking that they were on the opposing side.  Rebecca was able to throw an awesome shot scoring the last 2 points of the game.

All in all, Rebecca scored 4 points, had 2 in foul, for a total of 6 points.  Their team won 24-18.

I am already looking forward to next week's game.