Moebius High School, home of the Bandits/Lady Bandits, and the school both Knothole High's boys and girls basketball team played against in the Region 6-A Championship Game and (Knothole) later won by all game-winning made baskets. Moebius High is located in the westside of Atlanta, Georgia. Their rival school - as already mentioned - is Knothole Village High School (A.K.A. Knothole High School). These two high schools go back since their inception on Monday, August 6, 1984 - the date the two high schools both opened its doors to new staff members, teachers, and students.
Moebuis High is just like any other normal high school that focuses on special things: having the right teachers and staffs, making sure their students do good, and see the students graduate to move on with their lives. Moebius High has some sports as well: baseball and softball, American football, soccer (A.K.A. international football), basketball, tennis, cross country, track & field, gymnastics, cheerleading (though some girls would/will say it is a sport), volleyball, golf, lacrosse, and wrestling. Moebius High also has some non-sport clubs that has some students sign-up to and later join, just like any other high school will do. And just like it's rival Knothole, it is also one of the best academic and athletic schools in the state of Georgia - ranking in the top 20 in academics with ninety-one percent (91%) of the students graduating high school (and that is good since education is more important), and top 15 in athletics with American football having 8 state championships, baseball and softball both having 5 state championships together, and basketball with 12 state championships (6 each from both the girls and boys).
And with those 12 basketball state championships Moebius High won, it is also a basketball-powerhouse high school in the state of Georgia.
But enough with the accolades Moebius High School has, lets talk about Moebius High's view of the school. Lets start off with the view of Moebius High School: the school is located at an nice-living urban area, it has five storied-buildings all built-in together by each separate 9-to-12 grade-level floors numbered 100 to 400, it has two gymnasiums for the Junior Varsity basketball and volleyball team, and for the Varsity basketball and volleyball team, it has a football field with a 8,000-seated capacity with four long-poled stadium-lights along with a track-and-field attachment to the stadium as it's named Bandit Field; and last but not least, it has a baseball stadium with a 500-seated capacity with (also) four long-poled stadium-lights.
For it's school-population, it has over 1,000 students in region 6-A. And for it's school colors, it is burnt orange (primary color), black (secondary color), smoke grey (alternative color), and white (second alternative color).
Now onto the main topic...basketball.
Chapter 21
Moebius Lady Bandits: First Round
Sunday, February 23, 2014
-Inside Moebius' Varsity Gymnasium: Girls' Practice Session (5:30 PM)
The twelve-player female varsity high school basketball team called "Moebius Lady Bandits" are all having practice inside their Varsity gymnasium, but their practice is a walk-through because they have to get ready for their first-ever playoff game tomorrow.
After the team were finish shooting their 30 free-throws, the Lady Bandits all huddle at the center-circle where first-year female head coach, Coach Regina Ferrum and second-year male assistant head coach, Coach Colin 'Snively' Robotnik, Jr. are at. Coach Regina - of what she goes by - is 5 feet and 5 inches tall (5'5"), has light Caucasian skin with a D-cup breast size, has yellow eyes, and dark green hair that stops at the middle of her back; Coach Snively's - of what he goes by - is 5 feet and 11 inches tall (5'11"), has dark Caucasian skin, has no hair signaling he's bald, and blue eyes.
Coach Regina speaks to her players, "Now girls... I'm pretty sure you all get the idea of what I have been saying about for the last week and so... but I'm suppose to, am I?... For the ones who played last year and for the ones who knew the story from last year as well, last season ...you guys were knocked off in the third round of the Elite 8. Third round ...of the Elite 8. For those who were on that roster last year, you all felt that heartbreaking moment, am I right?"
Alicia (sophomore last year as a starter), Brianna (sophomore last year as a reserve), Buns (sophomore last year as a starter), Rosy (sophomore last year as a reserve), LaShana (sophomore last year as a reserve), Bella (junior last year as a reserve), Alaina (freshman last year as a late pick-up from the JV team), and Myra (junior last year as a reserve) were the remaining varsity players from last season. Khloe (freshman last year), Alexis (sophomore last year), and Lela (freshman last year) were Junior Varsity players last year, so they already know what happened. And Fiona was in middle school, so that's already out of the argument.
Coach Regina continues, "But for now, that's all in the past. Last year ...was year. This is a new season with some returning players ...and some new players. When tomorrow comes for school AND game day, I want you girls to: stay out of trouble and don't start no drama. Just come tomorrow with a positive attitude. If one of you had to go somewhere, make sure you girls get a pass from your teachers. If one of you girls get in trouble with me knowin' it from a staff member, I will decide what your punishment will be. I don't give a damn - I repeat: I don't give a DAMN - if you're a starter or a reserve... Think I'm lyin', watch me... You girls can all go home now. See y'all tomorrow."
The twelve Lady Bandits all departed and starts to exit out of the gym. They later reached inside their locker room and start to pack up their belongings. Also Coach Regina has a point, the twelve Lady Bandits must come tomorrow with a positive attitude and don't start any drama whether in school or game day.
The Next Day...
Monday, February 24, 2014
-At Moebius High: Game Day (6:15 PM)-
Monday came as the twelve Lady Bandits all arrived to Moebius High School. As what Coach Regina instructed, the girls have not gotten into trouble. They went to their classes and did what their teachers instructed. After the last school bell rang, the Lady Bandits went to the cafeteria where the lunch servers fed them spaghetti, along with garlic bread, water and Gatorade flavored sports drinks. After the girls were finished eating, they went to the gym and start to get their shots in to find their early shooting stroke before their game would start.
And this is also the final home game of the season for the Moebius Lady Bandits because - if they keep their season alive - throughout the post-season in the 2014 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Class A Public State Basketball Tournament, their games will be played on the road: first two rounds (with this one included) with a school having a higher-seed in its own region hosting, the semi-final round (A.K.A. Final Four) will be taking place at Tiger Arena of Savannah State University at Savannah, Georgia; and at Macon, Georgia where it will host the championship game.
-Inside the Girls' Locker Room-
Inside the girls' locker room, the Lady Bandits are getting ready for their first state tournament game against the Lady Spartans of Athens Academy High School from Athens, Georgia. Each of the Lady Bandits are putting on their basketball gear, their Adidas-branded white home uniforms and high-top Adidas Adipure Crazy Ghost colored black, white and orange basketball sneakers, and black and three burnt orange-stripped Adidas warm-up attire.
Lets know the info of the Moebius Lady Bandits' basketball team. Starting with the two coaches...
Coach Regina Ferrum is a young 30-year-old woman as the head coach for the Moebius Lady Bandits' girls basketball team. And with her at 30 years of age, she is the youngest head coach of any sport - male or female - in Moebius High School's sports program history. Coach Regina - again, of what she is called by - is a first-year head coach for the girls' basketball team after Moebius High's former head coach took a basketball-job at another school. From the previous year before Coach Regina became the head coach, the Lady Bandits finished 21-6-0 (21 wins, 6 losses, and 0 overtime draws) in the regular season and 8-3-0 (8 wins, 3 losses, and 0 overtime draws) in their regional record playing in region 5-A (now in region 6-A) - not bad, not bad at all. For her coaching philosophy, she is a feisty, calm, no-nonsense coach who will get on each and every player's butts - from the starters to the bench - to make them better by doing the right thing. With Coach Regina being a feisty coach to her players, the Lady Bandits - with Coach Regina letting her players know what type of coach she is - had to adapt to it and they later got used to it. Interns of being calm and having a no-nonsense type of attitude, Coach Regina can make her players feel good to themselves of what they need to do both on and off the court by doing the right thing.
Coach Colin 'Snively' Robotnik, Jr. (pronounced "Junior") is a young 31-year-old man as the assistant coach for the Moebius Lady Bandits' girls basketball team. Coach Snively - of what he is called by - is a third-year staff member for Moebius High School as an engineer teacher for all 9-to-12 grades and second-year basketball coach as an assistant. Why isn't he a basketball coach instead of Coach Regina, you may say? Well, he's not ready to become a head coach... as of yet for him. But aside that, he's the type of assistant coach who breaks down strategical plans for the Lady Bandits, keep up with the stats and fouls each player gets, and explains to Coach Regina of how the game is progressing and explains what to do and what not to do.
And what's kinda shocking to some folks at Moebius High - including to the girls basketball team - is, Coach Snively and Coach Regina both go out together (as in "dating"). Hey, they're adults with a 1-year-age difference (Coach Snively at 31 and Coach Regina at 30) so you get the idea, right?
(A/N: Yes, I was thinking about making Snively and Regina a couple. Okay! Lol)
Now lets get to the info of the players of the Moebius Lady Bandits...
Alicia Diandra is a 5'4" junior as a third-year varsity player starting at Point Guard wearing number 10. For her playing style, she's a smart, all-around, talented basketball player who can orchestrate the offense, be feisty on defense (where she takes pride in), and let her offensive game come to her. As for her talent on offense, she's an exceptional tricky ball-handler by creating her own shot or make her defender look silly, score when needed to, and can selfishly (in a good way) take over a game when needed to. For her defense, she's a feisty on-ball defender who can pickpocket a ball-handler's cookies (A.K.A. "handles") out of their hands and is a ball hawker on the perimeter where she can pick-off a pass just like a Defensive Back (DB) in American football. For her athleticism, she's a explosive athlete who can aggressively dunk and can change her shot in mid-air through traffic, has the speed and quickness, and tremendous footwork when playing on-ball defense or pulling off a dribble move thanks to her soccer background. And with Alicia being a point guard, she can respectively tell her teammates what to do by doing 'this' and doing 'that'; for a junior with leadership skills, it made her a team captain for the Lady Bandits. Alicia has been a varsity player since her freshman year: one year (as a freshman) as a reserve being a very productive player and now two years as a starter. Alicia's physical appearance has light brown skin with a C-cup breast size, long spikey auburn-colored hair (that's tied into a ponytail right now), and blue eyes. The basketball-gear Alicia is currently wearing is: two paired McDavid sleeved knee pads at each knees colored black, black tight compression shorts underneath her game-day shorts, and regular white tube socks. And for Alicia's stats as a starter, she is averaging: 14.3 points, 7.3 assists (which leads the team), 4.0 rebounds, 2.7 steals (which leads the team), 0.5 blocks, and with a 2.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 51% on the perimeter, 41% from three-point range, and 82% from the free-throw line.
Now for Alicia's height at 5'4" (5 feet and 4 inches tall), you may think and say "She's too short to play basketball.", but no. Unlike males interns of basketball-related heights from 6 feet and/or taller so forth, for a female basketball player at 5'4" and slightly taller or shorter, that's excellent size for a guard; especially when it comes to Alicia being 5'4" as a point guard. So again, for a female basketball player that's not bad judging from Alicia's height.
Fiona Darcell is a 5'11" freshman as a (of course) first-year varsity player starting at Shooting Guard wearing number 1. For her playing style, she's an all-around, talented basketball player who can score, play defense, and make hustle plays. As for her talent on offense and defense, lets just say - for a freshman - she's the exact doppelganger of Amy Rose interns of basketball: an exceptional ball-handler by creating her own shot or make her defender look silly, can make an immediate impact on defense, and can selfishly (in a good way) take over a game when needed to. For her athleticism, she's a explosive athlete who can aggressively dunk and can change her shot in mid-air through traffic and a quick runner for a guard. Fiona, as a former Junior Varsity (JV) player from the start, was invited into the varsity roster after week 2 of both the JV and Varsity's basketball practice of how she was playing hard and smart throughout the whole practice for two weeks; and later becoming a starter. You know what some people would say: "Hard work pays off." And that's what Fiona did as a freshman. Fiona's physical appearance has light brown skin with a C-cup breast size, red/burgundy hair (that's tied in a ponytail right now with her black hair bow) which stops at her shoulders, and blue eyes. The basketball-gear Fiona is currently wearing is: two paired McDavid knee pads at each knees colored black, black tight compression shorts underneath her game-day shorts, and black tube socks. And for Fiona's stats as a starter, she is averaging: 19.3 points, 5.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals, 0.7 blocks, and with a 2.0 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 49% on the perimeter, 35% from three-point range, and 87% from the free-throw line.
Rosy Lorelei is a 5'10" junior as a second-year varsity player starting at Small Forward wearing number 5. For her playing style, she's a versatile, defensive-minded basketball player who can cause problems playing on-ball defense on who she's guarding and play off-ball defense by helping out rotating to make a hustle play. As for her skills on offense as a versatile player, she can handle the ball but isn't much of a shot-creator nor a one-on-one player - she's more of a slasher cutting to the basket and likes to move without the ball, and can spot-up and shoot whether from three-point range or mid-range. Her defense is where she does the most damage with effort and knowledge: be pesky on the ball on who she's guarding, and rotating where the ball and her man is at/going. As for her athleticism, she's an average athlete who can do safety, basic dunks, but makes up for it by using her quickness to guard her defender from Point Guard to Small Forward - something a team needs for a Small Forward like Rosy. Rosy has been a two-year varsity player: one year (as a sophomore) as a reserve knowing her role and now her first year (junior year) as a starter. Rosy's physical appearance has peach Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, pink spikey hair (that's tied into a ponytail right now) that stops below her neck, and green eyes. The basketball-gear Rosy is currently wearing is: a McDavid arm sleeve at her left arm with a built-in elbow pad colored black, and white tube socks. And for Rosy's stats as a starter, she is averaging: 11.3 points, 6.3 assists, 2.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals, 1.0 blocks, and with a 1.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 52% on the perimeter, 40% from three-point range, and 83% from the free-throw line.
Brianna Jones is a 6'0" (6 foot) junior as the first-year varsity player starting at Power Forward wearing number 24. For her playing style, she's a blue-collar, defensive-minded basketball player who controls the painted-area, make hustle plays, and score when having the chance (which isn't bad if you know basketball). As for her skills on offense, she's more of a pick-'n-roll/pop player who sets screens/picks and rolls (A.K.A. "cuts") to the basket or pops out to the mid-range area inside the three-point line to make jump-shots. Being a hustle, defensive-minded player is what she does best: grab rebounds (mostly on defense and slightly on offense), sets screens and picks, and contributing on defense by sacrificing her body to take charges or be a shot-blocker; and her teammates and coaches love it. Brianna spent the last two years playing basketball for both the JV and Freshman team (only in her freshman year) doing the same thing, now she's a first-year starter as a junior. Brianna's physical appearance has light brown skin with a (double) AA-cup breast size, black medium-length hair (that's tied into a ponytail right now) that stops at her shoulders, and brown eyes. The basketball-gear Brianna is currently wearing is: two paired McDavid regular knee pads at each knees colored black, and black tube socks. And for Brianna's stats as a starter, she is averaging: 10.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.5 blocks, 1.1 steals, and with a 1.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 56% on the perimeter, 0% from three-point range (because she's not a three-point threat), and 72% from the free-throw line.
Jarina "Buns" Bunsen is a 6'3" junior as a three-year varsity player starting at Center wearing number 35. For her playing style, Buns - of what she is normally called the most - is an all-around, talented basketball player who can score down on the block and at the perimeter, create a havoc on defense inside the painted-area, and create plays. As for her talent on offense and defense, lets just say she's the exact doppelganger of Bunnie Charleigh interns of basketball: great footwork down the block to create post-moves thanks to her soccer and volleyball background, can unexpectedly create a shot off the dribble if she can (shocking isn't it for a big), can pass the ball like a Point Guard, and a defensive juggernaut with a 6'11" wingspan by using her shot blocking ability including getting some steals as well. For her athleticism, she's an good athlete for a big who can run the floor like a guard, has quick feet to guard her defender at the painted-area (again thanks to her volleyball and soccer background), and uses her strength to finish in traffic with either a lay-up or dunk. Buns has been a three-year varsity player: one year (being a freshman) as a reserve contributing and now two years (sophomore to now-junior) as a starter. Buns' physical appearance has light Caucasian skin with a C-cup breast size, yellow/blond hair (that's tied downward into a French-braid ponytail) that stops at her sholders, and emerald green eyes. The basketball-gear Buns is currently wearing is: two paired McDavid sleeved knee pads at each knees colored black, and white crew socks. And for Buns' stats as a starter, she is averaging: 20.3 points (which leads the team), 9.3 rebounds (which leads the team), 4.0 assists, 3.7 blocks (which leads the team), 1.8 steals, and with a 1.7 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 59% (which leads the team) on the perimeter, 20% from three-point range (because she's a limited three-point shooter when attempting it), and 73% from the free-throw line.
LaShana Jones is a 5'7" sophomore as a first-year varsity player as a Combo Guard playing Point Guard and/or Shooting Guard wearing number 3. For her playing style as a Combo Guard, she's a offensive juggernaut who can score and just knows how to play. For her talent as an offense juggernaut, she can create a shot off the dribble, can catch and shoot quickly, and can come off screens when open. For her defense, she's more of a help-defender instead of being a pesky on-ball defender. But one thing she does have in her arsenal is she just knows how to play the game, and that's what every team needs from a player. And with LaShana using her basketball-knowledge, she's not an explosive athlete who can jump the highest and can't run the fastest, she just uses her skills and knowledge. LaShana spent last season (which was her freshman year) as both on the JV team and Freshman team, now this is her first year as a varsity reserve-caliber player. LaShana's physical appearance has peach Caucasian skin with a A-cup breast size, sandy brown-colored hair that stops below her neck, and has blue/grey-colored eyes. The basketball-gear LaShana is currently wearing is: black tight compression shorts and black tube socks. And for LaShana's stats as a reserve, she is averaging: 11.3 points, 3.3 assists, 2.0 rebounds, 1.0 steal(s), 0.5 blocks, and with a 1.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 44% on the perimeter, 32% from three-point range, and 82% from the free-throw line.
Bella Ainsley is a 6'1" junior as a two-year varsity player as a Hybrid/Combo Forward playing Small Forward and Power Forward wearing number 15. For her playing style as a Hybrid/Combo Forward, she's an average ball-handler who can dribble the ball but can't make a strong dribble-move to create something for herself; but she can play defense with effort, and can shoot the ball from the perimeter. For her offense, she'll score if she has the chance to score when setting picks and later rolling to the basket or popping out to shoot at the perimeter, or when she is open by spotting up since she's not really much of a shot creator for an average ball-handler. For her defense, it's all about effort and knowledge for Bella: playing on-ball defense, rotate where her man and the ball is going, and rotate to make an effort defensive play - contest a shot, block a shot, or take a charge. For her athleticism, she's an average athlete who can attempt basic dunks (since she's not an explosive athlete to attempt flashy dunks), but for an average athlete she uses her quickness to guard an offensive-player from Point Guard to Center (meaning she can guard multiple positions) - something special a team needs from a player like Bella. Bella spent her first year (which was her freshman year) as a JV player while also playing on the Freshman team; now she's a two-year varsity player as a reserve. Bella's physical appearance has light Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, long black hair that stops underneath her shoulders, and has brown eyes. The basketball-gear Bella is currently wearing is: two paired McDavid shin pads on her lower legs, and black crew socks. And for Bella's stats as a reserve, she is averaging: 8.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.5 rebounds, 0.9 steals, 0.5 blocks, and with a 0.8 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 48% on the perimeter, 25% from three-point range (because she doesn't attempt nor make many threes), and 74% from the free-throw line.
Alaina Addison is a 5'11" junior as a first-year varsity player as a Swingman playing Shooting Guard and Small Forward wearing number 20. For her playing style on offense and defense as a Swingman, she's a versatile player who can defend guards and Small Forwards, and can shoot the ball. For her skills on offense, she's an average shot-creator because she's not much of a scoring threat to opposing teams, but it can be effective when needed for Alaina. For her defense, is the one Alaina does the most with effort and knowledge: playing on-ball defense and being a help-defender by rotating. For her athleticism, she's an average athlete who can attempt basic dunks (since she's not an explosive athlete to attempt flashy dunks), but for an average athlete she uses her quickness to guard an offensive-player. Alaina spent last season (which was her sophomore year) as a starting JV player since she didn't play basketball in her freshman year due to an broken right foot, now she's a first-year varsity player as a reserve. Alaina's physical appearance has brown skin with a A-cup breast size, black-colored hair that stops below her shoulders, and has brown-colored eyes. The basketball-gear LaShana is currently wearing is: black tight compression shorts and black tube socks. And for Alaina's stats as a reserve, she is averaging: 6.3 points, 1.3 assists, 1.0 rebound(s), 0.7 steals, 0.5 blocks, and with a 0.6 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 50% on the perimeter, 37% from three-point range, and 82% from the free-throw line.
Myra Evelyn is a 6'0" senior as a two-year varsity player as a Hybrid/Combo Forward playing Small Forward and Power Forward wearing number 23. Just like her teammate Bella interns of her playing style as a Hybrid/Combo Forward, she's an average ball-handler who can dribble the ball but can't make a strong dribble-move to create something for herself; but she can play defense with effort, and can shoot the ball from the perimeter. For her offense, she'll score if she has the chance to score when setting picks and later rolling to the basket or popping out to shoot at the perimeter, or when she is open by spotting up since she's not really much of a shot creator for an average ball-handler. For her defense, it's all about effort and knowledge for Myra: playing on-ball defense, rotate where her man and the ball is going, and rotate to make an effort defensive play - contest a shot, block a shot, or take a charge. For her athleticism, she's an average athlete who can attempt basic dunks (since she's not an explosive athlete to attempt flashy dunks), but for an average athlete she uses her quickness to guard her defender from Point Guard to Center (meaning she can guard multiple positions) - something special a team needs from a player like Myra. Myra spent her first year (which was her freshman year) as a JV player while also playing on the Freshman team; now she's a two-year varsity player as a reserve. Myra's physical appearance has peach Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, cardinal red-colored hair that stops below her neck, and has forest green eyes. The basketball-gear Myra is wearing is: black tight compression shorts and black tube socks. And for Myra's stats as a reserve, she is averaging: 6.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.0 assist(s), 0.4 steals, 0.5 blocks, and with a 0.7 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 54% on the perimeter, 49% from three-point range (which leads the team), and 82% from the free-throw line.
Khloe Melville is a 6'2" sophomore as a first-year varsity player playing Center and/or Power Forward wearing number 32. For her playing style, she's a talented, all-around big who can score on the block and make shots inside/outside the perimeter, and can make an impact on defense. For her offense, she can score down the block but usually does damage around the perimeter inside and outside at three-point range when a play is set or when a pick-'n-pop occurs. For her defense, all she does is make an impact by contesting shots inside the perimeter since she's not much of a shot-blocker, and take charges. For her athleticism, she's an okay athlete who can make who can make basic finishing dunks since she can't make explosive dunks, but she can run the floor like a guard. Khloe spent last season (her freshman year) as both a JV player and playing for the Freshman basketball team, now this is her first year playing varsity basketball. Khloe's physical appearance has light Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, navy blue-colored hair that stops underneath her shoulders (that's currently tied into a ponytail), and brown eyes. The basketball-gear Khloe is currently wearing is: black tight compression shorts and black tube socks. And for Khloe's stats as a reserve, she is averaging: 4.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 0.5 blocks, 0.2 steals, and with a 0.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 56% on the perimeter, 0% from three-point range (because she's not a three-point threat), and 67% from the free-throw line.
Lela Smith is a 5'5" freshman as a (of course) first-year varsity player playing Point Guard wearing number 8. For her playing style, she's a skilled, pass-first Point Guard who is always looking to pass by making her teammates feel good. For her offense being skilled and always looking to pass, Lela looks to set-up her teammates if needed to, move the ball around, and/or finding an open man; and for being a skilled offensive player, she can handle the ball to create a move for herself and can drive to the basket, but her main weakness is her shooting ability; Lela isn't a efficient nor consistent shooter around the perimeter, but she'll get that working on soon since she's a freshman. For her defense, she's more of a on-ball defender and rotational-defender - something a team needs for a player like Lela, especially at the Point Guard position. For her athleticism, she's a good athlete who can make basic dunks (since she's not an explosive athlete) and a quick runner for a guard. Lela, as a former JV and Freshman-team player, was invited to be on the varsity team late in the season because Coach Regina needed another true Point Guard on the team - because of her skillset - to back-up Alicia even more at the same position. Lela's physical appearance has light Caucasian skin, brown hair that stops below her neck, and dark brown eyes. The basketball-gear Lela is currently wearing is: black tight compression shorts and black tube socks. And for Lela's stats as a late-reserve, she is averaging: 4.7 points, 2.3 assists, 1.0 rebound(s), 1.3 steals, 0.5 blocks, and with a 2.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 51% on the perimeter, 34% from three-point range, and 86% from the free-throw line.
Alexis Daeva is a 5'9" sophomore as a first-year varsity player playing Shooting Guard wearing number 21. For her playing style, she's a versatile player who can defend and score when giving the chance. For her offense, she's not much of a shot-creator off the dribble - even though she can do it, she's more of a slasher cutting to the basket and likes to move around by coming off of screens when opened. For her defense, is what she does the most damage by knowledge: fundamental on-ball defender and a help-out defender by rotating. For her athleticism, she's a good athlete who is a quick runner, but doesn't have the explosive leaping ability to dunk the ball - but that doesn't matter to Alexis. Alexis didn't play basketball for Moebius in her freshman year because she was living in Auburn, Alabama, now she's playing basketball for Moebius as a first-year varsity player as a sophomore. Alexis' physical appearance has light Caucasian skin, smoke grey hair that stops below her neck, and dark brown eyes. The basketball-gear Alexis is currently wearing is: smoke grey elastic rubber headband for her hair, black tight compression shorts, and black tube socks. And for Alexis' stats as a reserve, she is averaging: 2.3 points, 1.3 assists, 0.7 rebounds, 1.3 steals, 0.5 blocks, and with a 2.3 assists-to-turnover ratio; while shooting 50% on the perimeter, 48% from three-point range, and 89% from the free-throw line (which leads the team).
The Moebius Lady Bandits' overall record is 21-10-0 and their regional record is 11-4-0. By looking at this team, they are a talented, defensive-minded basketball team where twelve players will step their game up by playing defense first as that will translate it on offense by getting good shots off set-plays, pick-'n-roll/pop, or isolation at times. But what they like to do most is move the ball where all five players on the court share the ball by setting screens and moving without the ball by set-plays or just setting screens when called, period. Interns of isolation going one-on-one, that only happens when having a mismatch, getting the last shot of the quarter or game, or just do it when given the chance, period - but that's okay if it works.
After the girls finished putting on their Adidas-branded uniforms, warm-up jacket and basketball shoes, and their basketball gear, they each start to stretch their muscles to get loose by some listening to their music.
Thirty seconds later, Coach Regina walks inside the girls' locker room wearing her coaching attire: tucked-in crimson red and black horizontal-stripped long-sleeved shirt, black khaki regular dress pants, black closes-toes flat shoes, and having her long dark green hair tied downward into a ponytail. Coach Snivley later walked inside the girls' locker room also wearing his coaching attire: tucked-in grey/blue long-sleeved white button-up collar shirt, black loose-fit cargo jeans, and brown dress shoes.
"Okay girls bring it in," Coach Regina said.
The twelve Lady Bandits all stopped what they were doing as they all sat on the bench.
Coach Regina speaks, "Now girls be true to yourselves: Are y'all nervous?"
The twelve Lady Bandits all answered of being nervous, while with some who are a little nervous.
Coach Regina nods and speaks, "Okay. At least y'all were being honest... Now, unlike me and Coach Snively, all of you girls in this room knows what situation we all are in. Here in this state tournament trying to get to Macon (Georgia) to play and win that state championship. By the time you girls stepped out onto that court, let that nervousness out of you and play...your game, by playing the right way. If you girls can do that, we'll be in good shape. However, ...if you girls start slackin', ...it's gonna be hard on each...and every...one of you. Not on me nor Coach Snively... Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes ma'am," the twelve Lady Bandits said.
Coach Regina nods and spoke, "Now ...who do y'all play for?"
"Moebius," the Lady Bandits answered.
"How do we play?" Coach Regina asked.
"Our way," the Lady Bandits answered.
"By how?" Coach Regina asked again.
"The right way." The Lady Bandits answered again.
Coach Regina smirked and nodded. "We all are in this together, right?" She asked her players.
"Yes ma'am." The Lady Bandits answered.
Coach Regina nods. "Lets go," she said.
The twelve Lady Bandits all got up and starts to exit out of their locker rooms. Fiona, Alicia, and Rosy each grabbed a Wilson Microfiber Wave Indoor Basketball - the basketball they play with - so they and their teammates will warm-up with when they stepped onto their home-court.
The Lady Bandits later reach to the double-doors where they will come out as a team doing their pre-game rituals: six players running from the far sideline, baseline, back to sideline, and then the half-court line marker; and six other players running from the far sideline to the half-court line marker where they waited for their teammates to come and will later give forearm-daps. But what they have to do first is wait on their opponent to come out first, and that's the Athens Lady Spartans of Athens Academy High School from Athens, Georgia.
Ten seconds later, the Athens Lady Spartans came out as a team as thirteen players all came out and ran at the baseline doing running drills 5 times jogging from the baseline to the half-court line. The Athens Lady Spartans' team colors are green, white and silver, and they are not sponsored by any sporting-brand; the uniforms they're wearing are colored green, and their warm-up jacket is colored green with white stripes on the sides along with 'Athens Lady Spartans' titled at the left chest area colored silver. Ten more seconds later, a rock song called I Don't Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osbourne came on as the Moebius Lady Bandits all jogged out to their home floor, and starts to do their pre-game routines and drills.
Inside Moebius High's varsity gymnasium (A.K.A. their home floor) it has...
-A seating-capacity of 500 people, and with the 500 seating-capacity inside the gym it's a packed-house for today.
-Their hardwood gym floor is clean, the basketball-line markers are colored black, the volleyball-line marker is colored burnt orange, their school logo is at the center-circle at center-court as it shows a smoke grey hat with black-colored shadows and a light Caucasian skinned masked-man with the burnt orange scarf around the nose area along with the black-colored shadows, the sideline-baseline area are all colored black with 'Moebius' titled at the top-baseline colored burnt orange and 'Bandits' titled at the low-baseline also colored burnt orange.
-The walls are painted white.
-Has two scoreboards at each ends with a time-limit, home (titled "Moebius")-away score overlay, number of quarters/periods played, number of timeouts, possession arrows, number of fouls, and the home-away five players that are on the court by jersey number, fouls they have and points they scored.
-A scores' table colored black showing the school's logo on the left side and 'Moebius (top) Bandits (below)' titled at the right colored burnt orange.
-Two 18 white foam-black metalic seated bench (totaling 36) at Moebius' left side and the visitor's (Athens) side.
-6 black-colored ceiling-attached basketball goals with 2 at one baseline and 2 at the other baseline (totaling 4 at the baseline-area) with those 4 currently folded upward to the ceiling because of a basketball game taking place, and 2 basketball goals at the sideline-area currently folded down because a basketball game will take place.
-Sports banners of 12 basketball state championships (6 each from both the girls and boys), 8 American football state championships, and 5 state championships of baseball and softball each.
Thirty seconds were ticking down at the game-clock as the Moebius Lady Bandits and the Athens Lady Spartans both jogged to their benches as the starting-five from both teams took off their warm-up jackets and sat down at the bench, and the reserves standing up at evened sides.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!
Moebius scoreboard's horn went off as Moebius High School's principle, Mr. Maxx Eadweald - the father of Alicia Diandra and who keeps up with players stats and foul limits on both teams, finished the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Sportsmanship Statement and will now announced the starting lineups for both teams. (A/N: Mr. Maxx Eadweald is Evil/Anti-King Max)
Principle Maxx - of what he is called the most - speaks with that deep voice of his, "Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 2014 Class A Public Girls State Basketball Tournament, here inside Moebius High School's gymnasium. As today's game featuring the Athens Lady Spartans of Athens Academy High School...and the Lady Bandits of Moebius High School.
"Now to present the starting lineups for the visiting...Athens Lady Spartans,
"At Center, the senior, number 45 Abey Grant." Abey got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials. Her physical appearance is at 6'2" with the playing-weight of 186 pounds, has light Caucasian skin with a C-cup breast size, yellow-blond hair (that's tied into a ponytail) that stops underneath her shoulders, and green eyes. Her basketball attire is paired McDavid sleeved knee pads at each knees colored black, white tube socks and 2010 Nike Hyperdunks basketball shoes colored black and white.
"At Point Guard, the junior, number 1 Carly Langer." Carly got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials. Her physical appearance is at 5'4" with the playing-weight of 153 pounds, has brown skin with a C-cup breast size, long messy navy blue hair that's tied into a ponytail, and blue/grey eyes. Her basketball attire is paired McDavid sleeved knee pads at each knees colored black, white crew socks and Nike Zoom Soldier basketball shoes colored green, silver and white.
"At Power Forward, the junior, number 24 Caylee Audrey." Caylee got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials. Her physical appearance is at 6 feet with the playing-weight of 181 pounds, has light brown skin with a (double) AA-cup breast size, sandy brown-colored medium-length hair (in a ponytail) that stops at her shoulders, and brown eyes. Her basketball attire is paired McDavid regular knee pads at each knees colored black, black tube socks and Adidas Adizero basketball shoes colored black, white and green.
"At Small Forward, the junior, number 5 Charisa Avarielle." Charisa got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials. Her physical appearance is at 5'10" with the playing-weight of 164 pounds, has light pale Caucasian skin with a B-cup breast size, blue spikey hair (that's tied into a ponytail) that stops below her neck, and green eyes. Her basketball attire is a McDavid arm sleeve at her left arm with a built-in elbow pad colored black, white tube socks and Adidas Adizero basketball shoes colored black and white.
"And at Shooting Guard, the sophomore, number 1 Daytona Garreth." Daytona got up, high fived her teammates and shook hands to the three officials. Her physical appearance is at 5'11" with the playing-weight of 152 pounds, has light Caucasian skin with a C-cup breast size, red/burgundy-colored hair (that's tied in a ponytail) which stops at her shoulders, and blue eyes. Her basketball attire is paired McDavid knee pads at each knees colored black, black tube socks and Nike Kobe 8 basketball shoes colored green and white.
"The head coach for the Lady Spartans is Deon Ordwald. The assistant is Dwayne Samson." Coach Deon Ordwald is a 45-year-old male adult at 5 feet and 10 inches tall, has brown skin, has dark brown eyes, and has no hair signaling he's bald; his coaching attire is a green polo shirt with the school logo on the left side of the chest area, light brown khaki pants, and brown dress shoes. Coach Dwayne Samson is 5 feet and 11 inches tall with light-dark skin who's 31 years of age, has no hair signaling he's bald, and blue eyes; his coaching attire is a white dress shirt with black-colored tie, black khaki pants, and black dress shoes.
The rest of the players of the Athens Lady Spartans are: Alayna Amory, Cambrie Barretta, Christina Belldon, Shawnna Beaumont, Charlee Cristabell, Anna Clarinda, Gabby Adahy, and Jacinda Holland.
Mr. Maxx will now announce the starting lineup for the Moebius Lady Bandits. "And now, the starting line-ups for our Moebius Lady Bandits, ...
"At Center, the junior, number 35 Buns Bunsen." Buns got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials.
"At Point Guard, the junior, number 10 Alicia Diandra." Alicia got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials.
"At Power Forward, the junior, number 24 Brianna Jones." Brianna got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials.
"At Small Forward, the junior, number 5 Rosy Lorelei." Rosy got up, high fived her teammates, and shook hands to the three officials.
"And at Shooting Guard, the freshman, number 1 Fiona Darcell." Fiona got up, high fived her teammates and shook hands to the three officials.
"The head coach for the Lady Bandits is Regina Ferrum. The assistant is Snively Kintobor."
(8:00; 1Q) The two teams huddled at their benches and broke out, as the starting five from both teams walked on the court, shook each others hands, and stood at the spots they stand at: Abey and Buns at center court, behind Abey is Daytona behind Fiona at one end of the court, Caylee and Brianna next to each other between the left half-court line, Charisa and Rosy also next to each other between the right half-court line, and behind Buns is Alicia in front of Carly. The referee (who's a male having brown skin, black shaved hair, and brown eyes), with the game ball on his right hand, walks to center-court between Abey and Buns, bounced the ball two times, tosses it up as both Abey and Buns jumped, the ball got tipped to Alicia as Buns and the Lady Bandits won the tip, and the 2014 Class A Public Girls State Basketball Tournament begins.
(7:59; 1Q) Alicia dribbles (with her right hand) up-court and stops at the top of the key at the middle of the half-court seeing where her teammates are at: Buns at the left free-throw line elbow, Brianna at the left block outside the painted-area, Fiona at the top right side of the court, and Rosy at the left corner at the three-point area; while (Alicia) also seeing Athens in man-to-man defense with Carly guarding her 4 feet away. Alicia dribbles to her left (now dribbling with her left hand) at the left side of the court, looks at Buns and uses her right index-finger motioning her to come and set a pick/screen to the right at Carly's left side. The Lady Bandits starts to move at certain spots as Alicia dribbles to her right (now dribbling with her right hand) going to Buns' set-pick/screen as Carly went underneath Buns' screen/pick and Abey (Buns' man) pops out to guard Alicia. Alicia looks to her left at Buns and sees she's not open as it signals the (Athens) Lady Spartans played good pick-'n-roll defense.
(7:30; 1Q) Alicia, after seeing the good pick-'n-roll defense the Lady Spartans played, looks at her teammate Fiona to the right (at the right side of the court) and throws the pass to her. Fiona, after receiving Alicia's pass, holds the ball at her left hip looking up seeing her teammates and the Lady Spartans rotating where their man is going while also checking Daytona (her man) is not near 4 feet towards her for the 5-second-closely-guarded rule. Fiona sees Buns now at the left block getting post position with Buns getting low and fronting her man Abey. Fiona got low and starts to dribble with her right hand, picks up her dribble holding high above her head and sees her man Daytona (now face-guarding Fiona) putting her left hand up, and (Fiona) lobs the pass to Buns.
(7:23; 1Q) Buns uses her left hand to catch Fiona's post-entry pass, now holds the ball with her two hands and later uses her right foot to pivot forward to her right to face-up by looking at Athens' man-to-man defense seeing the four Lady Spartans (minus her man Abey because Buns feels her left hand at her right hip) sagging off their man by doing ball-you-man. Buns, after seeing Athens' defense while also being aware of the 5-second-back-to-the-basket rule, decides to got to work on Abey as Buns turns her back and starts to dribble (with her left hand) by backing-down patiently (with Abey putting her left hand behind Buns' left lower back), (Buns) picks up her dribble and shimmies to her left, pivots (using her right foot) to her right, goes up with a hook-shoot on her first shot-attempt with her left shooting-hand with Abey putting her left arm up to contest/block her hook-shot, . . . the ball reaches the rim's cylinder and rattles out - going 0-of-1.
(7:15; 1Q) With Brianna and Caylee and Abey and Buns (after attempting her hook-shot) boxing-out against each other along with Rosy following the ball, Abey grabs her 1st rebound of the game and holds it with her two hands located underneath her chin. Buns and the four Lady Bandits all ran back down-court to get back on defense. Abey, after seeing the five Lady Bandits ran back-down court to get back on defense, looks to her right and finds her teammate Carly.
(7:12; 1Q) Carly, after her teammate Abey passes the ball to her, receives Abey's pass, quickly looks up-forward and starts to dribble (with her left hand) up-court.
(7:10; 1Q) Carly reaches up-court and stops at the right-middle side of the court. Carly later sees where her teammates are currently at and also seeing Moebius also in a man-to-man defense: (as already mentioned from tip-off) Alicia guarding Carly (the ball-handler) at the right-middle side of the court 4 feet away, Fiona guarding Daytona at the left side of the court 4.5 feet away doing ball-you-man, Buns guarding Abey - who ran back down court - at the left free-throw line elbow, Brianna guarding Caylee at the right block, and Rosy guarding Charisa at the far left corner at the three-point area.
(7:08; 1Q) Carly, who's still has and dribbling the ball (with her left hand), sees Abey popping out at the top of the key (middle) at the three-point area and (Carly) throws the pass to Abey. Abey catches the ball and faces forward seeing her man Buns (standing at the free-throw line) 4 feet away, while also seeing what her teammates are doing. Carly, after she passed the ball to Abey, jogged to the far right corner at the three-point area. Abey (who still has the ball) starts to dribble to her left where Fiona and her teammate Daytona are at. Daytona. Daytona (after see what Abey is doing) waited for Abey to come as Daytona stops but keeps her dribble alive, Daytona goes to where Abey has the ball at, Abey later picks up her dribble, and hands it off to Daytona as Abey sets a pick/screen on Fiona. Daytona (after Abey did the dribble-hand offto her) receives the pass and patiently dribbles with her left hand, quickly looks to her left and sees Buns rotating onto Daytona. Daytona (after seeing Buns rotating while keeping her dribble alive) steps back and now sees Buns running back to her man and Fiona - who went underneath Abey's pick/screen - rotating back onto Daytona; as it signals Buns and Fiona played good pick-'n-roll defense.
(6:58; 1Q) Daytona dribbles out to the middle of the half-court and sees her man Fiona face-guarding 4.5 feet away. Daytona got low and starts to dribble (still with her left hand) forward onto Fiona. Daytona looks to her right and sees her teammate Abey (who was at the right free-throw line elbow) coming up and sets a pick/screen to the right on Fiona's left side. Buns, who's guarding Abey, warns her teammate Fiona that the pick/screen is to her left and Fiona accepted it. Daytona (still dribbling with her left hand) patiently waited on Abey to come and set the pick/screen and slowly starts to dribble to the right (now dribbling with her right hand) going to the pick/screen. But Daytona sees Fiona going over the pick/screen as she quickly does a crossover-dribble back to her left (now dribbling back with her left hand) and (Daytona) drives hard to the painted-area.
(6:50; 1Q) Fiona, however, figured Daytona was gonna do a crossover to her left, and (Fiona) uses her quickness to get back onto Daytona to play that on-ball defense. Daytona, however, sees Fiona coming back as Daytona took one hard bounce (still with her left-hand dribble), steps back to her left 3 feet away from Fiona making Fiona loose her balance a little, (Daytona) picks up her dribble and pulls-up for a long two (because she's inside the three-point line) as a right-handed shooter, release it-
(6:46; 1Q) Buns OUT OF NOWHERE BLOCKS DAYTONA'S JUMP-SHOT with her left hand, (Buns) later sees the ball on its way out-of-bounds to the left baseline and went after the ball quickly, and gets it holding it with her two hands.
(6:43; 1Q) Buns later looks to her left shoulder down court and sees Fiona with her left hand up. Buns (using her two hands and strength) quickly fires the outlet-pass out to Fiona. Fiona - while running and looking at the ball down-court - catches Buns' outlet-pass with her left hand, already reaches the painted-area close to the basket as she rose-up off her two feet, puts the ball up high, and safely finishes with a basic two-hand dunk.
Athens Lady Spartans 0, Moebius Lady Bandits 2
Here's how Buns unexpectedly out of nowhere blocked Daytona's jump-shot. After Daytona and Abey had their pick-'n-roll play 'sort of' executed, Buns sagged off of Abey 3 feet away and when she saw Daytona did her step-back move on Fiona, she sprinted out to Daytona seeing her pulling-up for a shot, and later know how that happened. Give credit to Buns for making two hustle plays: the blocked shot and the loose-ball hustle; as it lead to an uncontested fast-break dunk to her teammate Fiona.
Time Down Court...
The Moebius Lady Bandits have been on a roll by playing their style of basketball: playing strong team defense, running up-and-down the court for their run-'n-gun style of play, create plays, and getting good shots. The Lady Bandits are shooting 45% from the perimeter on 22-of-48 shooting, 70% from three-point range on 7-of-10 shooting, and 72% from the free-throw line on 8-of-11 shooting. Their leading scorer and shot-blocker right now is Buns with 18 points and 2 blocks, along with 4 rebounds and 1 assists; their leading assists leader right now is Alicia with 7 assists, along with 4 rebounds, 2 steals and points each - being a floor-general Point Guard of what she is capable to do; their leading rebounder right now is Brianna with 8 rebounds (4 each from both offensive and defensive rebounds), along with 7 points and 2 blocks; and their leading steals leader are both Rosy and Fiona with 3 each, along with Rosy having 6 points and 2 rebounds, and Fiona having 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 block. As for the Lady Bandits' reserves, most of them came in and contributed with three players scoring in single-digits: Myra with 5, Bella with 3, and Lashana with 2.
As for the score, the Moebius Lady Bandits currently have 55 and the Athens Lady Spartans currently have 30 - a twenty-five-point lead for the Lady Bandits. It is now the 3rd quarter with the 2nd half beginning to start with the Athens Lady Spartans getting the ball to start the 2nd half, since the Lady Bandits won the tip from the beginning of the 1st quarter in the 1st half.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!
(8:00; 3Q) After the horn buzzed loud, Athens and Moebius both huddled out of their huddle and walked/jogged back onto the court to begin the 2nd half with the two teams both having their starters on the court. With Athens getting the ball to start the 2nd half, Moebius will stay in their man-to-man defense as the Lady Bandits will stick guarding their man by position. From the far baseline down-court, Athens' Small Forward Charisa will inbound the ball to her teammate Point Guard Carly. The referee blew the whistle, hands the basketball to Charisa as she inbounds the ball to her teammate Carly, and the 2nd half of this state-tournament game will begin.
(7:59; 3Q) Carly, after her teammate Charisa inbounded the ball to her, dribbles up-court and later reaches to the half-court stopping up-high at the middle of the court - already knowing Moebius is in their man-to-man defense guarding their man by position (with Alicia - standing two feet above the three-point line - guarding Carly).
(7:57; 3Q) Carly calls a play for her teammates as Abey is at the right block while being guarded by Buns and Caylee is at the left block while being guarded by Brianna both outside the painted-area, Daytona is at the far right wing 5 feet above the three-point line while being guarded by Fiona 4 feet away of her doing ball-you-man, and Charisa is at the left side of the court at the left corner 1 foot above the three-point line while being guarded by Rosy 3 feet away also doing ball-you-man.
(7:54; 3Q) Carly looks right at Daytona and throws a pass to her as Daytona holds the ball. Carly, after she passed the ball to Daytona, jogs (with Alicia trailing) to the left side of the court and stops 3 feet inside the three-point line and Abey (with Buns also trailing) coming up also and stops 1 foot inside the three-point line. Charisa, after seeing what Abey and Carly are doing also with Rosy knowing what's going on for Athens' offensive set, (Charisa) runs to the outside where Carly and Abey both set screens - calling it a 'double screen or double pin-down.' Charisa, while running, recognizes Rosy gets caught in those double screens as she got open at the left wing at the three-point area. Daytona, who is still at the right side of the court holding the ball when the play was set with Fiona still guarding her, starts to dribble with her left hand and - already knowing her teammate Charisa is open - throws the pass to Charisa.
(7:45; 3Q) Charisa, after Daytona throws the pass, catches it with her two hands, quickly looks to her left and sees Buns rotated. Charisa quickly holds the ball and didn't starts to dribble as she got into a triple-threat position: having her back bent low and holding the ball with her two hands at her left hip. Charisa later sees Rosy telling Buns to switch as Rosy is now back to guarding Charisa - after she was 'doubled screened' by Abey and Carly - and Buns back to guarding Abey.
(7:39; 3Q) Charisa, after she sees the switch between Rosy and Buns, calls Abey (who was at the left-middle free-throw lane) and motions her to set a pick/screen to the right on Rosy's left side. Abey sets the pick/screen Charisa wanted, Charisa gets low and rips-through to her right and later dribbles to her right going to the pick. Rosy went over Abey's pick/screen and Buns rotates to Charisa. Charisa, after seeing Rosy and Buns rotating to her playing their pick-'n-roll defense, looks to her left shoulder at Abey and sees she's open; Charisa uses her two hands - signaling she picked-up her dribble - and throws a pocket-bounce-pass to the left between Rosy and Buns.
(7:32; 3Q) Abey - after Charisa threw a bounce-pass in traffic - catches the ball, squares herself and shoots from mid-range as a right-handed shooter (with Brianna boxing-out Caylee, Buns - after seeing Abey attempt a jump-shot - boxing-out Abey, and Rosy going to the free-throw line area), . . . ball hits the left side of the Plexiglas backboard, and swished in for 2 points. Giving Abey 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting on the perimeter at 50%.
Moebius Lady Bandits 55, Athens Lady Spartans 32
(7:30; 3Q) Brianna - after the made-shot by Abey - quickly gets the ball and steps inside the baseline, looks to her right and sees Fiona, and inbound-passes to her.
(7:29; 3Q) Fiona, after her teammate Brianna inbounded the ball, looks up ahead seeing an opening of where she's at (left side of the court), and takes off dribbling.
(7:27; 3Q) Fiona, while dribbling and already reached up half-court, sees a quick opening to the left side of the painted area and later seeing her man Daytona. Fiona (using her left hand) quickly dribbles low, does a hop-hesitation move seeing Daytona flat-footed and rose up, and (Fiona) decides to attack-dribble (using her left hand) to the left as Daytona uses her upper-body and quick feet to on-ball defend Fiona.
(7:25; 3Q) Fiona - after seeing and feeling Daytona's on-ball defense - (still uses her left hand) takes one hard dribble, spins to her right off of Daytona and (Fiona) picked up her dribble, quickly glances to her right seeing Abey and later goes up with her two feet, (Fiona) adjusted her shot in mid-air, uses her right hand and floats the ball up at the right side of the backboard, (Fiona) felt contact (*whistle blued*), the ball hits off the backboard, later rolls around the rim's cylinder a little, and the ball went in through the net.
(7:21; 3Q) With that whistle blued by the referee from the left-sideline, Fiona's made-basket will count - giving her 14 points. And the foul will be on Athens' Abey Grant - her 2nd foul of the game and the team's 1st in the 3rd quarter/period. With Fiona's made-basket after she got fouled, she will go to the free-throw line for the possible three-point play.
Moebius Lady Bandits 57, Athens Lady Spartans 32
Fiona, after knowing she got fouled along with the made-basket, gave high-fives to her teammates for making 'that play.'
Both Athens and Moebius are all starting to lineup for Fiona's possible three-point play from the free-throw line. At the left-outer side of the painted-area is: Abey up top, Brianna in the middle, and Daytona below; at the right-outer side of the painted-area is: Caylee up top and Buns middle; Fiona (of course) at the free-throw line gonna attempt her one free-throw; at the left wing outside the three-point line is Alicia and Carly and at the right wing outside the three-point line is Rosy and Charisa.
The referee, who has the basketball at the sideline underneath the basket, signals to the ten players (with Fiona included in-which she already knows) holding up his (signals a male) right index-finger 'one shot'. The ref - for short - throws a bounce-pass to Fiona. Fiona receives the bounce-pass from the ref and starts her free-throw routine: uses her two hands and spins the ball to her left hand, puts both hands on the ball and takes four dribbles, stops dribbling and looks at the rim for four seconds, brings her shooting-form up as a right-handed shooter close to her face, releases it as Fiona holds up her follow-through, . . . and makes it - hitting nothing but net. Giving Fiona 15 points and completing the three-point play.
Moebius Lady Bandits 58, Athens Lady Spartans 32
(7:21; 3Q) Caylee - after Fiona's made free-throw - grabs the ball and steps inside the baseline underneath the basket, sees her teammate Daytona coming and inbounds it to her.
(7:20; 3Q) Daytona catches the ball, quickly turns forward and sees Fiona - after she made her free-throw - still standing at the free-throw line, but this time getting low having her knees bent and arms out to play full-court on-ball defense on Daytona.
(7:18; 3Q) Daytona, after seeing what Fiona is doing while being aware of the 10-second backcourt violation, (1 second) starts to dribble (with her left hand) going to her left at the left-middle side of the court. (2 seconds) Fiona, after seeing Daytona starts her dribble, follows where Daytona is dribbling by (Fiona) sliding her feet and having her hands out (3 seconds). Daytona, while dribbling with her left hand still, sees Fiona sliding her feet, gets low and (4 seconds) does a hesitation move, (Daytona) takes one hard dribble and uses her right foot to do a step-back move (5 seconds). Daytona sees Fiona didn't bite at the step-back move (6 seconds) looks up and sees her teammate Abey running at the center-circle. (7 seconds) Daytona picks up her dribble and fires the pass to Abey-
(7:11; 3Q) Fiona - after seeing her man Daytona picked-up her dribble - deflects it with her left hand, quickly retrieves the deflected-basketball (getting steal number 4), leans forward and sprint-dribbles (with her left hand) to the basket.
(7:09; 3Q) Fiona, while still dribbling, quickly looks to her left and sees Daytona coming. Fiona - already reaches the painted-area - cuffs the ball with her left dribbling-hand, bumps into Daytona (*whistle blued*) as Daytona falls on her butt then back, (Fiona) lifts off from her right inside-foot, attempts a finger-roll lay-up with her left hand, releases it as the basketball bounces around the rim's cylinder, and goes in.
(7:04; 3Q) With that whistle blued by the referee from the left-baseline, Fiona's made-basket will count again - giving her 17 points. And the foul will be on Athens' Daytona Garreth - her 3rd foul of the game and the team's 2nd in the 3rd quarter/period. With Fiona's made-basket after she got fouled, she will go back to the free-throw line for the possible three-point play once again.
Moebius Lady Bandits 59, Athens Lady Spartans 32
Fiona, after knowing she got fouled along with the made-basket, gave high-fives to her teammates for making 'that play' again.
Both Athens and Moebius are all starting to lineup for Fiona's second possible three-point play from the free-throw line. At the left-outer side of the painted-area is: Abey up top, Brianna in the middle, and Daytona below; at the right-outer side of the painted-area is: Caylee up top and Buns middle; Fiona (of course...again) at the free-throw line gonna attempt her one free-throw; at the left wing outside the three-point line is Alicia and Carly and at the right wing outside the three-point line is Rosy and Charisa.
The referee, who has the basketball at the sideline underneath the basket, signals to the ten players (with Fiona included in-which she already knows) holding up his (signals a male again) right index-finger 'one shot'. The ref - for short - throws a bounce-pass to Fiona. Fiona receives the bounce-pass from the ref and starts her free-throw routine: uses her two hands and spins the ball to her left hand, puts both hands on the ball and takes four dribbles, stops dribbling and looks at the rim for four seconds, brings her shooting-form up as a right-handed shooter close to her face, releases it as Fiona holds up her follow-through, . . . and makes it - hitting nothing but net. Giving Fiona 18 points and completing the three-point play again.
Moebius Lady Bandits 60, Athens Lady Spartans 32
(7:04; 3Q) Abey - after the made free-throw by Fiona - grabs the ball and steps inside the baseline underneath the basket, looks forward and sees her teammate Carly coming, and inbounds the ball to Carly.
(7:03; 3Q) Carly - after Abey inbounded the ball to her - later starts to dribble (with her right hand) up-court and later reached half-court at the right side of the court with Moebius still in their man-to-man defense (with Alicia still guarding her). Carly looks at the right block and sees her teammate Caylee getting post-position by fronting her man Brianna. Carly, who still has the ball dribbling and seeing what Caylee was doing, picks up her dribble and looks at her man Alicia seeing her not biting for the post-entry pass, and (Carly) lobs the pass to Caylee.
(6:58; 3Q) Caylee used her left hand to catch Carly's post-entry pass and later feels Buns' left hand on her back left hip. Caylee later uses her left foot to pivot back and face-up against Buns. Caylee - already into triple-threat position having her knees slightly bent, back slightly low and holding the ball with her two hands at her left hip - uses her right foot and does jab-steps to the right to see will Buns bite at it and get some space. Caylee, after doing some jab-steps, sees Buns kind of bite at the move and also seeing she got some little space. Caylee pulls-up for a shot as a right-handed shooter with Buns using her left hand to contest/block Caylee's shot (and with Brianna boxing-out Abey, Rosy coming to the painted-area, and Buns later boxing-out Caylee), . . . and missed.
(6:55; 3Q) Brianna, while boxing-out Abey, jumps up and grabbed her 9th rebound, and later holds the with her two hands. Standing inside the middle at the painted-area, Brianna looks up-court and sees her teammate Fiona running two or three steps behind Daytona. Brianna uses her strength and two hands to fire the outlet-pass down-court to Fiona. Fiona, while running and looking being her left shoulder, sees her teammate Brianna firing the outlet-pass to her, (Fiona) kept on running and catches it like a wide receiver with her two hands. Fiona, after catching the ball, sees she's close to the basket at the painted-area, quickly looks back at Daytona seeing her two steps behind, already at the basket and jumps up off two feet, holds the ball up with her two hands, and finishes with a basic two-hand dunk. Giving Fiona 20 points.
Moebius Lady Bandits 62, Athens Lady Spartans 32
Simulate to the End...
The Moebius Lady Bandits have kept on pushing their lead throughout the game; they have been playing strong man-to-man defense, getting good shots, and played smart basketball. For this game, the Lady Bandits won easily with the score: Moebius 108 to Athens' 71 - blowing them out by thirty-seven points; a complete murder isn't it?! As their overall record now reaches 22-10-0. But the Lady Bandits also gave props to the Athens Lady Spartans for coming to play. Sure they got blown-out just by looking at the score and their season is completely over, but they came to play and it just turned out they were overly matched against the strong defensive and offensive executed-type team.
For the Lady Bandits, their leading score was Buns with 31 points on 14-25 shooting at 56% and 3-4 from the free-throw line on 75% shooting, along with 12 rebounds (a double-double), 5 blocks, and 2 assists and steals each. The rest of the starters did their job as well - Alicia had 14 points, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 3 rebounds; Fiona had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block (clearly stuffing the stat-sheet); Rosy also had 14 points but with 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 1 block; and Brianna had 10 points, 10 rebounds (a double-double), and 2 blocks and assists each. The role players played good to by contributing and knowing their role with four bench-players scored in single-digits: Myra and Alaina with 5, Bella with 3, and Lashana with 2.
-Inside the Lady Bandits' Locker Room-
The twelve Lady Bandits walked back into the locker room all congratulating and giving daps to themselves of getting their first state-tournament win. Coach Regina later walks inside the girls locker room (with Coach Snively outside the locker room since he's a male) and tells her players to gather around.
The twelve players did as told from their coach as Coach Regina will now speak. "Now ladies, good job on today's game. Everyone did their job by knowing what to do. Give yourselves a hand."
The twelve players all applauded to themselves of their win.
Coach Regina continues, "Now listen up... We may have won our first state-tournament game, but WE have a LONG WAY to go. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes ma'am," the twelve Lady Bandits said.
Coach Regina nods. "Good... Bring it in."
Coach Regina and the Lady Bandits all put their hands up. Coach Regina speaks, "'Bandits' on three. One, two, three..."
"BANDITS," the players said.
The Lady Bandits all took off their Adidas-branded uniforms and puts them in in the middle of the room, as the girls went on to continue packing and double-checking their stuff.
At the locker of Fiona Darcell, she is currently packing and double-checking her belongings with her small Nike cardinal red duffle bag. 'Watch out and here I come Amy,' she thought to herself. 'I want my rematch against YOU and your team.'
To think and say to yourself "What is Fiona talking about?" Well lets put it like this basketball-wise: the Moebius Lady Bandits and the Knothole Lady Warriors all played against each other in the 2014 Region 6-A Championship Game at Knothole Village High School, in-which Knothole was hosting the region tournament and championship game there. That game went down to the wire and it ended with a game-winning shot by freshman Amy Rose. Fiona played that game and was on the court when 'that happened'. What Fiona was also kind of pissed off (yes, kind of pissed off) was Amy was getting more recognition as a starting freshman ON the varsity team.
So what about Fiona, you may say? Well, Fiona is a freshman, a starter on the varsity roster (unlike her teammate Lela AS a freshman as well, but that's a different story), and was getting little recognition of her game around the Atlanta area and the state of Georgia. But don't get it twisted, Fiona likes Amy's game for sure. But as a serious hooper she is, she wants to kill her mentally (in basketball-term).
So from what Fiona is saying, she wants her revenge on Amy and the Knothole Lady Warriors. Since she knows Knothole is in the 2014 Class A Public Girls State Basketball Tournament, Fiona doesn't even care if she and her team is in the first round (like this one), second round (Elite 8), third round (Final 4), or in the championship game facing Knothole; she wants her revenge against Knothole and her rival - Amy Rose.
The twelve Lady Bandits all walked out of the locker room and headed home. Coach Snively, after seeing all of the girls walking out of the locker room, walks inside the girls locker room, grabs the sweaty-or-not-sweaty uniforms and puts them in a big carrying bag so he can wash them for future games to come.
End of Chapter 21
And there is Chapter 21 of this story, folks.
Now you probably know why Moebius is Knothole's rival and such-and-such. But be on the look-out for the upcoming-chapter of the boys' Moebius Bandits.
Now for the name meaning...
Actually...no. I won't do a name meaning for Alicia's dad Maxx Eadweald (who is Evil/Anti-King Max). You'll find that out from Basketball Upbringings (the side-story of this one). Sorry to spoil the moment.
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-SelfMadeHooper
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