Rough Day on the Court

Zack (a.k.a. Mr. Excited) was up and in his uniform by 8:00 this morning...about an hour earlier than needed. 

After Thursday night's game hopes were pretty high for their first game.  The game before theirs went into overtime so we had to wait...

The game spiraled out of control quickly as the other team pressed the whole first quarter...and we could not score the whole first quarter.

Believe me when I say this was one ugly game.  It is not worthy of much commentary.  This was the halftime score.

The game got so ugly that the coach ended up sitting the starters for the entire fourth quarter.  The game was sooooo out of reach and he figured he'd give the others some playing time and some playing experience.  

Anyway, Zack scored 4 points in the 3 quarters he played.

Their second game was later in the afternoon...and just as ugly.

Hard to explain since this was the same team they just beat by two points last week.  But, as a team, they were just off today...their shots weren't falling, they were not rebounding well, and their passes were sloppy. (the officiating was horrid but even poor officiating cannot contribute to a loss by THAT much)

Zack had 11 points in this game and quite a few blocks.

He also had a couple of "firsts" today.  First of all, he forced his first charging foul by planting his feet and holding his position.  Also, he suffered his first on court injury when he jumped to try and pick off a pass and landed on his side.  He lied motionless for a couple seconds and the refs stopped the game.  Surprisingly, he was able to shake it off and stay in the game...even though he grabbed his elbow several times the rest of the game.  I guess we'll see what his elbow looks like tomorrow.