UW River Falls Falcon Women’s Basketball Opens Season with Successful Scrimmage
Posted by Falcons Fan on November 11, 2009
Coach Traci Reimann, Coach Kathy Holbrook, Coach Mike Babler and Head Coach Cindy Holbrook
The UWRF women’s basketball team took the court for the first time on Monday night for their only scrimmage of the preseason. Three 20 minute sessions were played with no score being kept. Impressive and still got work to do can describe this outing.
“I was very pleased with what went on today. I think we learned a lot and it was a good chance to evaluate our whole team because everyone got a good amount of time out on the floor,” said Head Coach Cindy Holbrook. “The timing for this scrimmage was excellent. We were ready to get out and play a little bit against somebody else and in a game-like atmosphere,” added Holbrook ”I thought we fought hard, shared the ball well and were really sharp at times.”
“I thought we had some excellent leadership. I liked the way we rebounded as well as the way we attack on the offensive and defensive ends of the court.” Holbrook said. “I really thought we got better today. It was a fun day, close to a game like environment without the score being kept.”
The Falcon’s were the aggressive team
“I think one of our best attributes this year can be our pursuit of the ball, whether it is on offense or defense. If we make the hustle plays and get after it consistently we can be very effective,” Holbrook said.
Falcon’s set to get it and go.
The Falcon fans got a dash of the past along with a glimpse at the future during Monday night’s action. The returning guards and wings were turned loose in the open court and played up-tempo style that they are accustomed to.
“It’s fun.” said Holbrook “We don’t like to slow it down unless we have to. With the athletes that we have and the posts that can run up and down the floor, up tempo is the best situation for us. We have opportunities to get easy shots, and we have players that can stretch the defense by hitting some threes off the break.”
“The difference from this year and last year is that we have more depth now,” Holbrook said. “We can do different things with the group of players we have. I saw good things out of each of our returners and our freshmen.”
Are there things that needed to be worked on?
“This is a scrimmage for a reason, we need to work on out execution in running our offense,” said Holbrook, “Our posts played very well, we need to do a better job of seeing and getting them the ball. I feel like our pressure defense has a ways to go, we need everyone to rotate quicker.”
“Our returning players and our freshmen can do better, and they will, they are a talented group. We got to see some good things tonight that make us excited to get the season going. I know I am excited and my staff is excited and the players had an excellent off season so they are excited. Coaches always like to have a lot of practices and preparation time, but I’m pretty sure our players are ready to get going with the games.” Said Holbrook.
The Falcon’s will kick off the official season on Tuesday, Nov. 17, playing host to Crown College for a 7:00 tip off at the Kargas Center.
