3-0!

Ok, I don't really want to write about every single game because, "A" games and places start running together even in our heads, and things can get boring. And "B", let's face it, some games I don't want to talk about, much less even remember! This game, however, was NOT one of those games, thankfully... but it did start out that way.

We travelled down to Sicily for the only remaining team on the island because my ex-team doesn't exist anymore to play against Priolo, who is known for being near impossible to beat at home for reasons that will remain unmentioned on the world wide web at this time. They have, however, already beaten one of the top three teams in the league on opening day, so they are a team to be reckoned with, especially at home. Priolo throws all kinds of defenses at each team, sometimes without any type of organization or rules, which instead of putting their team at a disadvantage, puts opponents without enough patience to find the open person in a lot of trouble. This was the first game that I didn't start (we seem to be rotating the starting 5 even though I have hit a three in each game on the first possession!) which is totally fine with me because we have so many "legit" players. I didn't really ever get comfortable in the first half, along with our team, and I went scoreless to the locker room at half time thinking this may be another bad shooting performance in Priolo (I never shoot well there... the lighting is bad or something...) I didn't start the second half (this time for good reason) but my coach just told me to shoot more "tranquillo", more relaxed, and some how I found that rhythm when I entered the game. I couldn't miss for the third quarter and the first minute or two of the fourth. I didn't score the whole rest of the game, but within that spurt, I had 19 points to lead our team in scoring. I think I went like 4/5 from three and 5/5 from the free throw line, which only adds up to 17 I know, but either I forgot something, or they gave me two extra points on our website... not sure which :) Anyways, I just wanted to recount about my little personal victory tonight, overcoming what could have easily have been an "off" night of bad shooting. Oh yeah, and we also ended up winning by 5 points even though the refereeing was borderline horrible.

This next game will be a great test for us because they just signed a WNBA star Katie Douglass, and we just need to hope that she's not ready to play for them yet!!! We are going directly to Istanbul tomorrow though, and then we play Wednesday, so that should be exciting. Say some prayers for us!