Tyler Austin, who scored 12 points in the North Valleys game, makes a layup in the first quarter.
Photo by Steve Ranson.
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The Wave had problems making their shots in the second quarter. Snyder scored six points, four from the free-throw line. Francisco Tapia and Collin each added a basket.
Cold shooing plagued both teams in the third quarter with Fallon tallying 11 points to the Panthers’ 10. The fourth quarter also saw some low scoring with Fallon outshooting the Panthers, 9-8.
Snyder led Fallon with 14 points, and Collin added six. Brady Alves and Jace Nelson each scored four.
Both teams combined for more than 30 fouls, and Fallon turned the ball over 23 times.
"We were outrebounded by North Valleys,” Dalager said. “We’re trying to jump with people and not box out. We did a better job running our offenses. Once we got our zone offense going, we did just fine.”
Dalager said she doesn’t think the Wave will blow anyone out of the gym and figures Fallon’s games will be tight.
“The games are going to be close all the time because we struggle shooting,” she said. “We don’t have consistent scoring.”
No stats were available by deadline for the Hug game but will be available online. Hug, though, picked up its first win of the season against the Wave.
"We were very flat and defensively, we really struggled,” Dalager said. “In the fourth quarter, we put the starters back in and went into a full court press. By then it was too late. (Hug) made a couple outside shots. We just got spaced too far apart, and we had a hard time catching up because we can’t score like that.”
Dalager said Fallon didn’t play well, especially on defense.
“We can’t give up 67 points to a team that has only two scorers,” she said. “Our starters were lackadaisical and didn’t rotate in the press. They kept beating us off the dribble.”
Dalager, though, said the team didn’t rotate it traps, something the Wave has one well in previous games.