The Grizzlies repeated as state basketball champions after bringing back the entire roster from their 2023 title-winning team.
Updated: 15 minutes agoGrace Christian's Sophie Lentfer blocks the shot of Barrow's Aiga Unutoa during the 3A girls state basketball championship game at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
“This year we really focused on defense in the half-court set,” he said. “You can press people, but you can’t press everybody. If you play good half-court defense, even if you can’t score a lot of points, you still have an opportunity to win.” Neither team was able to get a lot going on offense in the first half, short of Grace Christian guard Ella Boerger. Boerger scored 14 points, including a run of 10 straight in the second quarter.She hit a 3-pointer from the left wing with 4:28 to play in the quarter, making it 15-6. Another 3-pointer from the same spot on the next possession put the Grizzlies up 18-6. And she scored a layup in transition to give Grace Christian its biggest lead of the game at 20-6.
“When you’re playing Barrow, their crowd is a huge factor,” Boerger said. “When they go on a run, the momentum they get from the crowd really helps them so just focusing on stopping them is huge.”The Grizzlies scoring was extremely consolidated with only Boerger, Lentfer and sophomore MJ Van der Horst getting in the scoring column.
“We knew they’d want to run and they’d want to get steals and fast breaks,” Boerger said. “We knew we had to slow them down in the half-court and make them take time on offense.”
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