Tri-Valley coach Jason Kloss and Roscoe coach Becky Ahart used different approaches in Tri-Valley's 58-18 victory played in the Fred Ahart Gymnasium.
With the Bears running off to a 21-7 first quarter lead it became very apparent that the young Blue Devils team would face scoring problems from the strong defensive tactics deployed by Tri-Valley.
When asked what approach she takes with her players in a game like this, Coach Ahart said, "I try to install the desire to keep playing, never give up, don't hang your heads and learn something new from who they are playing against."
"If somebody does something good against us that beats us I ask our girls to learn from that experience and to play together as a team as everything comes down to team work and try to improve with every game, "Coach Ahart noted.
Coach Ahart's young varsity team consists of four freshman, three sophomores, four juniors and three seniors.
She complimented Tri-Valley as "a very good ball club."
Bears coach Kloss learned a lot of his basketball skills and knowledge from Becky's husband and boys varsity coach Fred Ahart who Jason played for as a Roscoe Central School student.
Kloss when asked what the benefits of a game like this means to Tri-Valley said, "our team benefits from a game like this for team dynamics."
He pointed out "there are a lot of girls on the team who practice as hard as some of the girls that play on any given night and this type of game is an opportunity for them to take the floor
and show how much they have improved and to look at things they need to do better at."
" A game like this is a benefit for the future of this team in getting those girls minutes this year to help prepare them for next year and a smoother transition" Kloss said.
The Tri-Valley coach substituted frequently throughout the game giving his bench players valuable playing experience.
Tri-Valley's strong defense continued throughout the game limiting Roscoe to 5 points in the second quarter and 3 points each in the third and fourth quarters which overall resulted in 46 Blue Devil turnovers.
The Bears defense and Roscoe's turnovers led to some easy break-away scores putting Tri-Valley out in front at the half 31-12 and at the end of the third quarter 48-15.
Leading Tri-Valley's balanced scoring was Caroline Martin with 14, Sara Dertinger with 12 and Danielle Shafarsky with 10.
Roscoe had 5 points each from Alyssa Diaz and Kelsey Kalin.
Roscoe's record falls to 0-10 while Tri-Valley's even's its record to 5-5, 1-0 in OCIAA Division V
league play.
Tri-Valley gets back into league play at home January 29 against Tuxedo.
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