You can only play 5 quarters a night
Tri-Village’s JV played Tipp City, and they all played in that game. So, they could only play 1 varsity quarter.
JVs played as much as legally possible and because they don’t have a huge bench period, 2 varsity starts have to stay in the whole game no matter what. Heck, the Sagaster girl didn’t attempt a single shot in the 2nd half. She’s only played meaningful 4th quarter minutes in 4-5 games this year
Are these girls supposed to play with only 3? Are they supposed to hold the ball for 3-4-5 minutes straight? What is the solution? Every girl played the maximum number of quarters they could, their best players stopped shooting and allowed the subs/JVs to do so.
North hasn’t won a game this year, and they’re very young. I think there was a total of 5-6 fans for them in the gym that night, and I heard a few of them talking about how well TV acted given the circumstances. The players and fans cheered for TCN when they finally did score.
Does it suck when something like this happens? Sure, but let’s not act like TV did something bad. It could have been way worse.
They beat Houston earlier this year 101-36, and some people were complaining. TV tried to cancel the game this year because they knew they were going to be good and Houston young and inexperienced, but Houston chose to keep it.
The best thing for girls basketball is to increase the number of quarters per night.