Reading 64 Carlisle 49

The Reading Red Knights were victorious tonight by a score of 64-49 in their first round district game against the Thundering Herd of Carlisle at Wilson High School. Here are my thoughts on the game:

1. Great to see us come out strong from the get go and I really thought we played our best half of basketball in the postseason tonight in the first half. It was great to see us back in attack mode.
2. Jermaine Jackson continued his outstanding play in the postseason with 21 points and 15 boards. I did thing when we had our rough third period we really got away from getting him touches.
3. As a team we didnt shoot the ball well as we only shot 39% from the field but I thought we ran our offense pretty effectively. But on the defensive end I thought we played pretty well. Held Carlisle to only 36% from the field and gave up very few easy baskets. Also a huge stat in tonight's game was how we really limited them to one shot and done with us holding a 45-21 rebounding advantage.
4. Nelson Leon had a nice game tonight in that he looked for his shot, played good defense, and grabbed 3 boards.
5. Great game tonight by Demrick Cook who only had two points but was a force on the glass and did a great job defensively.
6. I think the biggest advantage we got from the extra day of rest is that it let Macho heal his ankle up and after looking careless at the start of the game he really played well.
7. Looking ahead to Saturday's game, I think it is a team who we have film on and we have played already so we should not have problems getting adjusted to them. Youve got to think that York will make some adjustments, but with their style of play I dont think their is much their going to change. It also should help us that we have already played in a big arena and York has not.