GB Women Lose Opener To Slovak Republic
Jo Leedham led GB with 17 points but it wasn't enough
The GB Senior Women lost their Eurobasket qualifying opener, being defeated 76-67 by the Slovak Republic yesterday afternoon at the NIA, Birmingham.
The game remained close through the first three quarters, but the Slovak side showed their experience by pulling away in the fourth behind the strong play of Luisa Michulkova.
Johannah Leedham led GB with 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, whilst Kim Butler had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals.
GB Head Coach, Tom Maher said after the game:
“We showed we were competitive, but we had one really bad part where we fell apart. We just didn’t play in that spell, and that was the killer. We got a lot of foul shots, but we didn’t make enough from the floor, if you miss the shot you have to run back and play defence, not worry about the shot.”
“We have to learn to play together a bit more, we go for too many home runs, but the thing about us is we have a lot of players who are stars in their team. We have to learn to share the ball a bit more, they’re not selfish we just have to stop trying to hit home runs all of the time.”
Full box score and play by play available here. The GB Women will next be in action on Tuesday away at Germany.
Image Credit: Dan Wooller/wooller.com
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