We led 26-19 with about 5 minutes left. Then Jared took a knee to his thigh and couldn't stay in the game. We got great effort overall, but there were one too many missed layups and short-range shots. We were the better team for 25 minutes. LA Valley was the better team in the final minutes. They've got a 6-2 kid with great quickness and hops who was by far their top player.
Our biggest nemesis, though, was ourselves. Turnovers without any pressure. Really shocking stuff we should've been prepared for. But this is basketball, mistakes happen, and we regroup for our next game. There will be changes since we have a better idea now of who's ready for this tourney and who is not.
Next: Thunder 13U vs. South Coast, Saturday, 5:00 pm, Bob Price Community Center. We still have a chance to win our pool or finish second, which would move us into the championship bracket. That means we'd play again on Saturaday night at Heinrich (YMCA) Community Center. If we lose and go 0-2 in our pool, we wouldn't play again until Sunday morning.
Note: This was a crazy afternoon. The game was scheduled for 7:00 pm, but when we went to look at the gym at 1:00 or so, we found out our game was not at DCC. They changed the time to 3:00 pm. No phone call. It was a lucky thing I checked the schedule. Roy and I rushed back to the hotel, the kids got into the vans and we rushed to Centennial Hills Community Center. We got here with about 10 minutes to spare. The other team didn't even show up until game time. They had not been informed, either.
All in all, a good game for our guys. Just struggling to finish again. We're learning as we go. Boxscore added 1/13/14
| H1 Thunder at LA Valley Hoops [Swoosh Las Vegas National Championships] | |||
| Jul 12, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
| H1 Thunder (0-1) | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| LA Valley Hoops [Swoosh Las Vegas Ultimate Showcase] (1-0) | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| H1 Thunder | |||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
| #3 Kyle Moraga | 1 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| #5 Jared Elwin | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| #12 Kalai Kuia | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| #23 Chris Afe | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| #24 Tanielu Afe | 1 | 5-20 | 1-6 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
| #6 Ryan Higashionna | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| #7 Joshua de Jesus | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| #9 Manoa Kualii-Moe | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| #11 Javan Montiho | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
| #33 Kali‘a Mielke | 1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| team | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 11-37 (.297) | 1-9 (.111) | 3-8 (.375) | 21-12 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 26 | ||
| LA Valley Hoops [Swoosh Las Vegas Ultimate Showcase] | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #1 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| #3 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| #9 | 1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| #15 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| #32 | 1 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 13-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| #6 | 1 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| #13 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| #24 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 12-26 (.462) | 4-10 (.400) | 4-6 (.667) | 22-4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 32 | |
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