Club Basketball Earns First Win

The Scarlet Hawks Club Basketball team traveled to Truman College seeking their first win of the season and that is exactly what they got. The two teams faced each other back in January and Truman came out victorious winning by 22 points. The Hawks have continuously been working on their game play as well as improving their ability to work as a team. As this is the first season of club basketball at IIT, most of the players are just getting to know one another and most haven’t played since High school or for any type of team. This is, in part, the reason to the slow start of the season.

Now that the team has gotten to know one another, they have been able to work together on the court. The win this past weekend is a testament to what the team is capable of. The leading scorer was Julio Dominguez with 16 points in the 73-67 win over Truman College. Along with improvement to their scoring, the Hawks defense was an important factor in the win. They were able to hold the opposing team, who had 99 points in their first meeting, to under 70 points and come out victorious.

After the game, Coach and Player Trevor Townsend commented on the performance of the team: “I think the team played its best ball yet, though it wasn't perfect. We still have to make more of our free throws, limit turnovers and get offensive rebounds. We had the best post position performance thus far with all three of our post players scoring 12pts or more this game. The bench played well as they brought us back in the second half to tie the game. All the players stepped up in the end providing big time rebounds and stops. Over all I was proud of the performance and as long as we keep getting better I don't see us losing too many (more) games.”

With 3 games left on the schedule, the Hawks hope to break even and end with a .500 season. And if they continue to play games like Saturday's, it is likely that they will do just that.