Bacchus Marsh Lions believe they aren’t that far away in the Basketball Victoria Country Basketball League women’s north-west.
The Lions have the bye this weekend, have one win from their first from their first three matches.
Lions coach Grace Bibby said ideally they would have liked to have played on the weekend with it being such a short season.
“We have had one of the toughest starts to the season,” she said.
“We’ve played both Maryborough and Bendigo already. I think we’re still in a good spot..
“I’m reasonably confident in the basketball that we put out.”
Bibby said they had shown some good signs against both the Blazers and Braves. She said it was a case of being able to play that basketball for a full four quarters.
“We’ve competed for a quarter here and there against Maryborough and Bendigo,” she said.
“We need to do it for four quarters. It’s a bit of our fitness and maintaining the stamina for the full four quarters.
“Being able to have the tempo to show our game.”
Bibby said everyone was on the same page with what they wanted to create at the club, now it was about building on it.
She said she had been really impressed by younger player Ella Thomson in her first season and development player Ella Bradbury, who was getting plenty of minutes.
Bibby said they had some younger players and players who were a bit older, but were missing that age group in the middle.
The Lions’ men’s side also had a bye on the weekend. The team is without a win so far.
Bibby said before the weekend that the two sides would have lunch together with no games.
“They’ve been doing it really tough,” she said.
“Rob [Tomczyk] is doing a great job. We lost a lot of talent with Melton now having a team.
“I don’t think a win is far away from them.”
Both Lions teams are on the road next week, facing both the Mildura Heat and Swan Hill Flyers.
