Tara Murray
Melton Thoroughbreds know they aren’t that far off a few more wins in the Country Basketball League women’s north-west competition.
The Thoroughbreds, who have a bye this weekend, have one win after the first five rounds.
Coach Richard Morin said it was only small differences in games
“We’re missing out by a couple of points, we just can’t get over the line,” he said. “We’re playing relatively well.
“A lot of the teams have recruited well this year and some have NBL1 [National Basketball League 1] players.
The competition is good. We are a young side with the average age of 16, it is a challenge.”
Morin said the girls weren’t playing bad basketball just that they couldn’t find that winning momentum.
He said the age factor does come into play at times.
“It’s a development thing and hopefully it will develop some young girls into youth league players, under-18 players.
“It’s those one percenters that are hurting. Turnovers or not finishing the lay up, or missing a shot.
“In a year or two they will become even better than they are.”
Morin said it was one of those seasons where everything was so close.
He said the next step for the group was the players to look to take control in key moments.
Morin said that maturity comes with development.
Elle Price has been one of the standouts this year for the Thoroughbreds while Ruby Murphy has been showing her three-point shooting prowess.
Morin said Maddy Brady had a breakout game in round four when she was able to put a good score on the board.”
Morin said the tough draw also hadn’t helped things with the club having a number of double headers.
He said they wanted to continue to challenge in the last part of the season.
“Hopefully we can string a couple of wins together,” he said. “That would be pretty impressive for a young side.”
