Tonight’s match up is from the Grad/Fac/Staff league. It’s between the Math Team and the Variables. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30pm. It should be a very good show down, because “It is the Clash of the Math Teams” According to Garrett Warnell. It’s going to be a very mathematical game. My math teacher from last semester is one of the players, Doug Galagate, who is also the Variables captain. It’s a nice surprise, and I wonder how well he plays. The Math Team looks like they have some talent and are making a lot of shots during warm-up; the Variables looks to very athletic with a lot of speed.
The game starts out slow but both teams reach 4 points pretty fast, so it looks like its going be a nail biter. Hold on, the Variables start draining shots: they are on fire to make it 9-4, so maybe I was wrong about the nail biting game. Both teams are playing extremely hard. You can feel the intensity in the gym. I mean you can even see the sweat dripping off player’s faces and forming puddles on the court; pretty soon we will need a mop to clean it up… ok I am kidding but it’s funny to think about. Now the Variables are no longer on fire, and now they’re in a scoring drought for a few minutes, but then they start to turn it on again and win the game 15-6 with Sebatsian scoring the winning basket. According to Doug “Sebatsian is the closer; he usually closes out the games.”
The Math Team played a very hard fought game even though they got crushed. They just didn’t get lucky with their shooting since they rely heavily on their shooting to win games. According to Garrett to succeed and play well next week “We need to work on rebounding and take a lot practice shots.”
After the game I got a chance to speak with my old math teach about how he thought he played. “I felt fine, made a couple of good plays and made 2 shots,” he said, “I don’t know who we play next week but were on a hot streak.” Next I asked what went through his mind while he shot the ball. “I was hoping it would go in. I will have to give some credit to the opponent. Each of the players played a good game.” The Math Team said even though they lost they will see the Variables in the finals. However, the Variables think they will go undefeated. Unfortunately, the Math Team could not calculate the correct Variables for a victory. The Variables now have a 4-0 record.
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