The girls basketball team (13-1, 4-0) has beaten every Moore League team by at least 45 points this year. They blew out Compton (96-10) last Wednesday, January 15. Freshman Danae Miller and senior Arica Carter scored 22 and 14 points respectively. On Friday, January 10 and Monday, January 13, Poly also routed Jordan and Cabrillo with scores of 90-17 and 81-31, respectively. However, the most remarkable game was the 75-30 crushing of the second-best Moore League team, Millikan, on Wednesday, January 8.
“I think as a team we really played well, we came out and jumped on top of them early, and it sent them back to where they couldn’t respond,” said head coach Carl Buggs.
With their new senior transfers Lajahna Drummer and Emoni Jackson eligible to play, Poly’s defense nearly had a first half shutout when the second quarter ended 38-6, Poly. Poly, now subbing up to five players at a time, continued to pull away even with their bench playing most of the minutes.
The girls basketball team has won CIF and State titles, but has never won national championships. Poly has the talent to win a national championship, but they are not at full strength.
“One of the things we’re faced with is we’re really banged up. We have five kids hurt, and three kids who also cannot play because of team academic standards,” said Coach Buggs.
Poly will try to build their chemistry today, January 21 at Lakewood.
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