The Lumberjacks have encountered some recent struggles during a tough stretch of games. Monday night the difficulties continued in Belcourt as the Jacks dropped to 8-10 overall with a 74-60 loss to Turtle Mountain CC. Road wins are always hard to come by, but successful teams beat opponents you are supposed to beat. Turtle Mountain did a tremendous job of jumping out to an early lead in the 1st half and making key shots to extend the lead whenever we made a run. When it was all said and done our TEAM had to face the facts.
FREE THROW's - 16/28
ORB for TMCC- 18
TURNOVERS - 22
Regardless of how poorly we shot from the field (32%) these statistics show a lack of passion from our TEAM. Each of these categories are a caring, focus, and effort statistic which we failed to provide on Monday night. No scheme, strategy, or philosophy will substitute for hard work, discipline, and enthusiasm to be the best TEAM/individual every play of the game. OUR goal is to find the child-like enthusiasm to enjoy what we do on a daily basis. WE have the opportunity to play a kid's game every day WE are in college, and as a whole WE must value this experience as each day our window is closing as a TEAM.
Over the next two days the Lumberjacks will be traveling to Winnipeg, CAN to compete against Canadian Mennonite University (CMU). Once again we are coming off of a 1-day rest and will have a quick turnaround to play on Saturday as well. I believe this TEAM will regain it's confidence and desire to compete. WE are not happy with our past performance but it is important to remember these are college student-athletes who sometimes loose sight of how lucky we are to represent Dakota College.
Just to inform our Lumberjack followers. Jayden McMillin has been sidelined until further notice with a knee injury. He did not play against Turtle Mountain. WE can view this as a major issue or WE can choose to take this hurdle as an opportunity for others to play. In athletics, players are always an injury or bad decision away from getting on the court.
Resiliency - ability to return to original state after being deformed.
OUR TEAM must be resilient during these times of struggle. During our darkest moments is when true chemistry is found and solidified. Please continue to support our guys!
Let's Get JACKED UP,
Coach Fehringer
