Emma Dehart SOUTHPORT (7-16) – Second-year coach Matt Seifers optimistic for turnaround after dropping last eight games … Cardinals had no seniors last year … one-two punch comes from junior All-Star candidates 5-9 Emma Dehart and 6-2 Jaelencia Williams, each drawing Division 1 interest … Seifers wants basketball in Dehart’s hands a lot and feeding Williams inside; combined for 46 points and 26 rebounds in season-opening loss at Danville … three-guard back court includes scrappy senior Brooke Lightfoot and Andrea Vidaurre … 6-0 seniors Alyssa Andreis and Alex Cooper and 5-10 sophomore Tiana Wright counted on underneath … lost four games by less than 10 points last year … Cards hope to end string of 15 losing seasons.
Coach’s comments: “We have 11 players who are pretty good; they have been coming through the system and working hard. We have two junior All-Star candidates and four seniors who are very talented. They can give us plenty of good minutes and we can sprinkle in some juniors and sophomores with them. Finding the right mix of players is the real challenge but juniors and seniors will bear the brunt. I think we’re better than where we’ve been but we’re still far away from our goals. We came in with a three-to-four year plan, but we are little bit ahead of that. The girls played lots of summer ball. It’s going to be exciting to see the girls grow into their roles.”
Coach’s comments: “We have 11 players who are pretty good; they have been coming through the system and working hard. We have two junior All-Star candidates and four seniors who are very talented. They can give us plenty of good minutes and we can sprinkle in some juniors and sophomores with them. Finding the right mix of players is the real challenge but juniors and seniors will bear the brunt. I think we’re better than where we’ve been but we’re still far away from our goals. We came in with a three-to-four year plan, but we are little bit ahead of that. The girls played lots of summer ball. It’s going to be exciting to see the girls grow into their roles.”
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