And the winner is... take 2

Greetings everyone! Sunday morning began with a brief team meeting and video session of the previous loss to canada. The team along with the coaching staff identified some areas that hurt us down the stretch of the game. Also some areas in which we could take advantage of their team. The first games approach was a pumped up RA RA RA kind of game which proved to lack composure on our end. So as we all took the court and went out for warm ups and team introductions you saw a focus in everyones eyes. We appeared to be a determined team on a mission to take the game right from the beginning. Well appearance can sometimes be decieving. The jump ball was tossed up and before you could blink The USA was down 11-0. Coach called a timeout to rally in the troops and stop the bleeding so to speak. His message truly hit home and we hit the canadians with a 12-0 run. The momentum shifted throughout the entire first half and the canadians stormed back to put themselves up six points at half. The second half was just as intense. Both teams made half time adjustments and provided quite the show for the packed alabama gym. We had a very strong third quarter and although we won the quarter we were still down four going into the 4th quarter. A clutch performance in the fourth put the USA in a winnning position and we took the victory. It was an amazing game! The two top teams in the world battling for momentum going into Beijing. No Paralympic gold medals were awarded that day, but our team learned alot about our opponents and more importantly we learned alot about ourselves. We will see that same canadian team at the roosevelt cup in three weeks. I will keep you all posted. GO USA!