The Davison Raiders senior girls basketball team suffered a lop-sided loss to the Loreburn Aztecs in their season opener at the Davidson School gym last Wednesday.

The Aztecs dominated on both sides of the floor cruising to a 59-17 victory over the Raiders. The Loreburn girls played stifling man-to-man coverage barely letting the Raiders get to the net throughout the match and easily penetrated through the Raiders defence getting into the paint and hitting numerous easy lay-ups during the game after breaking past one Raider after another.

“Our girls played well,” said Aztecs head coach Tim Hom. “I think after getting used to the new gym they did pretty good.”

The Aztecs and Raiders both started off slowly in the game, with the first quarter mainly seeing the teams feeling each other out. Loreburn stepped up the pace in the second quarter, scoring at will on their way to taking a 29-9 lead by the half. The second half was more of the same with the Aztecs leading 44-13 after three and finally 59-17 to finish.

Karielle Willner, head coach of the Raiders, said their first game of the season was a good learning experience for the girls, giving them a look on what they need to work on to reach their goal of having a successful season.

“I really just want to see every girl play to her best, to improve and for us to get as far as we possibly can,” she said. “A lot of teams, their goal is to win in senior and ours is to get as many girls playing as possible and that doesn’t always necessarily lead to a win every time. All girls who want to play play, so that is the rule we live and die by.”

To read more please see the December 17 print edition of The Davidson Leader.