The Toilers took a 22-7 lead out of the first quarter at home against the Assiniboia Rockets on Tuesday and never looked back on their way to a 92-29 victory.
Not a bad way for a team open defence of their city championship, and after their tournament win at the Bowlt Classic on the weekend, a solid beginning to the new campaign.
As for the game itself, it played out pretty much as the Toilers hoped it would in Grade 12 guard Caitlyn Johnson’s assessment.
“At the start we always like to push out and go out hard and later on, depending on the score we like to settle back and work on our offence and stuff like that,” Johnson said. “ Then on defence we try to keep them down to a certain amount and just go from there.
“We’ve practiced ‘D’ a lot, it’s one of our main focusses, so we really, really like to work on it so team’s don’t have a chance to come back.”
Peacock made sure that wasn’t going to happen against Assiniboia, extending their edge to 48-16 at the half and leading 64-24 through three quarters. Things got even tougher for the Rockets in the final frame as they managed only five points, hitting a single field goal while the Toilers put up 28 points at the other end of the court.
Caitlin Miller led all scorers with 23 points despite seeing limited second half action, while Anna Maelde added 15 and Johnson 14, including three three-pointers.
Jessie Rood was Assiniboia’s top scorer with 10 points.
