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Stepping back onto the court after the winter break the Powell Panther boys’ basketball team is set to open its home campaign for the season against 2A Rocky Mountain at 7 p.m. Thursday at …
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Stepping back onto the court after the winter break the Powell Panther boys’ basketball team is set to open its home campaign for the season against 2A Rocky Mountain at 7 p.m. Thursday at Powell High School.
Using the winter break to their advantage, coach Mike Heny said that the Panthers focused on their conditioning while working on polishing the things the team already has installed to this point.
“Over break we focused on getting our conditioning improved after the layoff and just reviewing and polishing the things we already had installed,” Heny said. “We will continue to focus on finding the right combination of things that match our players’ skillsets in order to make sure we put them in the best position to be successful.”
Heading into Thursday with a 5-1 record Heny said the Panthers will be looking to put together a complete game against the 4-4 Grizz after struggling offensively late in their only loss against Douglas.
“On Thursday we just hope to be better at some of the things that have hurt us so far this season,” Heny said. “Against Douglas we struggled in the third and fourth quarters offensively and we want to make sure we stay more consistent in all three phases for all four quarters.”
He added that the game on Thursday will be an opportunity for Powell to continue improving in in-game situations while discovering what else the players need to work on after break.
“Thursday’s game will allow us to compete and learn how to make the necessary adjustments to give ourselves the best chance to win,” Heny said. “Long breaks are good in one sense, but can be misleading as to what truly needs to be worked on when teams start scheming to take away certain aspects of the offense or attack a particular defensive weakness.”
This will be the first of a long stretch of home games for the Panther boys, who will host the Big Horn Basin Classic next weekend as the defending champions.
Powell is scheduled to play home games each weekend through the end of January with six consecutive dates scheduled in Powell before the Panthers head back on the road for the majority of February.
