1 Week away!!

Last Friday we travelled all the way to Indianapolis to play in a closed scrimmage vs last years Horizon league champions - Northern Kentucky. Even though we are not allowed to talk much about the details of what took place. It was actually cool to finally play against guys which aren't my team mates! It was play first time being in, let alone playing in an NBA arena in the Indiana Pacers' - Bakersfield house arena. The closed scrimmage that took place was definitely beneficial for us as a team, as we were able to try out new sets and see how they work against opposition, really challenge ourselves against new people and just try different line ups this year. As with two injuries in our front line in 7ft freshman Ari Boya and 6ft9 senior Luuk Van Bree, it looks like we will be playing a lot of "small ball" to start the year.

We learnt and grew from the experience and we are actually 1 week and a day away from the first preseason game of the year. It takes place November 1st downtown in Carver Arena vs Carroll university and it will be a great chance to prepare and allow for our freshman to have their first opportunity of playing in front of the bright lights.

Even though we are about 3 weeks away from the season official beginning I am still excited and I cannot wait until it begins!!!

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