It’s simple. Defense equals easy offense.
No. 24 San Marcos (14-3) competed in the Hays CISD Classic over the weekend, finishing as the runner-up after losing a heartbreaker in the championship game against Kerrville Tivy (9-2), 31-30. The Lady Rattlers were hot, winning 10 of their last 11 games and had not lost before the tournament since the Champions Classic, dating back to Nov. 21.
The weekend tipped off with two wins on Thursday evening versus Baytown Sterling and Austin High, in which the purple and white won both games by double-figures. The Lady Rattlers continued to slide through the winner’s side of the bracket when it took on San Antonio Johnson on Friday, holding them to 36 points — the most any team scored against them during the tournament. Head coach Veronda Kendall singled out the team’s 44-33 win against Mansfield Summit because she felt her players came together and played solid on both ends of the floor the whole game in order to pull out the win.
