It was a tough night for San Marcos as the Ratters fell to No. 2 Fredericksburg on Friday inside the Snake Pit.
For head basketball coach Jermaine Ervin, part of the struggle was creating an offense around one ball handler for the majority of the first half due to injuries and foul trouble. Despite the challenges, the Rattlers held the Billies to just 20 points during the first half.
“We pretty much played the 12 minutes of the 16 minutes without any guards,” Ervin said. “We were without one of our guards due to a death in her family and our other two guards are out due to injury. Then two out of our three guards got in foul trouble in the first couple of minutes so we played with a freshman guard and four posts…where we struggled offensively and breaking the trap, we played great defense and held [Fredericksburg] to just 20 points in the first half.”
