Great Effort

The Mad Ants dropped a tough one yesterday afternoon to the Iowa Energy, but I could not be more proud of the way they fought and played in the loss. After playing the night before and busing all night to Des Moines, the guys played an early 5 pm game and gave Iowa everything they could handle. I think the achilles heal last night was just not having enough legs, because many jumpers we normally make were short. With that said, they had a chance to win at the end and if a few balls had bounced our way, we would have won.

Luckily for us, Texas lost to Maine yesterday, so we still remain a game ahead of them in the playoff race. Texas will play this Friday, and we have two games against another league powerhouse, the Erie Bayhawks.

Erie continues to be one of the better teams in this league, and they just added Erik Daniels. Erik played for them two years ago, and he was just terrific. He is a lefty four man who can shoot outside or score inside. Combine him with the best big in our league (Ivan Johnson) and a very hot Tasmin Mitchell, and you have a formidable front court.

We will have our work cut out for us, undoubtedly, but if we play like we did against Iowa, I like our chances.