(Feb 7, 2023) My doctors finally cleared me to play after being out 9 weeks for a concussion. Unfortunately, my first game back was also the last game of my junior winter season. While I’m happy to be back playing again, I am frustrated that my team lost every game while I was out, which ruined our state tournament chances. On the bright side, I was able to come back and lead the team to its first win since I went down. Here’s how it went…
SCORE: We won 72-43 vs. Harvest Baptist. I’m just glad we won this game, and I got a chance to play full contact basketball again!
MY PERFORMANCE: I played 15 minutes and had 9pts (3-5 FG, 3-4 FT), 3ast, 2reb, 2stl, 3to. Everyone says I played well, but I know my game wasn’t all the way back. I got winded way too fast and my rhythm was off. Looking back at the footage, I saw where I passed up some shots I should have taken, and threw a couple of bad passes that I wouldn’t normally throw. But, at least I got to play one last game and end my junior season with a win.
Now, I am shifting my focus to the March kickoff of my 17U spring-summer AAU season with ENG United.
