Class 3A girls basketball notebook: Millwood players hoping to add a second ring

Millwood coach Arnelia Spears has been working to entice her players After winning the championship last season, the Falcons are looking to add a second ring, which is something that's never been done at Millwood by the same player.

 
By Jacob Unruh | Published: March 3, 2013    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Millwood coach Arnelia Spears has been working to entice her players.

After winning the championship last season, the Falcons (23-4) are looking to add a second ring, which is something that's never been done at Millwood by the same player.

photo - CLASS 3A / GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL / STATE TOURNAMENT: Millwood's Teanna Reid (10) tries to get the ball past Kansas' Keely Kerns (24) during the semifinal 3A girls State Basketball Championship game between Millwood High School and Kansas High School at Yukon High School on Friday, March 9, 2012 in Yukon, Okla.  Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
CLASS 3A / GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL / STATE TOURNAMENT: Millwood's Teanna Reid (10) tries to get the ball past Kansas' Keely Kerns (24) during the semifinal 3A girls State Basketball Championship game between Millwood High School and Kansas High School at Yukon High School on Friday, March 9, 2012 in Yukon, Okla. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

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“I brought that to their attention because it's like a family thing,” Spears said. “Their sisters already have one. I said, ‘Just think, your sister got one, you got one, just think if you get two.'

“It's fired them up pretty good. Sometimes they're too fired up and they're missing layups and things because they're not being very calm.”

Senior Teanna Reid, one of three senior starters, leads Millwood with 17 points and 5.3 assists per game. But the young bench has provided a huge spark.

“I feel like we would have not been here if it wasn't for the bench,” Spears said.

“Everybody worries about the first five. To me it's not so much that first five who is going to start, it's who can help you when that first give gets in trouble.”

SULPHUR'S DEFENSE KEY

After falling in the semifinals last season, No. 1 Sulphur is back with the expectation of winning the gold ball.

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