Belmont, CA – Vince Lombardi once said, “If you can't accept losing, you can't win.” The Lady Swords continued their mainland trip tonight against the Argonauts of Notre Dame de Namur University. From the opening tip CUH struggled to get things going. Heading into the locker room at halftime, the score was 43 to 8 in favor of NDNU. Chaminade ended up losing by a score of 72 to 40. CUH's Achilles heel this season continues to be their inability to play 40 minutes of basketball well. BoxScore
NBA Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan once said, “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Despite losing tonight, CUH can recover and focus on the last two games of the year, hopefully in the process capture a win. Sir Winston Churchill once said, “Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.”
Lynette Dalle led the team with 15 points, Samantha Saito added 11 points and Jasmine Dulan added 5 points. The shooting percentages in tonight's game favored the Argos; Chaminade shot just 28 % from the floor to NDNU's which shot 42% from the floor.
The Lady Swords were out rebounded 59 to 24.
Laura Zasly led all scorers for the Argonauts with a double- double; she had 12 points and 10 boards on 22 minutes of playing time. Her twin sister, Katie Zasly added 11 points and 5 rebounds on 18 minutes of playing time.
The Swords are back in action against another PacWest Conference opponent on Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at Dominican University in San Rafael, California. Tipoff is set for 5:30PM PST. With the loss tonight CUH falls to 1-21 overall, while NDNU improves their record to 15-11 overall.
