MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Domination continues to reign on the court for the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron Dynasty basketball team as they defeated the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 12 Supply team 56-41 at the IronWorks Gym, Feb. 3.
Considering that Dynasty is undefeated with 11 wins in the intramural basketball league, Supply gave the unbeatable team a good challenge, said Lee A. Woodbridge, Dynasty team member.
"Supply and Dynasty are the two best teams in the league. In this game, Dynasty had a better turnout," said Kostas Lazarou, MALS-12 Supply head coach.
"The Dynasty is a tough team. I say the game was pretty close but we needed to come more prepared. We will win next time. We have a lot of talent on the team, a lot. We just need more practice," added Lazarou.
Dynasty felt as though they were not playing to their full potential.
"We had some issues during the first-half of the game. Our mind wasn't in it," said Woodbridge.
The first-half of the game, Supply was trailing behind Dynasty by only 10 points, 31-21, but MALS-12 kept coming strong into the next half, Lazarou said.
Although the final score was 56-41, Dynasty kept making too many mistakes in both offense and defense fronts because of Supply's players, said Roderick Haynes, Dynasty head coach.
"Supply played a good game, but we didn't play like we normally do. There were too many turnovers in the game. We also had a bad shooting night, but everyone in the team managed to score a basket," concluded Haynes.
"We should have won the game, but we don't practice as much as Dynasty does. We play street ball. It's hard for us to have any scrimmages because not every one of the players can be at the practices at the same time. We're shift workers. It's hard to get everyone together. There is a lot of talent on this team and Coach Lazarou is working hard to get us together to practice.
"Without a doubt, we would have won, but we will win the next time around," said Michael Hernandez, Supply team player.
Supply is looking forward to the next time they will meet up with Dynasty with hopes of ending their streak, said Hernandez.