Reporter Perspective: Basketball Suffers Seventh Loss in a Row

-By: Mid-season Analysis by Ben Hall-

After an electric win at home two weeks ago versus Trumbull, the Blue Wave Basketball team has been on a recent skid, losing seven straight games. The drought can be attributed to a number of things, but lack of offense has been a glaring weakness all year. With no consistent leading scorer, Darien has averaged a mere 40.2 points per game, clearly missing sophomores Henry Baldwin and Patrick Ryan (pictured), both nursing back injuries and out for extended periods of time.

The Blue Wave came into the Wednesday (1/19) night matchup versus Staples with a record of one win, seven losses, and eager to bounce back from their recent skid. The game began with the momentum heavily in favor of the Blue Wave, but the team was not able to capitalize on many transition opportunities, preventing them from building too much of a lead over Staples. After many misses on both sides of the court, and a late run by the Wreckers, the score at halftime was 34-10 in favor of Staples.

The second half picked up right where the first left off, with Staples maintaining most of the momentum and going on brief runs, each time increasing the margin, up to at one point a 25 point deficit for the Blue Wave. After an ugly third quarter and a similar fourth, the game's final score was 61-28 in favor of Staples. It appears the Blue Wave could be on their way to a season similar to that of last year, with very few things to cheer about, but time is on the team's side, with still over half the season remaining. Come support the Blue Wave this Friday (1/21), when they take on Ridgefield High School at home, and attempt turn things around for the second half of the season.