The Perry girls are coming off another successful basketball season finishing 19-5 and falling one game short of the state tournament.  One big reason was the performance of their team defense.  The Jayettes were playing better defense down the stretch allowing only 49 points per game over the final 5 contests.

“Our young kids finally bought into it.  It’s all about playing aggressive defense and getting after the ball.  We worked on aggressiveness the last couple of weeks and brought back some old drills to drive into the team.  We were switching up a lot better on screens toward the tail end of the season, ” said Perry Coach Mike Long.   The Jayettes lost to Carlisle in the substate final 57-50.