After scoring just 24 points and getting wrecked by 22 in a non-divisional contest against Manchester on Jan. 3, something had to change for the Southern Regional girls basketball team. Yes, the Rams were without starter Mikayla Nicolini, who was injured in practice days before the team’s opener against Manalapan on Dec. 16, and playing with a relatively short bench in the process. But head coach Tom Bucci wasn’t looking for excuses. The Rams simply had to start turning things up.
“We were expecting to win games just by showing up,” said junior Colleen Brady, who on Jan.
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