After their performance at home Wednesday in a 57-37 victory over Signal Mountain, East Hamilton’s girls look ready for the high school basketball postseason.
The loss may have helped Signal Mountain get ready, too.
East Hamilton (22-6) will enter the upcoming District 5-AAA tournament as the No. 2 seed behind regular-season champion Bradley Central. Both teams have first-round byes and have already secured spots in the Region 3 tournament.
Lady Hurricanes coach Tony Williams liked a lot of what he saw Wednesday. One thing in particular was how his team attacked the Lady Eagles’ zone and stretched a 24-19 halftime lead as high as 23 points with less than 2 1/2 minutes to play.
“We’ve worked on some different things like spreading the ball out,” Williams said. “We did a good job of that in the second half. Our ball movement against their halfcourt trap was pretty good. We’re going to have to play like that as tournament time gets near. We’ve got to move the ball to the open person and make some shots.”