{"id":328,"date":"2012-04-23T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T21:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2012-05-30T19:53:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T19:53:54","slug":"team-po-po-finished-3rd-in-2012-tip-off-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/?p=328","title":{"rendered":"Team Po Po finish 3rd in 2012 Tip Off Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/peachstatethird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-412\" style=\"padding: 10px;\" title=\"peachstatethird\" src=\"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/peachstatethird-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/peachstatethird-300x255.jpg 300w, http:\/\/teampopo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/peachstatethird.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This past weekend was an opportunity for Team Po Po to see how they compete on a national level and to bond as a group. Competing in\u00a0 Peach State Basketball&#8217;s Tip Off Classic also gave the team an opportunity to compete against 4 different styles of teams.<\/p>\n<p>In a tournament of this magnitude, you will have your ups and downs, especially with a rebuilt team. Finishing with a 2-2 record and a 3rd place finish &#8211; Team Po Po is off to a great start to the season.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the tournament was the 3rd place game against Alabama Southern Starz. Coming into the game after a disappointing 18 point loss and to win against a taller, stronger and more physical team showed just how much the players and team had grown in the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudl.com\/athlete\/1345364\/\">Deja Faulkner<\/a> lead the team in scoring with 13 points while using her low post back to the basket and face up moves. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudl.com\/athlete\/1345375\/\">Destiny Henderson<\/a> added 8 points while doing double duty as shooting guard and point guard. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudl.com\/athlete\/1345370\/\">Aliyah Herod<\/a> provided key buckets at the point guard position adding 6 points. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudl.com\/athlete\/1345382\/highlights\/10724670\">Brenda Fields<\/a> displayed her penetration skill with 6 points. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hudl.com\/athlete\/1345382\/highlights\/10724670\">Jasmine Suggs<\/a> scored in a variety of ways, including\u00a0 behind the arc and free throw line, to add another 6 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend was an opportunity for Team Po Po to see how they compete on a national level and to bond as a group. Competing in\u00a0 Peach State Basketball&#8217;s Tip Off Classic also gave the team an opportunity to compete against 4 different styles of teams. In a tournament of this magnitude, you will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/teampopo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}