Saints take what they can get from Sidwell
By BOB PARASILITI / Staff Writer
ST. JAMES - It was almost like the St. James basketball team wanted to stay on cordial terms with Sidwell Friends.
The Saints weren't exactly demanding about the way the game was going to be played. It was more a case of St. James gladly accepting what their guests were offering.
And it wasn't exactly the style of game the Saints liked to play. Yet No. 10 St. James ignored its usual running attack, settling into a 2-3 defensive cocoon and some halfcourt play on Saturday to claim a 56-47 Mid Atlantic Conference victory.
The move was as much by design as it was by preservation.
"I'm really pleased with our defensive effort ... we aren't used to that," St. James coach Wayne Ridenour said. "We covered a lot of territory, but it's not our style. We like to go with it when we have the chance. But today, we went to the 2-3, partially to keep No. 20 out of the game and partially because we only have seven bodies."