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( Dec. 18, 2023 ) The boys basketball team is still looking to find its groove on the offensive end, as the Whalers again struggled to put the ball in the basket Sunday in a 58-47 loss at Martha’s Vineyard.
“I thought we played OK, just struggling on the offensive end again,” coach Willis Ferreira said. “I thought that was some of the best defense we’ve played all year, so we’re getting better in that aspect. But the offense, if you score in the 40’s, you’re not going to win too many games at this level.”
The Vineyarders led 29-21 entering the second half before Nantucket cut the defecit to four points, but the Whalers weren’t able to get any closer. Ferreira said the Vineyard knocked down a number of contested shots to close out the game.
“They went on a little run, we just never could recover from it,” Ferreira said. “I’m very happy with our defense. I think that’s come a long way. We’ve just got to fix the offense. I think it’s just a matter of guys getting comfortable in the offense, what we are trying to do offensively.”
“We’re at a little crossroads right now,” Ferreira continued. “They’ve just got to keep playing and keep trying figure it out. The effort was good, defense was good, now we just need to put it all together.”
Jack Halik led Nantucket with 10 points, Chris Simpson and Amare Bramwell both scored eight, and Carlos Aguilar, Jayquan Francis and Dwayne Martin all had six, but Ferreira said the Whalers are still searching for someone to step up and dominate on the offensive end.
“Somebody has to take over,” Ferreira said. “We need 20 out of somebody when we’re in those type of games. It could be a number of guys, but we just don’t have that guy yet. Hopefully as we continue to play, we’ll figure it out. It’s a little frustrating because we have the pieces, we’ve got to get the pieces to gel. That’s my job to try to figure that out.”
Nantucket, now 1-2 on the season, is scheduled to host Barnstable Wednesday.
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