I am not going to lie but the last couple of games have been pretty rough on us. We know that it does not necessarily mean anything, but as an athlete and competitor you always want to win.  Also, we do feel like we have let some games slip through our fingers. Less turnovers at the end, couple made free throws, couple defensive stops and the score would have been completely different. However as we are never too high after our win, we are not too low after these losses.  Coaching staff and us, we definitely see improvements every game on our press and some of the plays we run.  We are in a learning process and the wins will come.  Also, having a couple of our centers injured doesn't help us either, we have to fill in their spots. Sometimes we have four and even five guards paying at once, which is unique to say the least.  As a senior moving forward, I just really want to end this trip with two wins and get better every day.  We really want to end the trip on a high note.
 
Before our trip from Fresno to Redding, we had a nice quick celebration of mine and Amari's birthdays. The team sang Happy Birthday to us and we each got a cupcake.  Then we packed up and got on the road,

got some food and our awesome driver Earl got us safely to Redding.  Once we got to Redding, we watched the end of the All Star Game.  It was fun to watch some of the players in the entire world to play together and have some fun.  Shout out to my Lithuanian, Sabonis for winning the skills challenge and representing Lithuania in the All Star Game as well.  Then this morning we took our last COVID-19 test on this trip and headed to practice.  Once we were done with practice, we had study hall, where everyone got caught up on their studies.  Again on behalf of the whole team, we just want to say thank you to our professors for being so helpful and understanding.
 
Links to the instagram stories:  https://www.instagram.com/hsujacks/?hl=en
 
Also our games will be streamed at Simpson for free at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/simpsonca/.  Game times are 5pm for both Tuesday and Wednesday, March 9 and 10.
 
For recaps on HSU's first four games and updated stats go to https://hsujacks.com/sports/mens-basketball.

Gabrys Sadaunykas #4