STAFF PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENIGSBERG Getting the grab Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins wing Katelin Dupnik beats a John Paul II High School player to the ball. The Port Aransas High School

Lady Marlins scored 68 points, but their coach said they had a bad night of shooting.

That will tell you something about the potential of this year's Lady Marlins.

The Port Aransas girls beat John Paul II High School, 68-42, on Friday, Jan. 4, at Port Aransas High School. "The girls battled through a very poor shooting night," said Randy Henderson, coach of the Lady Marlins. "Our pressure defenses wore John Paul down, and we capitalized with some easy baskets."

The Lady Marlins sank 58 percent of their two-point attempts, 15 percent of their three-point tries and 32 percent of their free throws.

Henderson said he was glad the bad shooting happened in a nondistrict game.

"With district beginning Tuesday (Jan. 8) in Woodsboro, we cannot have one of these nights again," Henderson said in remarks two days before the Woodsboro game, which the Lady Marlins won,

STAFF PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENIGSBERG Close quarters Chelsea Perez of the Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins JV goes head to head with a John Paul player. Henderson did see some bright spots in the John Paul game. Katelin Dupnik was "very aggressive in taking the ball to the basket," he said. And every player on the Lady Marlins roster had at least two rebounds.

The game against John Paul was "Throwback Night," when spectators at Doyle Marek Gym were invited to dress in retro fashions from various past decades.

"I would like to thank all those that participated in Throwback Night," Henderson said. "I think it was a success."

POINTS BY QUARTER

STAFF PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENIGSBERG Made in the shade From left, Katie Samudio, Marina Milligan, Chelsea Perez and Shelbi Foley clown around during the Lady Marlins game against John Paul II High School on Jan. 4, which was Throwback Night, when Lady Marlin players and spectators dressed in garb from decades past.

INDIVIDUAL SCORING: EMILY SCOTT, 5; KATHY ASHLEY, 8; MEREDITH BERRY, 2; LIA PHILLIPS, 13; ELAINE FRANCO, 3; HANNAH JONES, 12; RACHAEL PHILLIPS, 9; KATELIN DUPNIK, 16.

THREE POINTERS: SCOTT, 1; ASHLEY, 2; L. PHILLIPS, 2; R. PHILLIPS, 1.

REBOUNDS: SCOTT, 4; ASHLEY, 4; SARAH PATE, 4; BERRY, 3; L. PHILLIPS, 7; REBECCA ARMANOVS, 5; FRANCO, 3; JONES, 4; R. PHILLIPS, 2; DUPNIK, 4.

STEALS: SCOTT, 2; PATE, 1; BERRY, 1; L. PHILLIPS, 3; ARMANOVS, 4; FRANCO, 2; JONES, 3; R. PHILLIPS, 1; DUPNIK, 4.

ASSISTS: SCOTT, 2; ASHLEY, 1; BERRY, 3; PHILLIPS, 4; ARMANOVS, 1; FRANCO, 6; JONES, 2; R. PHILLIPS, 1; DUPNIK, 3.

STAFF PHOTO BY STEPHANIE KENIGSBERG A blast from the past Dressed in uniforms from the 1990s, are Port Aransas High School Lady Marlins, from left, back row, Katelin Dupnik, Rachel Phillips, Meredith Berry, Kathy Ashley, Sarah Pate, Rebecca Armanovs, Emily Scott and Elaine Franco; front: Lia Phillips, left, and Hannah Jones. It was Jan. 4 -- Throwback Night, when the Lady Marlins played against John Paul II High School, and players and spectators alike dressed in clothing from previous decades.