After dropping their fourth game in a row, the Fanshawe women's basketball team is ready for the Christmas break to come. The team has just one more game against the winless Redeemer Royals on December 8.

"If we don't beat them we will all be very disappointed," said guard Phyna Lim. The women seems to be going into the Redeemer game with this mentality. "We have the same game plan that we have had all year and that is not about to change," said coach Matt White. If the girls win their final game that will give them a record of 3-4 at the break, which isn't bad but the girls will want more in the second half of the season.

With four losses in a row for one of the league's better teams, the girls are at a loss for words on what is happening. "I don't know. We just don't have chemistry right now but that will come," Lim replied when asked about the team's recent struggles.

"We have a stretch of about 5-10 minutes where we fall apart. We play good for 30-35 minutes, problem is, the game is 40 minutes long," said White.

Judging by their attitude at practice you wouldn't know the girls have lost four straight games, the way they are loose and joking around.

The fact of the matter is that a loss to the Royals on Thursday would definitely take the wind out of the sails. The girls start the second half of the season at home with three straight games. "We will be coming out flying to start the second half," Lim said. Also the ladies will play all the teams they played in the first half again which leads Lim to believe that, "the second time around should be easier than the first."

The girls will have four weeks off after the Redeemer game, before resuming play back at Fanshawe against the Fanshawe Alumni.