By Mia Powers – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s varsity point guard, Diontae Eady, is pumped up for the 2018-19 season.

The Lawmen are already off to a great start – they have a 3-0 record as of December 21. Members of the team said that their practices everyday are making them harder and harder to beat. 

Eady has been the varsity point guard since freshman year.

“He has improved a ton since freshman year,” junior varsity coach Mr. McPartland said. “His feel for the game has gotten a lot better. It seems like the game has slowed down a lot for him which is awesome.”

McPartland said he knew Eady was extra motivated heading into the team’s game against Foran on December 20, a game Law won 72-34.

“They just released players to watch on the Gametime CT website and he was not on there so he’s got a little extra motivation,” McPartland said. “As one of the better guards in the state, he was overlooked.”

Eady has been playing basketball for his whole life and tries to learn everything he can about the game. He thinks the team is better than last year because everyone is involved by doing more things as a team such as fundraising or supporting the girls basketball team.

“Learning from different coaches and playing against others who know more about the game made me better,” Eady said. “And my determination comes from my work ethic and being gifted enough to hopefully play in college one day.”

Eady has improved his confidence by being the varsity point guard and having tons of people come to watch his games.

“The game slowed down a lot for him which is especially good under pressure, and that’s usually when people clam up a little bit and shrivel up, but not him,” McPartland said. “He had a tough time against West Haven last year under pressure but he bounced right back from it and we trust him 100% with the ball towards the end of the game.”