The Jefferson City Jays didn't have much fun watching Tuesday night's 65-29 loss to the Rock Bridge Bruins at Fleming Fieldhouse.
If they're not careful, they might have to watch it again sometime.
Rather than being prepared to torch any footage of the game, Jefferson City head coach Blair Thompson said it could end up being a valuable teaching tool someday.
"I like to keep those and refer back to them," he said. "Anytime we start to think we're better than we are, then that's a good time to pull that thing out. That's generally my philosophy."
The Jays made just 1-of-11 shots from the field in the first quarter, taking their only lead of the game after hitting that one - a 3-pointer by Seth Stegeman that made it 6-4.
After that, it was all Rock Bridge.
The Bruins led 16-6 after the first quarter and the lead ballooned to 34-16 by halftime.
"That was a disappointing performance and it falls directly on my shoulders," Thompson said. "After something like that, it's just time to reevaluate things and make sure it doesn't happen again.
"... We didn't come out focused and you saw some things out of our guys effort-wise that we haven't seen. When things went bad, they got bad pretty quick."
As bad as the Jays' first half was, things got worse after intermission. Their 10-point second quarter was the high-water mark for the evening, as they got outscored 19-9 in the third quarter to fall behind 53-25.
Then in the fourth quarter, which featured a running clock almost the entire time due to the mercy rule, Rock Bridge had a 12-4 scoring edge.
Thompson said his team got away from what it needed to do in the first quarter and could never recover.
"We had some good looks, but a lot of the shots we missed were layups," he said. "You pile that on to missing some free throws; we took some bad 3s; we had some guys shooting 3s who probably shouldn't be, early in possessions; then not being able to stop anybody defensively. You add all of that up, and things can get out of hand."
The Jays were led by Stegeman's eight points, but he left with 5:49 remaining in the third quarter after a collision and didn't return.
Isiaih Mosley, one of three Rock Bridge freshmen to play major minutes, led all players with 16 points. Trey Smith, a senior, had 13, while freshman Ben Cooper added 10. Former Jefferson City Jay Eysan Wiley had two points and three rebounds for the Bruins (13-6).
"They're a good basketball team," Thompson said. "They beat us with three freshmen on the floor a lot. ... They executed, and we miscommunicated (on defense) about any chance we got. ... We had a lot of miscues there that led to open shots. Good teams are going to make you pay and they made us pay all night."
The Jays (12-7) return to action at 6 p.m. Saturday against Strafford in the Central Bank Shootout at Rackers Fieldhouse. The Indians are coming off back-to-back trips to the Class 3 Final Four, finishing second last year after coming in third the year prior.
"It doesn't get any easier," Thompson said. "These next three practices are the most important three practices of our season.
"We're in February and ideally you're playing some of your best basketball. We just took a step back and we need to take an even bigger step forward to get back to where we know we should be right now."