Tonight, the Coleman Catholic girls basketball team plays its first home game since the Stateswomen won the state title last March.

Unfortunately, Coleman's top player -- state and Freeman Player of the Year Taylor Leonard, will not be on the court. Leonard suffered a season-ending knee injury playing for college scouts in an AAU game a few months ago.

With a strong returning group, the Stateswomen were primed to make a real run at defending their state title. They could very well still have enough to make that run anyway.

It will be strange, however, to read about this team without reading about Leonard, who was the heart and soul of last year's squad.

It certainly won't be the same.