Set Plays

St. Mary's

How to run St. Mary's — a set play you can teach frame by frame and take to your next practice.

Online Basketball Playbook · Published May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
St. Mary's — frame 1 diagram
1 passes to 3; 5 cuts to the left low post
St. Mary's — frame 2 diagram
2 screens near the left low post; 1 screens near the left wing; 4 cuts to the lane; 3 passes to 5; 5 cuts to the top
St. Mary's — frame 3 diagram
3 passes to 5; 5 passes to 1; 1 cuts to the left low post
St. Mary's — frame 4 diagram
2 screens near the basket; 4 cuts to the basket; 1 passes to 2
St. Mary's — frame 5 diagram
3 screens near the right low post; 2 cuts to the right low post; 1 passes to 5; 5 passes to 3; 2 cuts to the right corner
St. Mary's — frame 6 diagram
4 cuts to the left low post; 3 screens near the top; 5 cuts to the right low post; 1 cuts to the left wing

Call St. Mary's when you want to run multiple layers of action that keeps the defense guessing. You open with a low-post entry, then chain together cross-screens and pin-downs that move the ball and bodies until a cutter to the basket or a wing catch presents the right shot. The sequencing forces the defense to recover across the entire half-court rather than settling into help position.

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