All good things must end, unfortunately. The shots weren't falling tonight. I don't know what the difference was. |
Both teams played their hearts out. That's the way a rivalry is suppose to be played. It was a total team effort and one of the most exciting I've ever coached in. |
Cody brought his game tonight. |
From what I'm hearing, they have some good shooters which could be a tough task. |
He had three dunks and five blocks. He played a nice offensive game. |
He played awesome tonight. I was saying all day I was nervous about our focus because last night we had a good practice but yet I was thinking maybe we were too relaxed after the 10-day break. These guys were focused. I didn't have to hardly do anything over there. It's like I was a cheerleader. |
He's really been stepping up. He's averaging about 18 points over the last three game and that's a big bonus to have a point guard who can do that. |
I just told them to loosen up and pass the ball, take care of it. That was the key to the second half. In transition, we were seeing the right people on the floor. |
I like us matching up with 3-point shooters. My theory is if you're going to live by it, you're going to die by it. How many times do you see somebody make more than eight or 10 in a game. If they make eight, that's 24 points and if they don't get second or third shots off of them, they're fighting to get 40 points on us with our size. |
I wouldn't trade any one of those guys for anything. They play with a lot of heart. I yell at them and they still keep coming back and playing hard. It's been a lot of fun. |
I'm happy to still be playing. |
It was just a little adjustment. We threw something at them that they were throwing at us to see if they were ready for it. We don't press much, but I think our press, we might have to consider it. It worked tonight pretty well. |
It was just a slow, slow paced game. We were down 20-14 there and came back and tied it up at the end of the half. It was a good team effort and a nice win. |
It's a win. But, as expected, both teams played hard, both teams hustled and luckily we had that run at the end that was the difference. It was a matter of we got more down the stretch than they did. |
Our size has helped us a lot. Our league has thrown every defense you can imagine to try and stop our height. |