Bond is the ideal zone shooter. He struggles a little against man-to-man, but every time someone has played zone, he has done an excellent job hitting the 3-point shot. He is a senior and he understands what it is all about. |
Even though we didn't shoot very well, we had great opportunities from the free throw line. |
Great Falls is playing very well right now. We have to play well. We have to play smart. |
He hurt his meniscus during football and he said he thinks it's the same thing. I thought we were in trouble. He's an awfully good player. |
I wouldn't be surprised if they make it to the state tournament. I wouldn't be a bit surprised. |
I've got 12 kids on the bench and I'm not afraid of using them. |
Offensively, other than one quarter against Kalispell, I don't think we put four great quarters together. But I feel good going into the tournament. |
The one stable thing we have is our ability to play defense. That's kept us in games. |
The reality is I think any body here can win the state tournament. Whoever has a hot weekend can win it. Nobody's got a gimme game. |
They did a great job of getting to the free-throw line, and of course my philosophy is hit your free throws and you win. |
They probably have 10 good players. They can go to their bench and not hurt themselves. |
We didn't have a go-to guy in the second half. Gilder was tearing them up. |
We mixed up our zone defenses and caused a lot of confusion. We went 1-2-2 to start off with, then went to a 2-3, then we went to a 1-3-1, then we went to man. And I think even when we were in man, they still thought we were in zone. |
We were extremely focused coming out of the first quarter. Hopefully we come back and have the same mentality when we take the floor Thursday. |