I have known Coach Winn a long time and I know he always makes a run in the second half. I just told my players to stick with it and to withhold the pressure. |
Limestone is porous, it transmits moisture. When you create an artificial bed like I'm describing, you sort of duplicate that kind of environment. |
Thousand Oaks is a very aggressive offensive rebounding team. That was a major concern. So I'm pretty happy with the rebound totals. But the turnovers kind of negate the rebounding edge. |
We had to upset their rhythm somehow. So we went to a full-court press then half-court traps, and eventually some man-to-man defense. |
We really tried to squeeze one person in front and one person in back of Lawson to keep the damage at a minimum. But he's such a tremendous player that he is going to get his no matter what. |