Alamo wasn't playing too much defense, and we put ourselves in situations where our defense can create offense. |
I played my seniors a little more than I usually would in a game like this. It was senior night, so I left all my starters in until halftime. |
I told the girls we needed to stop both of the (Hatch) sisters. We did not do a good job of containing them. |
The main thing we focused on tonight is just to get everyone to play hard. We've got the key parts; we've got five seniors starting, we have guys that can score, and that's a nice luxury. But a lot of the guys coming off the bench are new. |
Those kind of gaps are going to close up this time of year. |
We came out a little flat, and they (Carrizozo) were ready to go. There were some back-door cuts and things that we weren't exactly ready for, and they countered our quickness well. But we did a good job of pressuring the ball and spreading them out, and our energy was real good in the third quarter. |
We did a good job coming out of the gate, and held them to four field goal attempts in the first quarter. |
We did some of the small things and had an opportunity to pull away. But I don't see how we could make 12 of 13 and then do this when we're a quality free-throw shooting team. |
We played just well enough to win. Our defense is quick and came up with some big steals. |
We played zone in the first half, and they scored 17 points on us. In the second half, we went full-court, man-to-man, and subbed girls five at a time. |
We want to play as complete a game as we can when March rolls around. Right now, there's room for improvement in a few areas. |
We're still waiting for our first really complete game. We haven't quite seen it yet. |