For us to compete with teams like that we have to play a near-perfect game, and of course we didn't do that. |
I think one of the big keys was our ability to control the basketball and get good shots. We were able to run some clock off and shoot a good percentage. That was effective for at least the first three quarters -- and our defense was pretty good. Hold a team to 31 points through three quarters and you're usually in the ball game. |
It was ugly -- 12 turnovers in the first quarter. I don't know if we got into the holiday fudge early or what, but it brought back visions of last year. I give (Reynolds) credit -- they played well. We also helped them, though. |
Midas don't have a bowl. |
That helped us stay in the game. That was what we were more accustomed to after going 4 of 14 from line against Dallas. |
That was indicative of the trust he had in his principals. I was really fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him. |
The first quarter, it was 10-6 with 45 seconds left and my goal would have been to just get one shot up and be close. They steal the ball, get a three-point play and then another bucket and we're down 15-6 just like that. It snowballed after that in the second quarter. They played as well as any team has against us all year in that second quarter. |
They had a nice athletic group and they played a nice controlled, smooth, fluid game. They jumped out to a 22-4 first quarter lead, then we hung around, I guess you could say. |
They pounded the ball inside on us -- both these teams did that to us. McMinnville had a 6-2 post and another good-sized 5-10 post and they just pounded us down there. When you look at McMinnville, that's what you'd expect, though. |
We didn't play well and they did -- that's a nasty combination. We ran into a Forest Grove team that is fighting for a playoff spot, had a week off and I think we got their attention last time we played them. |
We made a nice run at them in the second half -- got it down to six or eight. We made it interesting, but it was too big a hole. We missed a couple shots and we ran out of clock. |
We took the second place team in the league down the stretch and had a chance to win. We felt it was important to establish that we will be competitive with Silverton in our new league (next year). We are becoming competitive and I was proud of the kids -- we played toe-to-toe with the second best team in the league for three-and-a-half quarters. |
We won't check if they're real fans. We got an inflated football we were supposed to hang, but some kid popped it. What are you gonna do? |
We've been in every game in the first have in the last few games. We've executed, made good shots and played pretty good defense. We tend to take a beating and get worn down against bigger teams, though. |
We've had some good moments, just not complete efforts. I felt the kids played hard for four quarters. It was probably the most complete effort of the year, no doubt. |