We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some big ones in the fourth quarter. And we rebounded three of our own missed free throws which was very important. |
We played some pretty good pressure defense tonight and I think that got them out of sync. It's the best game we've played in a while. |
We played well both offensively and defensively in the second quarter. We hit a couple of threes and that got us back. But in truth, we did just about everything possible to lose the game. |
We tried to keep the game in the 40s. In the 50s, we still had a chance, but we can't win giving up over 60 points. We made a good showing, but not good enough. |
We were able to hang on after that. |
We were down by 13 in the third quarter. But we came back and with 30 seconds to go, we were down by just two. This was a game we had a chance to win, but it's very hard to come from 13 down against a very athletic team like Hamden. |
We're still losing those close ones. We need to keep working on winning our share of those kinds of games. |
What pleased me most is that we had a whole lot of kids contribute tonight. We had kids get seven eight points, grab rebounds, get assists -- things that don't always show up in the box score. |
When you're up by four in overtime, you should win. But in that last minute, we made some very poor decisions with the ball. |