Every team loses quality players. It's how you can take that next group coming up and mold them together to get them to play together. |
For four years, she's run our offense and we've never had to worry about that position. She's a complete basketball player. |
I laid into them probably the hardest I have all year. We had a lack of intensity on defense lack of effort to block out was unacceptable. |
I've got to compliment Turlock on how their players played. They played with a lot of passion and desire and they really took the game to us. |
It seemed like every time we got something going they had an answer. |
It was great to see, especially on senior night. Rachel works as hard as anybody. |
It's a win-win situation. They're getting a heck of a player. I think Kim flew under the radar because she opted not to play travel basketball and play with her high school team. She didn't get a lot of exposure, but if you're good enough, they'll find you. |
Napa had five girls on the floor that could score and score from anywhere. It makes that team very tough to defend. |
Probably her most complete game she's played in her four years. The only thing she didn't do tonight was sweep the floor at halftime. |
San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back. |
Sometimes when you watch her, you can tell she's a freshman. She can make you scratch your head. But she's such a great athlete and she loves to play against Merced. |
The loss doesn't take away from our season. We still had a 20-win season and I can't say enough about Kim and Kelly. They both had four outstanding years. They were the hear and soul of this team. |
They weren't being selfish with the ball. |
We did a lot better job of playing the pace we wanted to play. I give Kim a lot of credit for that. When we're success against Merced, it's usually a low scoring game. |
We have to play more inspired basketball. We need it from everybody, not just a couple players. It's not like we're 3-18 and trying to get the season over with. We have a lot to play for. |