[St. Pete] is a great fit. It's a place for her. Defensively, she could definitely play at a four-year school, but it's the offensive game she's got to work on a little bit. |
Being on a team as good as they were this year, going 29-2 and to the region final, really got some people to open their eyes up. |
I don't think we made one jump shot outside the key. You don't have to make a lot of outside shots, but you've got to make enough that they can keep playing honest. |
I'm kind of limited in what I can do. I only kept seven girls on varsity, so I'm always going to have some starters in the game. We don't have a lot of flexibility with our schedule, so we're going to have some games where there's going to be a mismatch. |
I've only been coaching 10 years total, but I know you don't get a group like this very often. |
If we come out and play the first four minutes like that on Saturday, or anytime in the state tournament, it's going to be a much closer game. Against good teams you can't miss easy baskets like that, and our kids know it. |
If we play like that at any other point in the tournament, it's going to be a much closer game. Against good teams, you can't miss easy baskets like that. |
In this type of game, when it's played like that in the first half - and probably in the district and region - if we forget about a good shooter, it could cost us down the line in a tight ballgame. |
It wasn't what we were looking for. It wasn't what we wanted. |
It's a really neat atmosphere around school. Everybody's excited. The administration has been so supportive. I'm getting e-mails from alumni who graduated as far back as 1982. |
It's an all-star game; it's guard-oriented, so she didn't get the ball much. But she played great defensively and did our school proud. |
It's nice to have (a home win streak). It's always nice to know you're taking care of your own backyard. |
It's probably the most quiet 1,000 points you're going to see. She plays on a team with a lot of girls who can score. Most times in women's basketball when you see a 1,000-point scorer it's usually someone who shoots the ball all the time. |
She's a great defensive player with great natural ability. She handles the ball and sees the court well. Her shooting is what she needs to work on. |
She's the most complete player in the county. She'll post you up at guard, she'll beat you on the perimeter. She's very polished for her age. |