It's amazing. I sit there and just watch her grow in leaps and bounds every game. She's given us that presence down low as far as the points, and that's just so important for us because those are the consistent points that are always going to be there. The threes may not be, but you know the five-footers . . . you can knock down at a high percentage. |
More importantly, I wanted them (the players) to have a chance to get there and experience that. Seven seniors ... what a way to go out. What a way to go out. |
Nicole came out and led us early and got some big baskets and built our confidence. |
One of the things we talked about is not this attitude we're not just happy to be there. We're going there for business, and we're trying to win some games. |
Our pressure defense was very strong. I thought our help-side defense was very good at times as well. |
Our team was maybe a little satisfied coming into the game. Right now we're just trying to find something to motivate them (again). |
Overall, I was very happy with the way we responded. We were either going to come out angry and upset and get that bad taste out of our mouth, or we were going to come out overconfident since we got (Glenwood) by 40 last time. I told them I wanted to see the first team - the one that was angry and wanted to take it out on somebody. It wasn't Glenwood's fault that we lost, they just happened to be next up on the schedule. |
She definitely seems to have the bounce back in her step. |
Their seniors stepped up and made free throws - I think of the two one-and-ones there at the end. You have to tip your hat to them. I don't think we lost it or gave it away as much as they made plays and won it. |
There's no aesthetics anymore, you just want to survive, advance and live to play another day. We'll (practice Sunday) for about an hour and then get ready for a very scrappy, very game Creston team. |
They're a pretty balanced team, kind of like us. They're a very stingy defensive team as well. |
They're right in the crest right now. We're really excited about it. |
We got off to a little bit of a slow start but continued to tighten the defensive screws as well as putting our offensive efficiency together. |
We have yet to be scored on. |
We needed this. It was kind of what the doctor ordered because last week we struggled in terms of scoring. We put up 44 against Red Oak and 48 against LC, and our offense is better than that. It wasn't a case where we were turning it over, it was a case where we didn't shoot well, and tonight we shot it very, very well. We got some confidence back. |