We played McCurdy 94 feet the whole game, but our defense depends a lot on helping other people. Once we were able to get him a little bit tired, they didn't have a lot of other weapons.
We played McCurdy 94 feet the whole game, but our defense depends a lot on helping other people. Once we were able to get him a little bit tired, they didn't have a lot of other weapons.
They're deep and have a lot of kids that can play. We just hope we get an opportunity to play a team like that. When you get the chance to play a team like that, sometimes you can dig deep. ... You only have to play them once.
Once we got a lead, we said make them come out and guard you. Once they opened up the floor, our perimeter play is pretty good and our kids are smart. We did a great job of running our offense in the fourth quarter.
I hope what we've done is a result of what we do in our program. Because of that, a lot of kids have not stuck with us. It takes a lot of work, but the kids that have bought into it are reaping the benefits.
The kids did a great job executing. In the second half, we executed pretty well but weren't making our shots. But I thought we really played well defensively. The kids have really bought into some of the stuff we've been doing. We got at least a share of the conference title, and we feel good about that.
You almost hate to play a team that has (only one league win). On paper we should be able to take care of things, but that's on paper.
We talked about the tempo at halftime, and I didn't like it because we weren't playing with enough energy. Our strength is our perimeter game, and once we were able to get a lead, we were able to spread the floor and make them guard us.
I thought it was a charge, obviously. Pat had four (charges taken) in the game, and hes really good at that.
We're going to adjust. We're going to tell our kids ... it's a new opportunity. We'll be competing with schools we're not used to dealing with. We will definitely take this as a win-win situation. We're not going to take it with sour grapes.
Obviously, you'd rather play a team that doesn't get after it quite that well on defense. They put a lot of pressure on the perimeter and get a lot of steals from opponents with their half-court pressure.
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