Tom Halbmaier Quotes (24 Quotes)

(A win) will be huge momentum for us going into the midpoint and it would be huge momentum for them, too. At the turn it's all about getting in that top four. Right now we've done a good job to get where we're at, but we're not satisfied.

I feel really good (going into the state tournament) and the reason I feel really good is we didn't get beat by a weak team. We came in here and we were just two possessions short. I'll take that any day.

We didn't shoot the ball well at all. Fayetteville had something to do with that. We just didn't rebound very well, either. We fought hard underneath the basket but we didn't get near as many rebounds. We flat out didn't play tonight and we were out of sync.

I kind of think you have to create your own magic. We didn't create enough of it in the third quarter.

We're barely getting beat, just one or two possessions away from winning. We've played good basketball. But we haven't played consistent.

We just finally got confidence back. I think we just continued to keep working, keep shooting while still staying disciplined on their shot selection. We were taking good shots.

I think we're ready for conference. This was a big three days for us, playing in all three close games. I think that will go a long way in preparing us for the AAAAA-West.

We had opportunities to win the game tonight, we just didn't capitalize. It wasn't one opportunity. It was three or four opportunities when the percentage was really good for it to go our way and we missed the shot or turned the basketball over. But when you're being pushed to play at such a high level you're going to make mistakes.

As poorly as we shot the ball last Friday night against Rogers, I was hoping we would come out tonight and shoot the ball extremely well.

We're going to treat this game like any other game. They are going to have some extra incentives, but I feel like we've played through that kind of stuff before and we'll be ready to play them. They're a very good club so we can't overlook anyone.

We were out of synch. Everything that we had to do (Tuesday) was always an uphill battle. (The Lady Bulldogs) were just plugging away and we could never a flow. We could never get things rolling against them.

It's such an accomplishment to her for all the hard work that she's put in. As a coach, it makes me feel extremely proud.

Not one play should overshadow another, but Sandy's shot that gave us the lead for good does.

I think we feel pretty good right now what we've done so far. We just have to continue to build momentum, continue to get better with a different lineup than we've had the past two or three games. We have to continue to find different people to step up and contribute.

I'm just really pleased. We did not shoot the ball well tonight at all. Our girls kept on attacking and making good decisions. We had just four turnovers for the game. That compensated for our lack of shooting tonight.

We're hitting shots and we're getting our confidence back. We just have to be able to pay attention to the little details. The last game and a half, that's what we've been doing minimizing our mistakes and making good shot selections.

It (Russellville loss) is still stinging. We know that we are not in the playoffs for sure. We have six games left and we have to take it one game at a time. We must treat them all as must-win games.

In the third quarter we were a little bit out of synch and we couldn't get anything going. I felt like we were timid.

The kids' commitment has been great. It's been a long season and they want to go out the best that they can.

They have no superstar. You just have to go out there and play them straight up. You have to play good team defense. Our team has to maintain focus and stay within the team defense concept.

We had some dry spells in some games where I know she could have helped us out. She shot the ball well, she played hard. She had all the intangibles.

She moved so well without the basketball tonight and you have to compliment our girls because they did a great job looking for her. Im just thankful the girls did a great job of executing the plays and setting screens for her and getting her a lot of open looks.

It shows the true grit of our girls. They never gave up. They played hard throughout the whole four quarters. At times they didn't play well but most of the part we did the things we needed to do to win.

In the games that we needed her to step up, she stepped up. In the games we needed her to score, she stepped in and scored.