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defense focused offense playing

To that point, we were playing focused defense and got much better pitching. The offense just wasn't aggressive.

defense giving harder looks man open playing quarter second

We really didn't do anything different defensively in the second quarter. We just went out and started playing much harder man to man defense and weren't giving them the open looks that they were getting in the first quarter and I thought that was the key.

defense ended giving guys plays soon switched

We put some new things in, just to give them new looks. We had some plays where, as soon as we called a play, they switched their defense so that where he ended up, they'd have two guys already there. We're going to keep giving it to him. We're not going to go away from that at all.

defense good happened played

We didn't play good defense and they didn't miss. That's what happened when we played them at our place.

defense good job kids played

We did a pretty good job on offense, but we didn't think we played defense as well as we should. Some of that is adjustments we have to make, and some of it is kids who need to do a better job.

defense fired intense night pitching players

When our pitching and defense are on, we can find a way to score. Our players were fired up and were intense throughout, from inning one to seven. It was like night and day from yesterday's game.

defense guys learned listened meant shoot spots sure

We would go there and we would shoot around, but we listened to everything he was saying. You learned how much that defense meant to him and how he really made sure that guys were in the right spots on the floor.

defense four last loss takes team time

This will be a different team than we had last year. It takes time for a defense to gel, especially with the loss of four seniors.

defense disguise figure plays

(The Rebels) did a lot of things to disguise (their blitzing). We have to figure some things out. But as long as the defense plays like that, we should be fine.

defense disguise figure plays

(The Rebels) did a lot of things to disguise (their blitzing), ... We have to figure some things out. But as long as the defense plays like that, we should be fine.

defense man run zone

We run our zone but we use it with man defense principles. Our fundamentals were a big part of our success.

defense good hitting obviously pitching struggling

We're young, but we have good athletes. We've obviously been struggling at the plate, but our hitting is going to come. The pitching and defense are already there.

defense halftime hard knew saw second transforms tuesday

We saw (Broughton) play on Tuesday and we knew they had a very sophisticated offense. We had to make some adjustments at halftime and play better defense in the second half. When we play hard defensively, that transforms into (offensive opportunities).

defense night runs saved stood win

We saved runs all night long. That's the way you had to win that game, because they had so many opportunities. Our defense stood out.

defense mood sat saturday starters team

We sat our starters on Saturday and got them in the mood that defense is important again. We're a team that really relies on hard-nosed defense.

defense playing

We just haven't been playing defense with the same energy.

defense early kick knew pound time

We knew the whole time we could play with them. We wanted to pound it inside, kick it back, and keep their defense working. That's what we started doing early in the game.

defense girls good knew

We knew that they were going to come out and run. I told the girls at the end of the quarter, that we had to get back and play good defense and that would get us back into the game.

defense knew momentum outside pumped shots steals

We knew that if our outside shots weren't falling, we had to take it inside. So we pumped up our defense and got some steals and it got momentum back on our side.

defense eggs failed felt huge knew laid line offensive people realize turned week

We knew our defense would improve, and people failed to realize that our offensive line was returning. We've laid some real eggs this season, but this week we felt like we turned a huge corner.

defense game hard kept playing stuck

We kept urgency. That was a big factor. We kept playing hard on defense and stuck with the game plan.

defense easy eliminated extended great hitting kept shooting

We kept the shooters from hitting our shots. They are a great three-point shooting team. We extended the defense and eliminated them from making easy shots.