Bruce Thomas
Bruce Thomas
Bruce Thomasis best known as bassist for the Attractions; the band formed in 1977 to back Elvis Costello in concert and on record...
consistent defense devotion handle paid physical player room weight
Gracie was our most consistent player at the tournament. Her devotion to the weight room really paid off. She was able to handle the physical defense we faced.
advocating ball dropped using
I'm not advocating not using Kelly, but I feel like they dropped the ball and we dropped the ball by not doing anything ... .
flying might passed range tear tests
There's tests done for range of motion, for strength, there's provocative tests to see if he might have a tear of his rotator cuff or labrum. He passed all that with flying colors.
best ladies praise record work
I have nothing but praise for these young ladies -- their work ethic, how they competed as a team, and represented the school. 19-3 is the best record I've ever had.
points score three
We just got on a roll. Twenty-five points is sometimes as much as we score in three quarters.
basket ourselves shots shut third three
We shut ourselves down. We had way too many turnovers. We had three shots and made one basket in the third quarter.
We're human. It's in the back of our heads.
home knew tough
Bigfork is always tough at home. We knew that going in.
approach experience game goal hold hurt improve nerves team
Our approach is to take it one game at a time, and try to improve individually. The team set a goal to hold each team under 30 points. We really concentrate on our defense. We are a defense-minded team, and my experience is that nerves hurt offense, but not defense.
beat closer expected few games prepared teams wished
I wished we'd had a few closer games, which would have prepared us better. But we beat the teams we were expected to beat.
game giving playing
She's not playing her 'A' game right now. But she's giving it everything she has out there.
change hold mechanics muscle risk strain
It's pretty much just a muscle strain but we didn't want to take a risk of having him change his mechanics because of it so we'll hold him out.
against defensive multiple physical protect spread team
They got really physical against Kara, so we spread them out, and made them play more out of the paint. When you look at a team from a defensive point, when they have multiple scorers, you just can't protect against that, and that's what we have, multiple scorers.
few games last rebound shooting shot shots win
If you rebound and play defense, that will win you a lot more games than shooting well. We haven't shot well the last few games, but we made shots when we had to.