Connie Allen
Connie Allen
bad bit changed couple job shooting
I just told them to play better defense. We changed a couple things on our full-court press. We jumped to a 2-3 for a little bit and didn't do too bad of a job with it. They were shooting well the first half.
came fourth happened matter mean playing quarter records wants win
When you play your rival, you have to know that they're going to come with everything they've got. Records mean nothing. It doesn't matter who's playing well, who's not playing well. It's who comes out and wants to win it. Northridge came out and wanted to win it. We just happened to want it more in the fourth quarter and we did things right in the fourth quarter.
sanctity
We would like to keep the sanctity of our neighborhood as it is -- rural.
falling fourth open quarter shots third
We had shots falling in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter we didn't have those. We had some open looks. They just didn't fall.
cousin felt helpless lost three wished
I lost a cousin about three years ago. I felt helpless and wished there was something I could have done.
ball basically bringing good great guard hands momentum morgan point possibly pressure puts team throws
Morgan does that basically every game. We put her on their point guard and we tell her to pressure without fouling, play good defense. When she does that, it puts the ball in someone else's hands that's possibly not used to bringing it up and it kind of throws their momentum off. She does a great job. Without her, we wouldn't be the team we are.
against gave girls good halftime lose lost points proud second
My girls never gave up. We were down by 16 at halftime and we lose by 18. We lost the second half by two points against a very good team. I'm very proud of how they played.
beginning chelsea free hit throws
Luckily, Chelsea hit those free throws at the end. If we would have made them at the beginning, it wouldn't have been that close, but we made them when it counted.
half happy second
I was happy the first half. The second half was a letdown that I usually don't see with this team, so that has me concerned.
disrupt expect face finding flashy passing people seeing
People may not expect a lot from her because she's not flashy, but she is flashy when it comes to seeing passing lanes and finding her teammates. We have to get in her face and disrupt what she's seeing.
backed call foul good proud ready second stay taking
I was very proud of her in the second half. You could see her getting ready to go for the basketball, and it would have been an over-the-back call and she backed off. That's a good thing, to see them taking what you tell them and going out and doing it, especially going into the tournament. We're going to need her to stay out of foul trouble.
box care charge face great heath impressed job maggie morgan played rattle second sparks took tremendous work
I was very impressed with our second half. We played a 2-3 zone, but we didn't box out well so we have to work on that. But I was very pleased. We took care of the basketball. Morgan Reeves played a tremendous game. She sparks our defense. She did a great job doing that. She took a charge from (Heath's) Maggie Combs and was in her face the whole game. She was able to rattle Heath a little bit.
ball care defense easier eight impressed limited possession
I was very impressed with our defense the first half. We didn't take care of the ball as much as I would like us to. We had eight turnovers in the first quarter, but we limited it to 11 in the first half. When you have possession of the ball it makes it a lot easier to score.
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