Dan Boyd
Dan Boyd
against bucket goal left played seconds shot steal team year
The first quarter, it was 10-6 with 45 seconds left and my goal would have been to just get one shot up and be close. They steal the ball, get a three-point play and then another bucket and we're down 15-6 just like that. It snowballed after that in the second quarter. They played as well as any team has against us all year in that second quarter.
brought credit early helped holiday last played ugly visions
It was ugly -- 12 turnovers in the first quarter. I don't know if we got into the holiday fudge early or what, but it brought back visions of last year. I give (Reynolds) credit -- they played well. We also helped them, though.
absorb bit body complete few happy kids language left losses row sink spirit-and-spirituality spirits start starts
You absorb a few losses in a row and spirits start to sink a little bit. Body language starts to change, so the kids left there happy and have, I hope, a little bit better sense of how to play a complete game.
ability basketball clock control defense effective good hold keys points quarters run shoot team three
I think one of the big keys was our ability to control the basketball and get good shots. We were able to run some clock off and shoot a good percentage. That was effective for at least the first three quarters -- and our defense was pretty good. Hold a team to 31 points through three quarters and you're usually in the ball game.
fortunate indicative opportunity trust work
That was indicative of the trust he had in his principals. I was really fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with him.
compete course teams
For us to compete with teams like that we have to play a near-perfect game, and of course we didn't do that.
couple half missed nice ran run second shots six
We made a nice run at them in the second half -- got it down to six or eight. We made it interesting, but it was too big a hole. We missed a couple shots and we ran out of clock.
complete effort felt four good hard kids played
We've had some good moments, just not complete efforts. I felt the kids played hard for four quarters. It was probably the most complete effort of the year, no doubt.
accustomed against helped line stay
That helped us stay in the game. That was what we were more accustomed to after going 4 of 14 from line against Dallas.
against beating bigger few game good last played shots tend worn
We've been in every game in the first have in the last few games. We've executed, made good shots and played pretty good defense. We tend to take a beating and get worn down against bigger teams, though.
check football gonna inflated kid supposed
We won't check if they're real fans. We got an inflated football we were supposed to hang, but some kid popped it. What are you gonna do?
attention fighting forest grove last nasty played playoff ran team time week
We didn't play well and they did -- that's a nasty combination. We ran into a Forest Grove team that is fighting for a playoff spot, had a week off and I think we got their attention last time we played them.
athletic fluid group guess hung nice played quarter
They had a nice athletic group and they played a nice controlled, smooth, fluid game. They jumped out to a 22-4 first quarter lead, then we hung around, I guess you could say.
ball both inside post teams
They pounded the ball inside on us -- both these teams did that to us. McMinnville had a 6-2 post and another good-sized 5-10 post and they just pounded us down there. When you look at McMinnville, that's what you'd expect, though.