Don Davidson
Don Davidson
ball bit problem quite shoot shot turn
Our turnovers were a real problem in the first half. We just shot so poorly. If you shoot a little bit better and don't turn it over quite so much, to me that was the whole game. We just didn't shoot the ball tonight.
games shoot time
That's kind of been our bug-a-boo all year. We have games where we just don't shoot it well, and this was an unfortunate time to not shoot it well.
almost fourth free good guys knocked played quarter role score scoring seniors step throws took
We knocked down our free throws the fourth quarter and still took it to the basket. We weren't tentative, and that's really a good step for a young team. We know that almost all our scoring has to come from guys who haven't played much. Our seniors are role players, they don't score much.
games last prepared several
We're 0-0. I think these last several games have prepared us well for the regional.
basket calling driving either game nobody
Part of our game is driving to the basket and I didn't think they were calling anything on drives, anything on either team. Nobody going to the basket ever got fouled.
determined hang lost needed poise seemed throw win
We needed more poise offensively. We weren't determined enough to just hang on. If we have the ball, they can't score. It seemed like we lost our poise and would throw up about anything to try to win it all of a sudden.
against game good poorly rebound shot
Against a No. 1 seed, you've got to get off to a good start, and we did that. But (Hampshire) kind of got with their game and slowed it down on us. We shot poorly and couldn't rebound against their size.
break gets helps huge oh
Oh my goodness, (Harper) was huge tonight. He's real strong, and when he gets on the board, he really helps us get the break going.
might second team win
Their second team might be able to win this tournament.
against execute fourth hurt zone
That really hurt them a lot in the fourth quarter. We were able to execute better against their zone and we were more patient.
basket blocked count seemed
It seemed like they blocked about 15 shots. We count on (Wesley) Harper and (Jonathan) Boyd to get to the basket on people, and they just couldn't get to the basket tonight.
ball came early finding half missed moving second taking
Early on we were taking too many missed 3-pointers. We just came out in the second half and were better at moving the ball around and finding our shot.
both came job ready teams
At halftime, we had to do something to put the clamps on them, and we did a much better job after that. Both teams came out really ready to play.
against aspire joe offense players proud quality ran tonight year
I told our players that this is what we can aspire to be like in a year or two. I was proud of the way Joe Redmond ran the offense tonight against a quality team.