Doug Foote
Doug Foote
again basketball foot foul free games ourselves per percent shooting shot throws time win
We've got to make some free throws. We've shot ourselves in the foot time and time again at the foul line. We're getting 30 free throws per game. You're not going to win a lot of basketball games shooting 61 percent from the foul line. We've got to shoot it better in every phase.
hit shots strength
When you don't have a lot of low-post scoring, you've got to hit some shots (elsewhere), particularly our strength (the trey).
bad ball basketball good hard matter played shot
No matter how good or bad defensively you are, you've got to score. It didn't look like it but we played pretty good defensively. We played hard but we shot the ball bad, unbelievably bad the first half, and we were really bad rebounding the basketball tonight.
ball changed inside kick motion offense pitch run score stuff
We changed our offense a little. It's a motion offense. It's penetration and pitch that we implemented to try and get fouled a little bit. We try to get the ball down inside to Rucker and run through him some stuff so he can kick it back out. He can score inside and they have to double-team him.
city grove run
Grove City is very structured. They run a 2-1-2 set offense. They pass, pass, and pass.
against busted credit northern ohio played trip
I credit our kids. We played really well at Otterbein and against Heidelberg and Muskingum but that 31/2-hour trip to Ohio Northern (last Saturday) really busted us.
brutal games home nine played schedule seven
We've played a brutal schedule and we've played seven of nine games on the road, so getting some home games will be nice.
bad defensive early free game key missed nights since wire
It wasn't big things, just little things. Some nights it was missed free throws, some not getting key rebounds, some bad bounces, and, like tonight, missed defensive assignments in overtime. We've competed to the wire in just about every game since early January.
added few giving local neighbors people public risk worth
There may be some added convenience for some local neighbors. But I don't think giving a few people some added convenience is worth the risk to public safety.
critical defense focus game lost turned
We lost the game because we lost our focus on defense at critical times and turned it over on offense.
biggest freshmen great kids problem seniors team
Our biggest problem when you look at this team is 15 out of 19 kids are freshmen and sophomores. We have no seniors so we have no great senior leadership.
complaints-and-complaining four game hard kids last played proud team wins
But I have no complaints. The kids battled. They played hard. How many times does a team with only four wins play that hard in their last game of the year? Our kids did and I'm really proud of them.
adjust beat half hard second
The first half they (the officials) let you beat the daylights out of each other and the second half everything was a foul. It's hard to adjust to that at halftime.
experience good kids learning physical spring stronger weight
The good thing is that this is a good learning experience for the young kids who haven't been through this before. Hopefully, we'll get better this spring and get better this summer. Stronger is the key. We've got to get in the weight room. If we don't we're not going to win. This is a strong, physical league.