Jennifer Shoaf
Jennifer Shoaf
good knew potential shoot shot understand
We knew she had the potential. We had to get her to understand what a good shot is in our system. Every shot is a good shot to her. She'll shoot every time.
challenge playing
We challenge her every night. We get on her a lot about playing big, playing your size.
adjusted blown danger personnel sinking stop
We were in real danger of being blown out right at the beginning. We couldn't get anything going on offense, and we couldn't stop them. We were struggling, sinking quick. But we adjusted personnel and our defense.
easy missed surprised
We missed a lot of easy shots, but we've been doing that all year. It wasn't like that surprised me.
against ashley ball control defense handle tonight
Tonight her defense was still pretty special. Tonight she also had to take on offense, she had to handle the ball a lot against the press. We had a lot of inexperience out there, and Ashley had to go back and control some of that.
common force guards kids played pressure younger
She's a common force for us. The younger kids were so nervous. There was so much pressure because all of our guards are our young kids. They've never played in a do-or-die situation.
supposed surprised
We've surprised a lot of people. We've even surprised us. We weren't supposed to be here.
gave good job running
I thought she gave them a big boost. She did a good job of running their team.
hoped north score stay win won
That we won with our defense, that's no surprise. North has better shooters than we do. We just hoped we could score enough to stay in the game, then win it with defense.
hard time
I think they had a hard time adjusting. But we made it hard for them.
anytime composure front girls goal good happy hold holding hostile job points prettiest road win
Our goal was to hold them to under 40 points for the game, so we're happy we were able to do that. It wasn't our prettiest game, but anytime you can get a win on the road in front of a hostile crowd, it's a good victory. The girls did a good job of holding their composure in here tonight.
effort fault finishing kids seemed
I can't fault my kids for their effort and their heart. It seemed like we were one little play from finishing it off and we couldn't do it.
choice zone
With the lineup we had out there, we really didn't feel like we had a choice. Brittany (Powell) and Erica aren't our two quickest players, so we had to play a zone just to keep (Ledford) contained.
ball came misses turned
We came out really aggressive. We were able to get any misses they had and get the ball turned around in transition.