Jerry Slocum
Jerry Slocum
Jerry Slocum is an American historian, collector and author specializing on the field of mechanical puzzles. Prior to retiring and dedicating his life to puzzles, he worked as an engineer at Hughes Aircraft. His personal puzzle collection, numbering over 40,000 mechanical puzzles and 4,500 books, is believed to be the world's largest...
basketball exciting player state titles wisconsin won year
To have someone who was a player of the year in Wisconsin and who has won two consecutive state titles is very exciting for our basketball program.
beat giving glass offensive small
When you get beat on the glass like that, it's a big factor. When you go with that small lineup, you end up giving up some offensive rebounding to get some more offensive production.
beat
When you get beat on the boards, it is a problem.
floor free knew nearly playing shooting throws
We knew it wasn't going to be easy, playing on their floor and with them shooting nearly 40 free throws to our nine, but we still had a chance.
gave last lost possession rebound regulation
We gave that one away. We lost it in the last possession of regulation on a rebound that we had in our hands.
ball great night saturday shoot shot
You feel better about yourself when you shoot the ball better. We shot the ball better on Saturday night in a great win.
committed last three
We also committed three turnovers in that last minute.
execute game
We did not execute when the game mattered.
performance sit tough type
It is a tough one to sit on when you have that type of performance.
basketball chance conference game good heart iq kids move stake
For us to come out in a game I deemed a lot at stake - a chance to move up in the conference - it was disappointing. I was disappointed on how we performed. It's not a heart problem. The kids did not have a very good basketball IQ tonight.
chance defensive job road
If we are going to have any chance at all on the road we have to do a better job of rebounding on the defensive boards.
basically came case good hard keeping learning minimal played spent
He came into the game, basically because of his size. We spent (Friday) working with him pretty hard on learning our offenses. When he came in, we just shrunk our playbook down to a minimal amount. He just played tremendous, keeping it simple. That has to be the case and he did a good job.
basically came
He came in basically because of his size.
played proud
He just played tremendously tonight. I'm proud of the way they all battled back tonight.