Jim Bolla
Jim Bolla
James Daniel "Jim" Bolla, Jr.is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Hawaiʻi...
efficient playing tired
When we get the ball, we're not as efficient because we're tired and often take the first shot. We're playing into our opponents' hands.
games good happy job last played playing team
I think these last two games we've played more as a team than we had been doing. We really did a good job of executing, and I'm very happy with the way they're playing right now.
playing prove team
I think we've got something to prove to ourselves. That wasn't our team out there. We're playing a little better now.
best monday playing quick rest time turnaround wednesday
It's a quick turnaround for us playing on Wednesday (against Idaho). It's not the best situation, but fortunately Monday is a holiday, so we'll have time to rest up and get ready.
ahead athletic louisiana playing team tech touch
The Bulldogs are probably the most athletic team in the conference. If they keep playing the way they did today, no one will touch them. They are way ahead of Louisiana Tech the way they are playing now.
five gets overlooked people players playing points practice pushing reason rebounds sheet
You see the first five playing ... but the reason they're playing is the people in practice are pushing them hard. A lot of times it gets overlooked because all people see are points and rebounds on the stat sheet or in the newspaper. The practice players make us good.
against bunch likes playing points scores
McGuire got hot. She likes to play against us, and scores a bunch of points playing us.
area attacked basketball bother left percent played pressure rush scoring seconds shot
When we attacked their pressure we were fine. But 75 percent of the game, we let their press bother us. When we played around with their press, we got into our scoring area with 10 or 12 seconds left (on the 30-second shot clock) and we had to rush a shot.
although good instead shoot stepping stood toward waited
We stood and waited too much instead of stepping toward the ball. We did not shoot well although we got some good looks.
dwell last percent practice saturday
We did not dwell on it. We're 80 percent in practice. I think last Saturday was just one of those games.
avoid dig eight game hole nine
We didn't want to dig our hole any deeper. We don't want to be eight or nine and have to play in the play-in game for the tournament. The only way we're going to avoid that is to get some wins.
family home needed priorities program school second situation
Our priorities for our program are your family comes first, school comes second and basketball's after that somewhere. This is a situation where she just needed to be back home for a little while and we did that.
allowed calm confidence defensive excited gave offense zone
I think our zone slowed them down, and allowed us to calm down. It gave our offense a little confidence because we were getting defensive stops. When we get stops, we get excited on offense.
address move
We'll address it. Once we get it resolved, it will be over with just like any of our other issues, and we'll move forward.