Joe Shoemaker
Joe Shoemaker
changes christmas far half kelly says
We didn't play very well at the Christmas tournament. And we had to make some changes at half because we were down 15. To come back from that far down at Kelly says a lot about our character.
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James did a little bit better job in the second half of going down to the low block and trying to play down there. Jeremy's senior leadership, he did a good job in the second half of coming out a little bit more ready to play.
rebound
Not just a whole lot. We just have to go down and defend, do what we can do and rebound the basketball.
speak
It was a little out of the ordinary. Usually they have a translator, or they speak English.
ahead district game love prepared seniors south three title tough win
These seniors have been in three district finals. We're as prepared as we can be (for the title game). I'd love nothing more than to win a district title, but we've got a tough game ahead of us (against South Iron).
bit defense defensive finally intensity kept picked playing quarter run second talking trying
Our defensive intensity finally picked up a little bit. We've been talking about trying to play better defense and playing with a little bit more energy. We started a little run there at the end of the second quarter and kind of kept it going from there.
bench contribute good helped
I'd contribute that to our bench. Our bench did a good job, as it had all season. That helped us be fresher at the end.
performance shooting worst
Obviously, that's the very worst performance we've had shooting all year.
along challenge enjoy forward good looking played tall teams
It's a tall task, but it's a challenge we're looking forward to. We've played some pretty good teams along the way so we'll just go up there, do what we can do and then enjoy it.
ball district glad missed normally shoot shots tough
They're a tough team. They didn't shoot the ball well tonight. They missed some shots that they normally hit. I'm glad to come away with a win. Like I said, it will be big for district seeds.
best far great hit percent shot
It was by far the best we've shot from out there. We hit over 50 percent of our 3-pointers, and that's just a great percentage.
basketball best guys passing team
That's really been one of our strengths, passing the basketball. These guys play so unselfishly. This is the best passing basketball team I've coached.
career create good job score throughout
That's something he's always done well throughout his career is penetrate and be able to score and create off that. He's done a good job of that this year.
bench contribute course eight guys helped hopefully led rest scoring seven throughout
That's one thing that's helped us out throughout the course of the year. We've had seven or eight guys that have led us in scoring this year. (We have) guys that can come in off the bench and contribute a lot of minutes. Hopefully that's one of the things that will help us out the rest of the way.