Joel Dunn
Joel Dunn
austin bit five four hit looked nice played sam spot tight time
We were in a little bit of a tight spot late. Austin had fouled out, Sam had four fouls and with 1:50 to go, AJ fouled out. Fortunately, Rickey made a nice play for us and I had to have Stephan, who hasn't played at all for us, come in and inbound the ball. We were up by five when AJ went out and every time it looked like we had them buried, they'd hit a big shot.
game guys knew nerves passes ready tried
We really weren't ready to go from the tip. We tried to make some passes that were too difficult, and I think nerves were a factor. I think our guys knew this was an important game for us.
fast quarter ran relaxed second shots
We were 1 for 9 (shooting) in the first quarter and a lot of our shots were too fast and we jacked it up. I think the second quarter we mellowed out and relaxed and ran the offense.
affect crew goal hoping improve level rest skeleton
We've been kind of a skeleton crew all year. It's had an affect on us from the start, but we're hoping we'll get everyone back soon. Our goal is to try and improve our level of play the rest of the way.
flew flying job piece
They still did it (came flying in), but we did a better job of getting a piece of them as they flew in.
beat hard nice seem size
I think we had a nice size advantage, which is always a big help. McMinnville is disciplined and they always play hard and don't make many mistakes. They never seem to beat themselves.
affect basketball experience fully game helps last shape year
He helps us a lot just with his experience and presence. He started every game last year and having him out there kind of has a mellowing affect on all of us. He's not fully in basketball shape yet, but having him back helps us.
best defend guy hope picked points poison score sort talked
We talked a lot about their big guy -- he can score 30 points a game. We sort of picked our poison and said let's defend him as best we can and know where their two best shooters are and hope they don't get hot.
initial mistakes offense ran relaxed
After those initial mistakes, we kind of relaxed and ran our offense better.
coaches felt half lucky mistakes
In the first half we made too many mistakes. We had those 12 turnovers and honestly, the coaches felt we were lucky to be tied.
good
In that respect, we feel good about our progress. We can feel like we're getting better.
bum coaches far games guys hope league luck mostly next parts playing pleased seven toward week
The coaches were pleased with a lot of parts of that game. I hope it's steering us toward these important league games next week (McMinnville and Tigard). We've had a lot of bum luck so far with injuries, guys quitting, and we've got a guy who's out of the country, so we've been playing mostly with seven guys. That's been tough.