Karl Smesko
Karl Smesko
Karl Wade Smesko is the current head coach of the Florida Gulf Coast University women's basketball team...
excited good playing roll team
This team is as good as any team I've coached. Lot of it is getting on a roll and playing well when it counts. We've progressed well and we're excited to play.
basket next played pressure renewed win
At that point, I thought we were going to win the game. We had renewed hope, played well and made some stops. But we couldn't get that next basket to really put pressure on them.
adage boards fresh job start survive today tomorrow
We have to do a better job on boards than we did today and make more shots. The adage is to survive and advance. We start fresh tomorrow with a new team.
almost december delta fort games january november region state talked tournament
We almost had Fort Valley, but couldn't come up with a date. Henderson State wanted us to be in a tournament but we had a tournament here at the same time. We talked with Delta State but they don't want to play in January and February, and we have enough region games in November and December without going into Mississippi.
fly good hard plays position proper works
She's done a real good job. She works very hard to get in the proper position and then she's very good making plays on the fly of the ball.
ball basket good job playing taking
She did a good job of taking the ball to the basket and playing her game.
eager earlier good ready
I think everyone is eager to play. It'll be good to be the first ones up and ready to go. The earlier the better.
defense good nelson played took
Hathaway, Schrader and Nelson took it to the basket. They also played good defense and really hustled.
cause emphasized guard problems stop trying
We were trying to stop the guard penetration and not let them cause problems with the dribble. We also emphasized rebounding, getting on the boards.
ball hand people pressure time
We put a lot of pressure on the ball out there. We had a lot of people on the ball, and everyone made sure to get a hand on the ball every time there was a pass.
basketball care played shooting took won
We played really well. We took care of the basketball, we rebounded the basketball and we won comfortably without shooting great.
defensive good kid player point position post
We'll take any position player who can score. We have pretty good defensive players. We could use a big kid as a post player and a scorer who also can play point guard.
ball excited gets harder helped noticed players plays shoot time
I've noticed that every time we shoot the ball well, everyone plays well. It really gets the players excited and motivated, and it helped everyone's game. It helped us play harder and helped us get a lot of turnovers.
gave helped looks played second
In the second half, they (the Falcons) played more of a man-to-man defense. So that helped us out because it gave us more looks to the basket.