Kraig Clifton
Kraig Clifton
attacking came hump late lead zone
We made some adjustments to them attacking the zone and we had two opportunities to take the lead and we didn't get over the hump and they came back with that late run.
game played solid
We really played a solid game all the way through for the first time. Everything we did was with a purpose.
active best defense excellent finally friday game hope learned lesson played scoring spread stand throughout
We finally played our best game of the year. Patterson is an excellent team, but our scoring was spread throughout and our defense was more active than Friday night. I hope they learned a big lesson that you can't just stand there in a zone, you have to be as active as you are in a man-to-man.
last
It's not surprising. You could tell that they were right there last season.
night played team thursday
It wasn't the same team that played Thursday night. We just couldn't get things clicking.
decent directions floor hard hit shoot
They can hit you from so many directions and every on the floor can shoot and that makes it hard to defend. If you give them a decent look they're going to make it.
ball came eventually guys kept throwing true wore
Tanaka's our only true ball handler and he never came off the floor. They kept throwing different guys at him. Eventually we wore down and made some turnovers.
above breaks chance game giving hard heads kids mistake playing time win
It's a challenging time for the kids. We really need a win to keep our heads above water. It's not that we're playing to lose. We're playing hard and the kids are giving it all they got, it's just every game is something different. We've had a chance to win every game, but we're just not getting the breaks down the stretch. A mistake here, turnover there has been the difference.
couple momentum took
Those were big shots. They had all the momentum going their way for a couple of minutes, but we did what it took to win.
aggressive athletes
They have athletes at every position. They're really aggressive and they make things hard.
played
They gutted it out and played pretty well.
again attitude believe winning
There's an attitude you can only get through winning. Winning makes you believe that you can win again and again.
good
Defensively we did a good job. But offensively, we just weren't smooth. We had turnovers and didn't execute.
beat good lost tough
We lost to a very good team. They're tough to beat in their place.