Lisa Mandeville
Lisa Mandeville
creating extra kids played playing practice shots stepped talking week
The kids really stepped up. They played as one. All week long in practice we've been talking about playing as a team, creating shots for each other and making the extra pass.
owe point practice run score suicide
At halftime, I told them if they score one more fast-break point on us, you?re going to run a suicide in practice tomorrow. I?m not being facetious -- they owe me two.
difficult typical
That?s pretty typical of Desiree. She?s pretty difficult to stop.
collective cut picked shot sigh
They cut it to nine, she banged that shot in the corner, and it was the exhalation. It was a collective sigh and then we picked up.
common couple defense last recurring successful theme weeks
It?s been a common recurring theme over the last couple of weeks that our defense has been very, very good. I think you?re going to be successful more times than not if you play defense the way we did tonight.
defense improved second wore
Our defense improved in the second half. The defense slowed them down, and we just wore them down.
beginning hopefully including kids mix schedule scoring toughest unit
These kids play very well as a unit and they're beginning to look for other scoring opportunities on the floor. We're happy, but we know the toughest part of our schedule remains, including Friday. Hopefully we'll be right in the mix come the end of February.