Marcus Knott
Marcus Knott
consistent cruise effort guys mode needed second
We just had a more consistent effort in the second half. Our guys were in cruise mode early, so we needed to refocus our efforts.
chance cut talented watch work
We've had a chance to watch some film on them and it's like we thought -- They're a pretty talented team. We're going to have our work cut out for us.
against ball five guys last played small step stepped tonight
Tonight they played us differently than they have the last five times they've played us. They played a little small ball tonight. They had guys step up that haven't stepped up against us before.
came happy reason run small
We really came out flat, and I don't know what the reason was for that. We didn't play with a lot of energy. We were able to make a small run here and there, but I wasn't happy with the performance.
afford close finally game learn start
I don't know what it is. We can't afford to start a game like that. Fortunately we were still close when we finally got going. It's something we have to learn from.
coach hat kids night rough says season
That says a lot about coach 'K' and those kids. They've had a rough season and they still come out every night and compete. My hat is off to them. That's something our kids have to understand. That's the way it should be.
finds games golden last player program valley win
Golden Valley finds a way to win games. Our program from me down to the last player have to find a way to do that.
afford compete fourth hole matter ourselves pull third
We can't afford to go out and not compete for 32 minutes. It doesn't matter who's out on the court. We had a let-down in the third quarter, and we were in too big of a hole to pull ourselves out of in the fourth quarter.
came early easy establish happens leads led pressure
We came out early and we were able to establish our pressure and that led to some easy baskets. When that happens it usually leads to a lot of points.
careless eliminated happy
I was more happy with the effort. I was happy with our focus. We eliminated some of the careless turnovers we were making.
days focus next played talked
We played with them in spurts. That's something we talked about after the game. We have to be more consistent. In the next two days we have to focus on not being so up and down.
came couple extremely happy kids step took yesterday
We didn't play very consistent. I am extremely happy with a couple of our kids that came off the bench. But as a whole, I wasn't happy with our effort. I thought we took a step back from yesterday and that's disappointing.
definitive except good looked nobody talked
We still have some more investigating to do. We've looked at them on paper, but nobody we've talked to has said anything real definitive about them, except they're a good team.
few games last lost manner momentum talked three winning
After we lost to Taft (Tuesday) we talked about winning at least two of the last three game. We were able to do that, but it wasn't the manner in which we wanted to do it. We didn't come away from these last few games with as much momentum as we could have.