Marty Manfredo
Marty Manfredo
best defensive difference job nice
Tommie was the difference for us. He scored and did a nice defensive job on their best player.
beat behind best defense defensive focus game held home minutes offense opponent played points practice quality six spent sunday terms vernon whether
Our first focus is on whether we're getting defensive intensity. Mt. Vernon was probably the best game we've played this year. We got beat by six but held a quality opponent to 35 points on their home floor. But in terms of development our offense is behind the defense so that's why we spent 90 minutes of our Sunday practice working on nothing but offense.
free improved kids means skills trophy winning
The whole tournament, the kids improved each game. They improved their skills and made free throws. Winning this trophy means a lot.
himself slump
E.J. has been in a slump and kind of down on himself and those two threes were big for us down the stretch.
kid successful team
Every kid on this team is now a little better than they were before the game. And that's good. It was a successful night, but without a win, you're never completely happy.
fourth pleased worn
I was very pleased with their effort. We were just worn out in the fourth quarter.
blow expecting heavy log minutes
We were expecting him to log heavy minutes this year, so not having him was a big blow to us.
beginning defense focused middle playing pleased slow sluggish step uninspired
We were not very focused at the beginning of the game. We were a step slow and sluggish and playing uninspired on defense. But I was very pleased with our defense in the middle two quarters.
basketball bounds christian improved leaps needs organized played playing trying work
We're trying to work big Jake on the inside. He just needs playing time. Where he's come from (Unity Christian School) he hasn't played much organized basketball so he's come leaps and bounds with us this year. If nothing more, his conditioning has improved tremendously. He's come a long way.
ball good group guards hopefully kids lose matter michael next push ready rely returning road role somebody step tim year
The big kids rely so much on the guards because it doesn't matter how good they are if they can't get them the ball where they need it, you've got a problem. Hopefully down the road they can contribute. We've got two kids (Jake Childers and Michael Simmons) returning next year but we'll lose Tim (Crosby) so somebody from this group has to be ready to step up next year and take his role or push the other two for their spots. You can never have enough depth, especially inside.
foul hurt stop stretch
It hurt down the stretch that they had to foul to stop the clock.
basketball best played quarter
We probably played our best quarter of basketball of the season.
beat improvement played tonight
We played well tonight and have showed improvement. They beat us up there by 26 points.
bus care checking everybody flow guys halftime hopefully night physical played playing second slow trip whoever
The way we played I thought we'd come off a two-hour bus trip and were playing Althoff in the first half. We just started real slow and never got in the flow of the game. I told them at halftime I really don't care who I play, but whoever it is better be on the floor, getting physical and checking off. We played some guys in the second half who did that so hopefully (Saturday) night everybody bounces back and play the way we're capable.