Matt Thissen
Matt Thissen
basketball coach decided diego eight good guess hard left liked ohio program san top weather
San Diego isn't a hard place to want to go to school. It's a good school. Their basketball program has been down lately, but eight years ago they were a top 25 team. Their coach left to go coach her alma mater at Ohio State. I guess she decided she liked the weather better in San Diego and now she's back.
ability awful desire guard hard herself kim knew minutes pace point position rely says
We knew we were going to rely on Kim an awful lot. To play the point guard position as hard as she did, and for as many minutes as she did, says a lot about her desire and ability to pace herself during a game.
great hard senior works
It was great to see, especially on senior night. Rachel works as hard as anybody.
block defense effort hardest intensity lack laid
I laid into them probably the hardest I have all year. We had a lack of intensity on defense lack of effort to block out was unacceptable.
chance girls knock sitting talking
We've been talking to the girls about that. When you're sitting on top, everyone want the chance to knock you off.
found huge open people somebody stepping talked
We talked about other people stepping up. That was a huge 3. They were double-teaming Kim, so somebody had to be open and she found her.
complete floor four game played sweep tonight
Probably her most complete game she's played in her four years. The only thing she didn't do tonight was sweep the floor at halftime.
against athlete great loves scratch watch
Sometimes when you watch her, you can tell she's a freshman. She can make you scratch your head. But she's such a great athlete and she loves to play against Merced.
coming group loses mold next quality team together
Every team loses quality players. It's how you can take that next group coming up and mold them together to get them to play together.
against credit job kim low pace playing scoring success
We did a lot better job of playing the pace we wanted to play. I give Kim a lot of credit for that. When we're success against Merced, it's usually a low scoring game.
couple inspired season trying
We have to play more inspired basketball. We need it from everybody, not just a couple players. It's not like we're 3-18 and trying to get the season over with. We have a lot to play for.
cross sure talk time
With the timeouts we had enough time to talk them through it. I made sure to let the referees know what we were doing and to make sure he didn't let them cross the plane.
push
We want to do what we do and they want to do what they do. It may come down to who can push their will on the other one.
matter talent time
With her talent and her academics, it was only a matter of time for Kim.