Merle Olberding
Merle Olberding
basketball bright floor game lady people playing somebody strengths talented team
She's got a very bright future. She's a very talented young lady who understands the game of basketball and the team concept. She understands her strengths and the strengths of the people around her. You want somebody like her out on the floor playing for you.
coming halftime locker people room second
I haven't, and I don't think too many people have. We were comfortable at halftime with how things were going. Obviously, coming out of the locker room for the second half, Norwalk was a different team, and we were a different team.
credit nevada tonight
We were off on our spacing offensively a little tonight and you have to give Nevada some credit for that.
accepted areas helping players roles senior team three tough
I can't say enough about those three girls. They've accepted different roles and that's got to be tough in your senior season. They're helping us in other areas and exemplify what team players are.
allow game kids planning playing strengths sure talked
We want to make sure we go (to state) and play our game. We've talked about playing to our strengths and game planning to allow the kids to use their skills. If our kids go out and play together, I like our chances.
defensive gave looks maybe
We gave them some different defensive looks that maybe they were anticipating.
gambling game good sitting
There wasn't any gambling about it because the game was on the line, and they weren't going to do us any good sitting on the bench.
loyal stands
They're loyal supporters. They're in the stands before we get there.
easy establish guards inside kids move nice passes shoot
We always want to establish our inside game. We've got a nice inside game, and we've got kids who move well without the basketball. Our guards make the passes inside, and we get some easy baskets. When we shoot well, we're pretty tough.
clicked credit cylinders defense flow kicked second talk
We always talk about that we've got to be able to make adjustments, and we did that tonight. In the second half, we kind of clicked on all cylinders and executed, and that's a credit to the kids. We got into a flow on offense, and our defense kicked in.
selling start state tickets tuesday until wanting
For the state tournaments, some of them were in here Tuesday wanting their tickets and we didn't start selling until Wednesday.
came half second tried
Give them credit. They made the adjustments. We tried some different things (on offense); we just came out in the second half and weren't as aggressive.
ball feet hit kids loose open ran second shots
Our kids were loose (in the first half); the shots just didn't fall. The second half, we ran our offense, and our kids got their feet squared up. We got the ball inside, then we hit some threes to open up the lead.
circumstance lost respond year
We lost some aggressiveness and we didn't respond like we had all year in those circumstances.