Mike Francis
Mike Francis
Michele Francesco Puccioni, better known under his stage name Mike Francis, was an Italian singer and composer, born in Florence. He was best known for his 1984 hit, "Survivor"...
accomplish guys
Everything these guys want to accomplish started tonight. They know that.
biggest both came game knowing played points scoring settling shoot time tonight
We came into the game knowing they wanted to shoot threes and we want to get it inside. That was their biggest concern: Us scoring inside. Both times we played them previously, we scored 28 and 30 points inside. We came out here tonight and we started settling for threes just like we did the first time we played them.
defense expecting hard key kids late panic played talk wanting win
We talk about expecting to win and wanting to win, and right now these kids want to win. There was no panic tonight. Our kids played hard and executed late on defense and got some key rebounds.
decided free knew knock step
Free throws, free throws, free throws. We were short-handed and we couldn't sub as much as we wanted to. That's when we decided to go with Matt. We knew he could step in there and knock down some big shots.
county fourth happens length second shot team third tough won
Old Mill's a tough team with their height, their length and their athleticism. After the county championship game, we wanted to get another shot at them and here we are. They won the first game, we won the second one, they won the third one and we'll see what happens in the fourth one.
changes since
Since there are no changes in the allotment of residences, I think it bodes well for the residents.
beat counts defense possession slow tempo towards
When you play this slow tempo kind of game, every possession counts and any turnover is very costly. But towards the end, we made them come out on defense and beat them at their own game.
feels good law seems
It seems like Murphy's Law in this place. It just feels good to get away with one, finally.
against county playing plays slow smallest style team tired
We didn't want to slow it down, we were just tired of playing against a zone. I mean, we're the smallest team in the county and everyone plays us zone. We just wanted someone to play our style for once.
games
We know we have two more games and we have another shot.
against good job plays second stand stepped team trying zone
When a team plays that kind of a zone against you, they're trying to take away your athleticism and make you stand around. We wanted Miguel to penetrate and get into the gaps. He did a good job of that in the second half. He really, really stepped up.
faced felt found happen licking players run straight style team time
When the players found out that this team (the Cougars) was a straight man-to-man team, they were licking their chops. We felt like that is our style of play anyway. That's the first time we faced man-to-man all season. We like to get out and run and make things happen and we did that tonight.
ball major time
Anthony's been major for us right now. He's getting better and better every time we go out. We just have to get him the ball more.
guys spirited stick team unity worked
The unity of this team is what made this team stick out. These guys worked their butts off in practice. It was always spirited and competitive - sometimes too competitive.