Preston Early
Preston Early
basket block job nice protecting
She does a nice job of protecting the basket and can block some shots.
expect game possession
When you have Southside on your jersey, you expect to win. It's a game that we look at as a one or two possession game.
finish scores scrap shots stops together
We thought if we could finish some possessions with shots and scrap to keep them off the boards, we could get back into the game. We put together some scores and stops and things started to snowball for us.
bigger describe passion passionate people played running shows
To me, out-rebounding people that are bigger than you and running down long rebounds, that shows a real passion for the game. That's how I describe the way that she played it. She's just real passionate about making a difference.
days good thursday
We feel like we had two good days (of practice) Thursday and Friday.
athletic believe
Believe it or not, yeah. They?re big and athletic and they?re very physical.
breaks free handle ourselves self shot
We self-destructed in so many phases. The free throws, the turnovers. We couldn't handle the ball. Just things like that. We didn't get any breaks (from the officials) but we shot ourselves in the foot, too.
attack confident games good great ourselves
We've put ourselves in a great position. We need to be confident about that and feel good about that. Now let's go attack some of these games and get it done.
beam care focus games home next road six state tournament wanna
We wanna focus like a laser beam on these next six (games). We want to take care of our home games and find a way (to win) on the road and keep going after that state tournament berth. That?s what we set out to do.
error found game margin time tonight
Tonight was the first time we haven't found a way to get it done in a game like this. Our margin for error has been very slim, but we've always found a way to get it done.
aggressive driver post score shoot time touches
She's going to look to score every time she touches it. She can shoot it, she's an aggressive driver and she can post up. She's really a triple-threat player.
ball came pleased shared
We shared the ball really well. I'm pleased that we came down here so focused.
focusing great job knocking shots
(Julius) was real smooth. She did a great job of focusing and knocking down some big shots for us.
kids mental quarter third toughness
Our kids didn't blink. We didn't play so well in the third quarter but it didn't faze our kids. That mental toughness was awesome.