Ric Garcia
Ric Garcia
energy people
When our big people come to play with energy like they did tonight, we play pretty well.
against expression faces hard kids remind reno running shut time twice
We had a hard time running our offense. They remind me a lot of Reno (which shut Carson down twice this year) - our kids had the same expression on their faces against Reno.
came girls strongest tough
Sinead came to play tonight. She's a tough player. She's one of the strongest girls we have.
court good job toward trying worked
I thought Megan really worked hard. She's trying to get minutes. She's done a good job toward that goal. She was all over the court and she showed leadership.
denied energy entry guard passes played tough
Reno's guard play was too tough for us. They denied our entry passes and just played with a lot more energy than we did.
advantage felt foul good guards job line pressure quicker smaller spread three
I think we did a good job on the foul line and spread it out enough. We started Megan (along with other 'smalls,' Nunez and Vega) to see if we could get quickness. We felt like if we could pressure their guards with three smaller players, we'd be quicker and the advantage would be ours.
fought hard major number seed
That was major for us. That's why we fought so hard to get the number two seed (out of the Sierra League). We didn't want to go on the road.
gotten last played season sure team time
That's a young team that has gotten better as the season went along. They're sure better than the last time we played them.
coaching defense gym offense offensive practice sets worked
We've got to go back to the gym right away (today). We didn't practice our offensive sets enough. That was a coaching error. We worked more on our defense than our offense and it showed.
definitely girls helped played playing twice
I think it definitely helped that we had played them twice before. Our girls were very comfortable playing them.
good improve knew road slow turn year
We started out slow this year (1-3) but we knew down the road that we could improve and turn it around. It's been a good year for us.
fell great losses
We're all right. We're still doing great in conference. We have two losses in league. It's not like the whole world fell apart.
desert high knock played quite seed team together true
We played the No. 1 seed (in the High Desert League) and we were the No. 2 seed (in the Sierra League). We weren't able to knock off No. 1 because they played like No. 1. They are well coached, they have talent, and they have played together as a team for quite a while. They showed that they are a true team.
emphasis nicole
We're working on getting it to our big people. (Six-foot-two center) Nicole (Scott) hasn't been getting touches. That's been our emphasis at practice.