Ric Garcia
Ric Garcia
came coaching group lead major second stop third
It was a major coaching blunder. The first group did their job. The second group came in and the lead went away. Then the third group couldn't stop them either.
ball basket falling night
It was just our night. When the ball is going in the basket when you're falling down, you know it's your night.
came douglas early energy fired meet nicole sent struggled
Douglas came out fired up and we couldn't meet their energy level. Nicole had two fouls early and we sent her to the bench. And we struggled with their 1-3-1 (defensive scheme).
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.
blessed coaching enjoyable girls greatest life team together worked year
This being my first year, I was blessed to have a team like this. They are the greatest girls in the world. They worked together and made life pleasurable for me in my first year coaching here. In my 27 years of coaching, this was my most enjoyable year.
came girls strongest tough
Sinead came to play tonight. She's a tough player. She's one of the strongest girls we have.
bus girls quiet ride seemed worried
It was a quiet bus ride all the way (to Reno). It wasn't like these girls that I've come to know. It worried me. They seemed to be...lifeless. With this group, we need to play with energy.
against brand familiar gives gone knowledge lost opposed past
It's a brand new season. But because of the past we're familiar with them, having lost to them twice. But, if anything, it gives us knowledge having gone against them, as opposed to say Elko.
energy extremely good kids level matter numbers played south
All of our kids played hard. South Tahoe was down on numbers and had injuries. Their kids played extremely hard. They had a good energy level no matter who was out there.
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.
check good hopefully reality
Hopefully that will be a good reality check for us.
energy people
When our big people come to play with energy like they did tonight, we play pretty well.
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.
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.