Rick Francis
Rick Francis
fire friday jump
We jump right back into the fire on Friday night.
defense though
Even though they only scored 43 points, our defense was not very good.
basis consistent defense good time
We feel we can play pretty good defense, and any time you play good defense on a consistent basis you're going to be in the game.
backed crowded game last time
We crowded him too much last game and he went around us. This time we backed off him.
aware brown good
McDaniel was not getting good looks. We were very aware of where he was, but then (Eric) Brown started making 3-pointers.
against biggest factors freshman half lack northern officials schools section supply
One of the biggest factors was a lack of officials ... the commissioner of officials (Bert Haskins of Merced) said he just couldn't supply enough during the winter. Also, the schools in the northern half of the section were against it for lack of fields. A lot of those schools have freshman teams.
pleased
I was really pleased with the way we played.
great last nice
Shane did a great job. That's nice to have going into the last two games.
easy offense perfection
Give Manteca credit. They executed their offense to perfection and the got a lot of easy shots.
ball broke per turned
We broke it most of the time, but we turned the ball over too much. We're averaging 15 turnovers per game, and you can't do that.
careful share
We're being careful to play them one at a time. We don't want to share the title.
answer ball defense matter threw
We had an answer for every defense they threw at us. It was just a matter of the ball not going in the basket.
band figure kids normally section six student worth
We didn't have as many kids in the student section as we normally do, and we figure the band is worth six to 10 points.
aggressive attack ball means
That means you're not being aggressive inside. We were getting the ball inside, but you've got to attack the basket.