Todd Tripp
Todd Tripp
free game kids last next pleased scoring shooting throw tonight tough tuesday until
This was a tough game to get up for tonight. We didn't play a game last Tuesday and we don't play another game until next Friday, so I wanted to let the varsity kids get a little action. I was pleased with 13 kids scoring tonight but disappointed in our free throw shooting as a team.
close hands rush shoot
We wanted them to rush some of their 3-point shots. We wanted to close out on their shooters and get our hands up and make them shoot with our hands in their face.
coach hate joy kids seniors
It's a joy to be around these kids and a joy to coach these kids. I hate to see the seniors go.
below good percent season
That's pretty good for us. We had dipped to below 60 percent for the season before tonight.
heard smack
Oh, that was big. I heard the smack from where I was. That was big for him and it was big for our team.
good graham hold
The big thing will be rebounding. We've keyed on that every game. We have to rebound. And we can't let Graham go off and have a big game. He's going to score, he's too good to hold down, but we just can't let him go crazy.
ball battle felt game gave good last team time
We felt like we gave the game to them the last time we played. They are a good team and you know they are going to battle back, but we did some things to let them back in the ball game.
boards controlled defense good kept playing struggled
We struggled on offense, but we kept playing defense and kept getting stops. I thought we controlled the boards and our defense was good tonight.
next practice regional
We'll get after it in practice next week. It's regional time. We'll see what happens.
free head hitting hole people played stepped teams throws trouble
A lot of teams we've played have had trouble guarding him. He can take a lot of people to the hole but he just hasn't been hitting free throws lately. I think a lot of that was in his head and he stepped up and hit them tonight.
explain game gave kids playing referee technical terrible
They gave him a technical and I really don't know why, to tell you the truth. I don't think (the referee) could explain it very well either. He said he slapped the floor, but as a referee you have to know the kids are playing the game and get frustrated. (Hood) didn't say anything to the ref. I thought it was a terrible call.
basics basketball fight hard teams until
They're like us in that they're not real big overall, but they play hard like we do. They just try to play the basics of basketball and that's what we do. We'll have two teams that fight until the end.
shoot
That's not like Brandon, he usually doesn't shoot like that. But sometimes you have those games.
bright free pleased spot throw
The one bright spot I was pleased with was our free throw shooting. We were 20-for-25 from the line.