Todd Tripp
Todd Tripp
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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.
felt games hurt last
I felt it hurt when Fischer didn't play. The last two games we haven't been able to finish.
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.
bench felt kids last run seven
I just felt like we have in the last seven games, now eight, that our bench had a lot to do with (our winning). We can run kids in and out out there.
ball changes extremely game good hard knew last running shooting summer worked year
He had a good year last year but he worked extremely hard over the summer to make his game better. Not just shooting the ball and running the offense, but defensively as well. He worked at it and everyone could see that. Everyone could see the changes and knew that he was a lot better.
came flat job last night offensive rebound second tough
I don't want to make excuses, but we had a tough one last night and I thought we came out flat in the first half. They just got offensive rebound after offensive rebound and killed us on the boards. In the second half, I thought we did a lot better job getting to the boards.
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.
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.
goals kids undefeated
The kids had goals and that was one of the goals. We wanted to be undefeated at home.
best contribute definitely happy key team tough
The key to our team is getting everyone to contribute like they did tonight. It definitely showed. We didn't play our best but it was enough and Herrin, for having a 2-22 record, is a tough team. We're happy to get this win.
ball knocked shoot shot shots tried
We tried to make them shoot the ball and they shot the ball. I didn't think (Ackley) could shoot like that and he knocked two shots down to get things started.
basketball few goes good hot means played season team throughout tournament
This was more important than the tournament. This goes throughout the whole season and means we've played good basketball the whole way. A team can get hot in the tournament for a few days, like we did this year, but this is even better.
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.
shooting work
We've got to work on our shooting when we get back to practice.