Tom Armstrong
Tom Armstrong
floor four girls guards likes run shoot team
They shoot 16 3s a game, and they have four girls who are 3-point shooters. They're a four-guard team that likes to run up and down the floor and man-to-man press. Their guards are their strength.
free good guards heat knew maybe shooting talked throw wrong
We didn't want to put them on the line. We knew they were a good free throw shooting team. Their guards are good free throw shooters. We talked that maybe we were fouling the wrong people, but in the heat of the moment, what are you going to do?
defensive good
They were a good defensive team. They had a lot of athletes. You could see that.
crucial easy free missed throws
We missed some easy shots. And we missed free throws at crucial times.
aggressive came expect knew talked tone
I was (surprised). You expect a dogfight all the way. We talked about how we had to be the aggressor. We knew Hurley is a very aggressive team. We had to set the tone that we came to play, and we showed that we came to play.
coach smarter
She makes a coach look smart. She makes me look smarter than I am.
passes players post worked
We worked a lot on our high-low passes and our post players sealing. That worked well for us.
They're small, scrappy, and they never give up. They'll play right to the end.
good teams
There are good teams all the way through. It's been like that for awhile.
close closest games half improved last lost nine quite team win won
We won some close games, and we lost some close games in the first half of the season. Right now we've won 9 of our last 10, and I think the closest win was by nine points. (The sophomores) have improved quite a bit, and our team has improved quite a bit.
came girls played ready
I thought the Ashland girls played hard. They came ready to play.
figured last mark pitch struggled
Mark pitched well. We had him on a pitch count, so when he struggled a little in the fourth, we figured that was enough. Zach pitched well the last two innings.
good team
We had good balance. It was a good team effort.
biggest character learn regain team
We have to learn that when you get a team on the ropes, you have to put them away. The biggest thing I have to say is that we still had the character to come back from that and regain our composure.