Tony Vis
Tony Vis
job kids mentally staying tough
It wasn't pretty at times, but we toughed our way through it. These kids are mentally tough and they did an outstanding job of staying that way for 32 minutes, because it's a tough environment.
easily fighting great kept kids mentally plugging position tent tough
We're mentally tough and we were not going to go away. We got down 10 and could have easily folded the tent on the big stage. The kids just kept fighting and plugging away and got us back into that thing. They put us in a great position at halftime.
behind coming five four hard kid legs minutes provide time year
You get to this time of year and one of the things we try to do is keep their legs fresh. When you know that you can go out there and go hard for three, four or five minutes . . . and then you're going to get a break, and that kid coming in behind you is going to provide a spark, it frees you up to do more.
best came coming game kept talking
I kept talking about it all week. You know, preparation ... we're doing new stuff. At the same time, it's coming ... it's coming ... and then, all of a sudden, BAM! It came out. And we played, I think, our best game of the year.
basketball helped map proud
I'm very proud of all of them. They helped put Harlan (girls) basketball back on the map ... a place it hasn't been in a while.
bounds consistent far given grow high knock leaps low points presence sit watch
It's amazing. I sit there and just watch her grow in leaps and bounds every game. She's given us that presence down low as far as the points, and that's just so important for us because those are the consistent points that are always going to be there. The threes may not be, but you know the five-footers . . . you can knock down at a high percentage.
composure lost second seemed
It seemed like Lacey lost some of her composure (in the first half). And she regained her composure in the second half.
free gave hat lost plays seniors stepped throws tip won
Their seniors stepped up and made free throws - I think of the two one-and-ones there at the end. You have to tip your hat to them. I don't think we lost it or gave it away as much as they made plays and won it.
advance game hour ready
There's no aesthetics anymore, you just want to survive, advance and live to play another day. We'll (practice Sunday) for about an hour and then get ready for a very scrappy, very game Creston team.
coming maybe motivate satisfied team trying
Our team was maybe a little satisfied coming into the game. Right now we're just trying to find something to motivate them (again).
angles attempts build free gave goal hands hope move rather reaching stop talk throw time trying year
I don't know why we do that. That's one of the things we talk about before (every game). Our goal is to keep (opponents) at 10 free throw attempts or less, and we gave them 25 tonight. We've just got to move our feet, we've got got to stop reaching with our hands and we've got to take better angles - things that at this time of year you hope to be fine-tuning rather than trying to go back and build a foundation.
attitude happy talked trying win
One of the things we talked about is not this attitude we're not just happy to be there. We're going there for business, and we're trying to win some games.
chance experience seniors seven
More importantly, I wanted them (the players) to have a chance to get there and experience that. Seven seniors ... what a way to go out. What a way to go out.
built came early led nicole
Nicole came out and led us early and got some big baskets and built our confidence.