Debbie Blake
Debbie Blake
area families hard higher means work
It just means that the expectations are higher and they have a lot of hard work to do over the summer. Expectations will be higher, not only from me, but from the area and their families and the community.
focused girls hard listened nine pages staff
I've got nine pages of notes. We've been working hard all week, my staff has been working hard, and (the players) listened to us -- that was the key. The girls focused and did everything we asked.
focused girls
The girls focused and did everything we asked.
calm deciding game problem rather stay tough trying
It's been a little tough trying to get everyone to stay calm and focused. But I'd rather have that problem than deciding which game I wanted to go watch.
along believe hall league playing region says strong sweet teams three west
I believe it did help, along with playing West Hall and all the other teams. That really makes a difference, playing in a strong league like we have. Three teams in the sweet 16 really says a lot about Region 7-AAA.
along beat believed coming due expect impossible improve improved number passionate possibly season sneak stepped virtually
I didn't expect to be here. I believed that we could improve all season and possibly sneak in, which we did. But it's virtually impossible to beat a number one seed. They've just really improved and stepped up. They're coming along and that's due to hard, passionate work.
boards crash expect mix zone
I expect them to crash the boards a lot. They play a mix of man-to-man and zone on defense.
defense second stepped
I think we all stepped up on our defense in the second half.
great hitting inside job player pulling rebounds shots
(Davenport) did a great job. She was pulling down rebounds for us, she was hitting shots for us. She's a great player and she did a great job inside for us.
gave key second third
They (West Hall) just executed better than we did. The key was we gave them too many second and third shots.
chance learn quit starting stayed
They stayed with it and I think they're starting to learn that you can never quit because there is always a chance to come back.
box general girl good guard individual point
We've got to box out and our point guard has got to get back on defense. We've just got to play good general defense. How we want them to play each individual girl is different.
feet move
We just need to move our feet offensively and be patient.