Denis Freeman
Denis Freeman
ability aggressive attack came half john second stay zone
I thought they were going to stay in the zone but they came out kind of aggressive on the guards. John, being experienced, popped out and got the ball. We were stressing the whole second half to attack the seam in the zone and John has the ability to do that.
converted defense forced morgan offense pressure settle
Our pressure defense really started to work. We didn't let Morgan settle into their offense and when we forced a turnover, we converted on the other end.
george good great job kids miss understand
Manning doesn't miss many good shots. And the other kids around him understand their roles. George does a great job with them.
chaos create easy gamble leave man steals worked
You leave your man and you double-team and you try to gamble and create some chaos and that worked out. We got steals and some easy hoops.
atmosphere exciting fired game good great gym
This was an exciting game, a good game to watch. The atmosphere here is always great when the gym is packed. How could you not be fired up to go out and play hard?
close credit fortunate games goes kids mentally tough win
We've been fortunate to win some close games and the credit goes to the kids because they're mentally tough and have been making the plays.
bit coming defense great lately offense year
The defense and the rebounding have been great all year long. The offense was a bit of a concern, but lately it has been coming around.
capable kids patient point strengths
From this point on we're not going to be patient any more. I think we're capable of more. We have kids who have strengths and we just have to get them to play to those strengths. That's the most important part at this point.
last loss point state struggle winning won year
This year has been a struggle for us, the way we are winning games. Nothing comes easy. We may have had one more loss at this point last year when we won the state title, but it was completely different.
awhile basketball loose peter shoot talented tendency
Peter is very talented. He has a tendency once in awhile to get loose and nonchalant. He's 6-5, he can shoot it, he can put it on the floor, he can pass, he can rebound. He's a very talented basketball player.
changed couple dylan foul great hit job momentum played second shots
Dylan and Seth Hansen sparked us. Seth did a great job. He made a couple of great moves, he rebounded, he played defense. Dylan hit his shots and made some foul shots. The whole momentum kind of changed in the second half.
bank guy hanging hard kids lucky shot
Sometimes you're better to be lucky than good, right? Yeah, you bank a shot in like that and its luck. But these kids don't quit. If you keep hanging in there and working hard sometimes the lucky guy wins.
afraid against bench best games gets gotten happens north player role sophomore takes year
He's not afraid to take a shot. Dylan's only a sophomore and he's gotten used to his role as a player off the bench. He takes the big shots, he gets to the rim and isn't afraid to get fouled. It just happens that his two best games of the year have come off the bench against North Branford.
defensive good time
I told the kids, what did we do good tonight? We made so many mistakes. This was the first time I've been disappointed in our defensive effort.