Gary Giancola
Gary Giancola
ball handling needed offense pressure
We needed more offense from Cory and he'll do better away from the pressure of handling the ball all the time.
electricity last school year
You can feel the electricity in the school and the community. I feel it more this year than last year. The way we're playing, I like our chances.
early leadership learned low meeting points senior stepped team together took
We had a little team meeting and our senior leadership stepped up and we got together as a team. We've learned from our low points and took our lumps early in the season.
basketball best defense half individual second
We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little individual in the second half.
bench cleared fourth game good third
We put the game away in the third and cleared the bench in the fourth quarter. Everyone got good minutes.
balance control death half mix sudden tempo
We like the mix we have. Balance is the key. We like to control tempo and play in the half court. Right now, everything is on the up and up. But this is sudden death for every team. So we know nothing is going to come easily.
needed remember settle time
We just needed a time out to settle them down, and remember how we play the game.
bonded enjoy last lose time together
We've bonded together as a team. They enjoy being around each other. This time always hurts. You lose that last game. For seniors, especially at this stage, it hurts.
game holding looking smart start teams
We're looking to play our game and go right at them. If we can get better play out of our back court, especially on defense, and play smart basketball, we could start holding teams in the 40s and 50s.
foot four half intensity keeping last night second sustained third took
We sustained our intensity for four quarters. We started the same way we did in Glidden, but there we took our foot off the throttle in the second half and just coasted. Last night we concentrated on keeping our intensity up. We had an exceptional third quarter.
forward looking opportunity trip
We're looking forward to having the opportunity to play for another trip to the sectionals.
defense help interior last matter needs personnel
We're still making adjustments in personnel to get to where we want to be. But we need to play better defense, no matter who we've got out there. Our interior defense needs to improve. Our help defense needs to get after it, if we're going to get back to where we were last year.
brought energy great job
We brought them up to give us energy on the floor. I thought they did a great job in their first varsity game.
home looking seed seen teams
We've seen all the teams once. We have some of the better teams at home this time. We're looking at that No. 2 seed in the regional.