Larry Usher
Larry Usher
played sam sophomore
Sam didn't play like a sophomore tonight. He played a lot like a seasoned senior.
central hard league loss lost terribly time unhappy win worked year
Any time you go to Central Oregon, you aren't terribly unhappy with a split. What we are disappointed with is that we worked hard all year to win a league championship, and we may have lost that (with the loss to Redmond).
against beat bottle crook passion played playing rest stretch work
We had about a three-week stretch where we weren't playing very well at all. We thought we played well enough to beat Crook County, and it didn't work out, but we're playing better. We just need to bottle the passion we play with against Pendleton and use it in the rest of our games.
apparent approach decided dwell kids plays took
The refs decided to let the kids make the plays down the stretch. We're not going to dwell on (the apparent non-calls), and the refs probably took the right approach (to the end of the game).
against assertive defense fine halfway hit man open quarter swagger third until
We just weren't as assertive as we were against the man defense. We really didn't get that swagger back until about halfway through the third quarter when Grogan hit an open jumper, and we were fine from there.