Merle Olberding
Merle Olberding
good job nice running trying
I don't think we were communicating in the first half. (Norwalk) did a nice job running their offense, and we didn't do a good job identifying what they were trying to do.
anticipate care concerns fit gel great mix problems rest somebody taken team wonder
Having somebody new come in, you wonder how are they going to gel and mix in with the rest of the team and how are they going to be accepted. It was a great fit from the very beginning. You anticipate what are going to be some problems and concerns but those were taken care of right away.
ally balanced board floor good job kept nice overall points poise putting steady
Ally did a nice job putting points on the board for us early, and really kept her poise out on the floor tonight. She balanced the floor, got us in a good flow, and overall was very steady in her game.
bracket class eight field four games good teams win
The Class 3A field is very good this year. There are eight teams in that bracket right now that think they can win it all. The four first-round games are all going to be good games.
coming halftime locker people room second
I haven't, and I don't think too many people have. We were comfortable at halftime with how things were going. Obviously, coming out of the locker room for the second half, Norwalk was a different team, and we were a different team.
gambling game good sitting
There wasn't any gambling about it because the game was on the line, and they weren't going to do us any good sitting on the bench.
loyal stands
They're loyal supporters. They're in the stands before we get there.
selling start state tickets tuesday until wanting
For the state tournaments, some of them were in here Tuesday wanting their tickets and we didn't start selling until Wednesday.
ball feet hit kids loose open ran second shots
Our kids were loose (in the first half); the shots just didn't fall. The second half, we ran our offense, and our kids got their feet squared up. We got the ball inside, then we hit some threes to open up the lead.
clicked credit cylinders defense flow kicked second talk
We always talk about that we've got to be able to make adjustments, and we did that tonight. In the second half, we kind of clicked on all cylinders and executed, and that's a credit to the kids. We got into a flow on offense, and our defense kicked in.
easy establish guards inside kids move nice passes shoot
We always want to establish our inside game. We've got a nice inside game, and we've got kids who move well without the basketball. Our guards make the passes inside, and we get some easy baskets. When we shoot well, we're pretty tough.
decisions
We made some not-so-wise decisions in the first half.
circumstance lost respond year
We lost some aggressiveness and we didn't respond like we had all year in those circumstances.
adjust good needed nice teams win
This was a good win for us. We did some nice things, and Carroll made us make some adjustments and that was one thing we needed to see as a team; could we adjust when teams do some things to us.