Paul Alepra
Paul Alepra
bit hope longer pass pick plays point team
She has been doing that a lot lately. She plays up and harasses the other team's point guard. That makes the other team do something different with their offense. It spreads them out a little bit more and makes a little bit of a longer pass which we hope to pick off.
attacking girls good maybe quit relax relaxed shots
I told the girls to relax and take good shots once we had a lead. I think maybe we relaxed too much and quit attacking the basket.
couple game girls half hit hurry playing quarter settled shots talked third
The girls kind of got in a hurry at the end of the first half, which was what they wanted us to do. We talked at the half about just playing our game and in the third quarter we did. Marla hit a couple of big shots and we settled back down.
bounce cut finding game open passes passing quick seeing shows
Each game they are getting better and better passing the ball. Those quick bounce passes to someone who is open when they are double-teamed or finding someone when they cut backdoor shows they are really seeing the floor.
break game
I don't know if it was our first game after a long break or what, but we just didn't play well in the first half.
defense hard helped second
Our defense tightened up in the second quarter. We made it hard for them to get what they wanted and that helped us.
adapted care game games girls goals looking next start taking worried worry
We are worried about our next game only and not looking ahead. The girls wanted to set some goals at the start of the year, but I told them to just worry about our next game. They have adapted to that and our one goal is just taking care of the next game. We are not worried about two games away or three.
built changed early finished fought girls half happy helped mentally overall quarter sarah second stayed
Those 3s by Sarah and Brooke were big. We also changed defenses in the second quarter and I think that helped a lot. Overall I was happy that the girls didn't get down mentally when Morrison built the early lead. We stayed with it, fought back and finished the first half strong.