Ron Hop
Ron Hop
close five forth game halftime point stayed three tied until
The game was back and forth in the first half. Actually we never trailed, I think the game was tied at two and we never trailed from there. It was always close in the first half, a three to five point game for us. It pretty much stayed like that until halftime when we were up by three.
boards excellent fun job key playing rebound sergio
The key for us is that Sergio has to rebound and he did an outstanding job. I know it's not always the fun thing to do, but he's doing an excellent job on the boards and that's why we're playing better.
opened third
In the third quarter, we opened up a lead. That was pretty much the game.
amity built bury came early either game half lead quick shots taking team took work
In the first half we built up a little of a lead, but we took some risks. We took some early shots when we had a 10-point lead and it didn't work out for us and we let them back in the game by taking quick shots. Amity came down and scored. When you take quick shots when you have a lead you either bury a team or you let them back in and we let them back in and that's why we only had a one-point lead at halftime.
christian good happy kids played playoff proud road tough win
I'm happy with how the kids played in the playoff game. That's important. We've got to go on the road and play Westside Christian now. That's a tough place to play. We need to get a win there. If we do that, we play well and play well enough to get a win, so be it. It will be good for our program. It will be good for our kids. We've got young kids. I'm proud of the way they're playing.
animosity good hate intense rivalry type
The rivalry is not such an intense rivalry where's there's a lot of animosity anymore, which is good. Rivalries are good, but not when it's a ?I hate you' type of rivalry. Those aren't always good games.
boost huge
It would be a huge boost for us and a huge boost for our kids.
ball defense difficult good hard key mentally moved open pass passing plan shoot shots slow team zone
Our plan is to get out and play as hard of defense as we can and to make it as difficult on the other team as we can and then slow it down a little mentally on offense. Not necessarily slow the ball down, but take good open shots on offense. They went zone on us and we moved the ball really well. We didn't have just one pass and shoot and that's key for us. Before, when we were struggling, we were passing once and shooting.
definitely fourth free half night shot throws
Once again, we shot a lot free throws in this game. Over half of them were in the fourth quarter. We shot free throws pretty well today, 19 of 30 is not bad. It's not great. Definitely it was not like what we had the night before, but we made them down the stretch. That's what counts.
four game late rattle straight three within
We were pretty much in the game the whole way. We were within four late in the game and had a 3-pointer rattle out and they scored three straight buckets in a row. We never really got over the hump.
half played second
We played a much better second half than they did.
coaching happy since sure wins
We haven't had many wins since I've been coaching here. It's a sure lift. We're happy to get the win tonight.