Todd Tripp
Todd Tripp
shooting work
We've got to work on our shooting when we get back to practice.
against defense good job running
We did a better job of running things than we did against Benton. And Herrin's defense was pretty good it was better than Benton's.
ball knocked shoot shot shots tried
We tried to make them shoot the ball and they shot the ball. I didn't think (Ackley) could shoot like that and he knocked two shots down to get things started.
beat coming count cut deeper kids looked maybe scared time trying
Maybe for the first time all year, I thought we looked a little tired. We were deeper than they were, I thought, but our kids were so scared of getting cut and beat backdoor, they weren't coming up and trying to get a count on them.
bright free pleased spot throw
The one bright spot I was pleased with was our free throw shooting. We were 20-for-25 from the line.
ahead best days kid next strong
This is an athletic, strong kid who will just get better at the next level. I think his best days are ahead of him.
free head hitting hole people played stepped teams throws trouble
A lot of teams we've played have had trouble guarding him. He can take a lot of people to the hole but he just hasn't been hitting free throws lately. I think a lot of that was in his head and he stepped up and hit them tonight.
basics basketball fight hard teams until
They're like us in that they're not real big overall, but they play hard like we do. They just try to play the basics of basketball and that's what we do. We'll have two teams that fight until the end.
shoot
That's not like Brandon, he usually doesn't shoot like that. But sometimes you have those games.
explain game gave kids playing referee technical terrible
They gave him a technical and I really don't know why, to tell you the truth. I don't think (the referee) could explain it very well either. He said he slapped the floor, but as a referee you have to know the kids are playing the game and get frustrated. (Hood) didn't say anything to the ref. I thought it was a terrible call.
extremely half hard harder next picked played pleased second short
I wasn't very pleased with our play tonight. (The Trojans) played extremely hard in the first half but we picked it up in the second half. If we don't come to play a lot harder in the next two weeks, it will be a short two weeks.
bench felt kids last run seven
I just felt like we have in the last seven games, now eight, that our bench had a lot to do with (our winning). We can run kids in and out out there.
below good percent season
That's pretty good for us. We had dipped to below 60 percent for the season before tonight.
coach hate joy kids seniors
It's a joy to be around these kids and a joy to coach these kids. I hate to see the seniors go.