Wendy Price
Wendy Price
focus past
Our focus right now is (only on) Carver. Because if we don't get past them, it doesn't matter.
allowing ask defensive girls holding pleased points third
I was very pleased with our defensive play in the first half, holding them to only 10 points and then only allowing two points in the third quarter. ?. I can't ask any more of the girls than that.
close fourth mind quarter strong talk
We always talk about at halftime, you've got to come out strong in the fourth quarter of close games. You've got to get it in your opponent's mind there's no way you're going to let them get back in the game.
helped keeping lead
We had to play our style, our way to win. Us keeping the lead a little helped us with our confidence.
bit forced
We were a little bit quicker. We forced them into a lot of turnovers.
floor longer looked plus reason
We looked winded. They looked winded, too. The floor here is longer than we're used to, so I don't know if that was the reason ? that plus being on break.
deep foul girls lead press tends
We're probably not going to press them. I don't have that deep of a bench, so I want to keep our girls out of foul trouble. And pressing tends to lead to foul trouble.
block draw foul people sure
What I would like to do is get some of their big people in foul trouble. I'm sure that, with their size, they probably try to block a lot of shots. So, hopefully, we can draw a lot of fouls.
ball defense forced hurry inside job looks open passing second seemed trying work
We seemed to be in a hurry in the first half, especially in trying to get the ball inside to Dominique Powell. In the second half, we was able to do a better job with the ball, reversing it and passing it better for more open looks and that loosened up their defense and forced them to work a little harder.
basketball game kid knows leader
She knows the game of basketball probably better than any kid I've ever coached. She's a leader on the floor.
absolute force inside major shot strong
She's as strong as an ox. She's an absolute major force inside for us with her rebounding, and she has an outstanding shot from the outside.
hard win worries
One thing that worries me, going into Hickory, is that we had to play hard to win this game.
job main
That's the main thing we've been stressing in practice, our 'D'. We did an outstanding job tonight.
came crucial knew needed ready shots third
I knew it was going to be crucial to have a big third quarter. They came out ready to play, and we didn't have the shots we needed to fall.