Terrell game
We were able to pull out a 54-52 victory on Friday at home against Terrell. It was a great win for a lot of reasons.
First of all, Terrell is a perennial power in our region. They have a great scorer/shooter in Antwain Thomas and a really good post player in Brandon Webb. Webb has been committed to the University of Texas at Arlington since his sophomore year, and they are getting a good player in him.
Two years ago we played Terrell three times and they beat us all three times. Last year we won both matchups. Friday was our chance to even the score and we were able to do so.
We had a lot of kids step up and play well. Defensively we were as good as we have been so far this year, and we were able to cut down on our turnovers. Those two things really helped us win the game. The stat of the game however was free throws. We were 11-19, Terrell was 13-13. Of our 8 misses, 5 came in the third quarter. However that was also our best defensive quarter so it sort of evened out.
The score was tied 52-52 and they had the ball with 12 seconds left. We got a steal and the ball back with 4 seconds left in front of our bench and called timeout to set something up. The kids executed it perfectly and we were able to get an easy shot as the buzzer went off for the win. A lot of people have asked me if it was something that we just drew up on the fly during that timeout. It was actually something we have in our system but haven't been unable to put it in yet. During the timeout we just reviewed it and went over options. It wasn't designed for any one specific thing to happen, but to hopefully draw defenders were we want them and put our guys in a position so that whoever got the ball could drive and make a play. That's exactly what happened and the kids did a great job of executing when the game was on the line.
First of all, Terrell is a perennial power in our region. They have a great scorer/shooter in Antwain Thomas and a really good post player in Brandon Webb. Webb has been committed to the University of Texas at Arlington since his sophomore year, and they are getting a good player in him.
Two years ago we played Terrell three times and they beat us all three times. Last year we won both matchups. Friday was our chance to even the score and we were able to do so.
We had a lot of kids step up and play well. Defensively we were as good as we have been so far this year, and we were able to cut down on our turnovers. Those two things really helped us win the game. The stat of the game however was free throws. We were 11-19, Terrell was 13-13. Of our 8 misses, 5 came in the third quarter. However that was also our best defensive quarter so it sort of evened out.
The score was tied 52-52 and they had the ball with 12 seconds left. We got a steal and the ball back with 4 seconds left in front of our bench and called timeout to set something up. The kids executed it perfectly and we were able to get an easy shot as the buzzer went off for the win. A lot of people have asked me if it was something that we just drew up on the fly during that timeout. It was actually something we have in our system but haven't been unable to put it in yet. During the timeout we just reviewed it and went over options. It wasn't designed for any one specific thing to happen, but to hopefully draw defenders were we want them and put our guys in a position so that whoever got the ball could drive and make a play. That's exactly what happened and the kids did a great job of executing when the game was on the line.
posted by Coach B at 11/27/2006 09:36:00 PM
2 Comments:
I'm enjoying reading the blog! What a positive way to review the game.
LB
Coach of the year.
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