We've been looking for a breakout night. We've been shooting in the mid-40s (percentage). We made our shots tonight, and we played real good defense. We're real happy with the win.
We hadn't played in awhile, so we were a little rusty in the beginning. But we got stronger as the game went on.
It was good to get a victory. We needed to win this game, especially after having lost a tough game last week.
Economics was one reason we decided to sanction again. For the most part our cars have pretty much stayed IMCA legal but some of the stuff here was getting pricey. The change in the claim rule to include the swap option was another reason. The driver getting claimed will still go home with a motor if he chooses to.
We really struggled in all facets tonight. We didn't shoot well and we had a lot of turnovers. Solon Springs came in ready to play and they took it to us. But our kids really buckled down when they needed to and that allowed us to get the win.
When a couple of guys hit three's like that, it kind of relaxes you as a team. And when those three's went in, it kind of gave us a spark and motivated us to play our game.
They stayed with us for awhile. But we really began to get our offense going late in the second and into the third quarter. We were able to turn good defense into good offense.
We went to a zone defense and the guys came out and played it well. They came out with a lot of enthusiasm. They wanted to wrap up the conference at home.
Anytime you can hold a team to zero points for a whole quarter, you have to tip your hat to the guys in the locker room. We always try to set the tempo during a game. Today, they slowed it down on us. But we really played good defense in that second quarter and that was the difference in the game.
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