Carthage will be as tough or tougher than anybody we've played in district, so we've got to be ready.
We seemed rattled in the early going that things didn't go our way, but I thought we hit some shots in the second half and played better. We're still battling. Our expectations are much higher than just playing hard and competing. As long as I'm here we're going to go into these games with the expectation of winning.
I talked to the kids yesterday and said we should have one of the best shooting teams in East Texas. And we haven't been. We've been finding other ways to scrap up wins. We have good shooters, and I hope today will kind of break that ice for us.
That's not an excuse because we're going to see the same type of speed and defensive pressure every night in this district.
It's important we get Rocco back into our rotation and into a good rhythm before we start district play.
Tatum will be tough. Their record (7-12, 0-1) isn't indicative of how good they are. They'll be ready to play and ready to get back in the win column.
In the first four of five games we only made about 52 percent of our free throws. Our kids have responded by shooting 78 percent since then. Right now, we're shooting about 67 percent.
We played eight games in about a 10-day stretch and didn't have a lot of practice time. I think it wound up hurting us some.
What it's going to take is making more shots and a few more plays.
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