17 Quotes by John Given

We need to force some bad shots and hold them to one shot. We haven't won too many games when we lose the rebounding battle.

Defense has always been our forte. Even with our good teams, our program's based on defense. We can control our effort on defense.

The big thing is they have seniors and a good point guard. Those girls have been playing together for three years. They're an older team in our league.

At times, we played our best basketball of the year against them. Our kids came out of that game understanding we can compete with those teams.

It's back to the old style. We're going to have to grind out wins with our defense. We're just not going to score a lot of points.

It's taken a lot longer than I anticipated for them to buy into the system. But the kids are understanding their roles. The biggest thing is confidence.

At the end of the year, her coaches made remarks to me about her ability to be a gamer. When she scores eight to 10 points a game, they often won. Jess is a scorer.

I have no intentions of changing our non-league schedule. We want to be at another level when league rolls around. League should count for something.