Hillhouse plays 10 guys and they're very athletic. They rebound very well.
We're still losing those close ones. We need to keep working on winning our share of those kinds of games.
We played well both offensively and defensively in the second quarter. We hit a couple of threes and that got us back. But in truth, we did just about everything possible to lose the game.
Cheshire played very good zone defense. And we didn't play real well. It was a very big win for them and a tough loss for us because it was a cross-over game that counted in the league playoff standings.
He?s easily the best Hand High School player ever, and that?s not just coming from me. This kid put the work in himself. Between his own self-motivation and his dad (Charlie) as his private tutor, they made this happen. I reaped the benefits. He just wants to compete.
We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some big ones in the fourth quarter. And we rebounded three of our own missed free throws which was very important.
We were down by 13 in the third quarter. But we came back and with 30 seconds to go, we were down by just two. This was a game we had a chance to win, but it's very hard to come from 13 down against a very athletic team like Hamden.
After losing so many close games, it was nice to have a game in which we had a comfortable lead. It gave us a chance to play some of the other kids and that's always a good thing.
When you're up by four in overtime, you should win. But in that last minute, we made some very poor decisions with the ball.
He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.
