Keith Taylor Quotations

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.

Carthage will be as tough or tougher than anybody we've played in district, so we've got to be ready.

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.

I think in the first half we shot ourselves in the foot because every time we'd try to make a surge we turned it over. We were being too unselfish. We were trying to make one or two too many passes. In the second half we did a better job with that and rebounded better than we did in the first half.

You know discipline means to do things well and to do it to the best of your ability even if you don't feel like it. We're really not too far from where we were earlier when we were winning, but it feels like a long way. The difference is our mental expectations. If we needed any extra incentive we should have it in this game because the kids know each other so well.

That's not an excuse because we're going to see the same type of speed and defensive pressure every night in this district.

Bank of China is a long-term customer of NCR. We are excited to see the bank move forward in its deposit-automation strategy by further migrating deposit transactions from the teller counter to the self-service channel.

What it's going to take is making more shots and a few more plays.

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.

It's important we get Rocco back into our rotation and into a good rhythm before we start district play.