We're still losing those close ones. We need to keep working on winning our share of those kinds of games.
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.
The only good thing about this game is that it doesn't count towards the Southern Connecticut Conference playoffs. It isn't one of our crossover games, so we're still 3-1 in that category.
To get a road win against a team in our division made me happy.
He's a really smooth player. I wish he played for me.
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.
That was a huge shot. Shots like that are why we love him.
That was frustrating because we have lost so many close game. I thought that this was our turn to win a close one, but everything turned out OK in overtime, so we're happy.
We played some pretty good pressure defense tonight and I think that got them out of sync. It's the best game we've played in a while.
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.
We were able to hang on after that.
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.
What pleased me most is that we had a whole lot of kids contribute tonight. We had kids get seven eight points, grab rebounds, get assists -- things that don't always show up in the box score.
We tried to keep the game in the 40s. In the 50s, we still had a chance, but we can't win giving up over 60 points. We made a good showing, but not good enough.
It was a little bit frustrating, at times, for him because he wanted his team to succeed more than anything. He may have been my hardest-working guy (ever) at practice. When a guy of that caliber sets the tone in practice, it made it a lot easier for me.
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.
This game is always a big one. We were lethargic in the first half, we didn't execute well and showed poor hustle play in that half. But we played better in the second half. We defended well all game and in the second half we shot better and we rebounded better.
This keeps us alive in the race for a spot in the Southern Connecticut Conference playoffs. We have two games left that count with Hillhouse and with Jonathan Law, the last game of the year. It may come down to that last game.
Everybody played after some illnesses. They all weren't 100-nt, but they were good enough to play.
Hillhouse plays 10 guys and they're very athletic. They rebound very well.
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.
