Jimmy Epperly Quotations

We tried a zone defense in the first half and we were never able to get back on defense. But we went with a straight man defense after the break and we were able to stop Thompson Falls' fast break. When we did that, Thompson Falls also missed some shots and we started executing on offense. Once we started to get some shots falling, we just exploded.

Basically, Woods shut us down in the middle.

Isaiah did all that while being sick. He looked white and pale out there but he gutted it up.

Our post players made some good, quick moves inside and we made Libby's big guys move their feet.

Nathan hit some outside shots, was the recipient of some good passes and he also scored off the dribble. Nathan scored through a variety of ways.

We had a horrid first half defensively and we played with no energy. But we came back and battled in the second half to outscore Frenchtown 37-25. Our kids never gave up and that's a good sign of character. After the game I heard some people from Frenchtown say that we have a feisty team.

We kind of had a weird line-up on the floor--one that I normally wouldn't put out there against a team with as much height as Big Sky. We had a big guy on one of their top shooters and another smaller guy on their other (6-foot-4) shooter.

We cut the lead to 12 by the intermission and our goal was to get the deficit down to six before the fourth quarter. I had no idea we would actually lead by 12 after the third quarter.

It's always great to get that first win. It helps to build confidence. But I have to admit I was kind of bummed when we got down 30-12 in the first half. I just tried to stay positive and realized that it was a fast-paced game and that we could make some adjustments.

Their two big scorers got loose the final three minutes of the third quarter. But before that, we played very well. Our man press was effective for a while and we did a great job of rebounding.