Ric Garcia Quotations

We started out slow this year (1-3) but we knew down the road that we could improve and turn it around. It's been a good year for us.

Sinead came to play tonight. She's a tough player. She's one of the strongest girls we have.

We've got to go back to the gym right away (today). We didn't practice our offensive sets enough. That was a coaching error. We worked more on our defense than our offense and it showed.

I think it definitely helped that we had played them twice before. Our girls were very comfortable playing them.

I think we did a good job on the foul line and spread it out enough. We started Megan (along with other 'smalls,' Nunez and Vega) to see if we could get quickness. We felt like if we could pressure their guards with three smaller players, we'd be quicker and the advantage would be ours.

Reno's guard play was too tough for us. They denied our entry passes and just played with a lot more energy than we did.

I thought Megan really worked hard. She's trying to get minutes. She's done a good job toward that goal. She was all over the court and she showed leadership.

That was major for us. That's why we fought so hard to get the number two seed (out of the Sierra League). We didn't want to go on the road.

That's a young team that has gotten better as the season went along. They're sure better than the last time we played them.

We're all right. We're still doing great in conference. We have two losses in league. It's not like the whole world fell apart.

We played the No. 1 seed (in the High Desert League) and we were the No. 2 seed (in the Sierra League). We weren't able to knock off No. 1 because they played like No. 1. They are well coached, they have talent, and they have played together as a team for quite a while. They showed that they are a true team.

We're working on getting it to our big people. (Six-foot-two center) Nicole (Scott) hasn't been getting touches. That's been our emphasis at practice.

When our big people come to play with energy like they did tonight, we play pretty well.

We had a hard time running our offense. They remind me a lot of Reno (which shut Carson down twice this year) - our kids had the same expression on their faces against Reno.

Douglas came out fired up and we couldn't meet their energy level. Nicole had two fouls early and we sent her to the bench. And we struggled with their 1-3-1 (defensive scheme).

This being my first year, I was blessed to have a team like this. They are the greatest girls in the world. They worked together and made life pleasurable for me in my first year coaching here. In my 27 years of coaching, this was my most enjoyable year.

All of our kids played hard. South Tahoe was down on numbers and had injuries. Their kids played extremely hard. They had a good energy level no matter who was out there.

It was a quiet bus ride all the way (to Reno). It wasn't like these girls that I've come to know. It worried me. They seemed to be...lifeless. With this group, we need to play with energy.

It's a brand new season. But because of the past we're familiar with them, having lost to them twice. But, if anything, it gives us knowledge having gone against them, as opposed to say Elko.

It was a major coaching blunder. The first group did their job. The second group came in and the lead went away. Then the third group couldn't stop them either.

It was just our night. When the ball is going in the basket when you're falling down, you know it's your night.

Hopefully that will be a good reality check for us.