Halftime Quotations | Page 3

We've got some guys who can make big plays and every game it's someone different. Tonight it was Brent Phillips. Before Phillips' big run we were looking to run the clock out before halftime and his run was huge. After that, we went for it and got a big score going into the half.

We had an 11-0 lead but then we had an 11-point lead at halftime so they (Westbrook) essentially played us even, which I wasn't too happy with. But we were still in control of the game, which is fine.

We played very poorly last week but we got some breaks. We were not pleased and the kids know we were not pleased. They (Elmwood) were not pleased with their effort. Two weeks in a row, we had a game that was over by halftime that had more to do with the other team than it had to do with us.

We played very sloppy early. We gave up too many goals in the first half. But we made some adjustments at halftime and played well enough to win in the second half.

We executed better in the second half, and that's what we spent halftime talking about.

We finally felt at halftime we had really established that post game.

We finally penetrated their box and put the ball toward the net. We talked at halftime about being more aggressive inside . . . and we were definitely more aggressive in that moment.

We got down by 15 at halftime with a bad second quarter. We didn't quit, kept fighting and gave ourselves a chance to win at the end when we cut it to eight. We just couldn't quite get it done.

We really missed some crucial free throws. We should have at least went into halftime with a 10 or 12-point lead.

There's not many things less important than the score at halftime.

That was our deal at halftime that we wanted to put pressure on the quarterback.

That was big because I thought they'd make some adjustments at halftime and make a run at us. It seemed like there were opportunities whenever they scored, we were able to answer. Dan hit some big baskets for us.

That was a great play! To be able to get a stop and then Sean throws the ball up and it goes in. We've got momentum going into halftime and it puts a smile on our face. I thought it helped us by starting the second half getting another lead and extending it.

That was his message at halftime and what he kept saying on the sidelines. Things don't always go your way in the game. You cannot lose your mind and you cannot lose your composure.

We've seen it about 10 times. You have to be ready to play. Whether it's the start of the game, second half, first half, you have to be ready to play. I can't go out there and play. You have to be ready to play as a player. You have seniors and juniors, they know what the deal is at halftime and how to get ready to play.

We heard them screaming at halftime like they'd already won. I told the girls, 'If you walk out on this court, you better believe we're winning. Otherwise, don't walk out on the court.

We're a second-half team, definitely. For some reason in the first half we just can't get it done, but we get angry at halftime and then come out and do it in the second half.

We ran a hurry up offense and we had to get a TD but we left it on the 10-yard line, ... It was 7-0 at halftime so it was anybody's game at that time. We just needed to do the things we were capable of. We need to do some growing up on the field. We are a young team and I challenged them to grow up on the field. We did some things better.

We really got after it after halftime and took the edge back in rebounding and on defense.

We didn't want to come out flat. That was one of our weaknesses over the last couple of weeks, coming out after halftime flat. With the Karl Malone retirement and everything, we were in (the locker room) a little bit longer than usual. (We had to) come out and get some buckets quick.

We've struggled all year to play for 40 minutes. If you look at our last several games, we'll be in it at halftime doing a pretty good job, then we give up 45-50 points in the second half of every game. Somehow, we've got to find a way in the future to play 40 minutes.

We didn't quit and our effort was there to the end. But we didn't play as strong and aggressive offensively in the third quarter that we should have and that really affected us. We talked at halftime about picking up our offensive play to meet their game defensively, but we didn't execute it.

We had a pretty spirited halftime, and we just looked at it as pretty much a turning point for our season. We can't afford to lose too many games, especially at home, and we just knew we needed to come out and shut them down. At halftime we ratcheted it up and got down to our defense.

We didn't start that good and were lucky to be that close. Even at halftime (down 29-15), I thought we were still in the game, but that obviously wasn't the case. I thought we could run with them, but we couldn't.

We didn't start the game our way, like we wanted. I think it energized us for the second half. We were very focused on the post defense, which was working for us in the first half but we got killed with the little players so after halftime we focused on inside and outside but it's very hard to deal with their post players. It's a battle.

We were able to put Colby in there and he gave us a spark. That got them settled down. That 90 yard drive right before halftime was big time for us. I think it got us clicking. I think our kids got the nerves and wide eyed stuff out of there and it made a difference.

We were ahead by 15 at halftime and I wasn't sure if it was going to be enough with this bunch. But I felt good about the way we handled the second half." ()

We were a little upset initially. Detroit is a city of music legends, and we thought it would be remiss to come all the way here and not use at least one artist from Detroit. But I'm appreciative of the fact that they did ask me to do the halftime show several times before, and the anthem this time.

We worked our tails off this week. We were really disappointed in the Gibson Southern finish. So I told them at halftime tonight that we were going to need at least 17 more points to win it, and they believed it.

What I told the girls at halftime was that we could get a moral victory because it was impossible to win. We showed how we could play in the second half. It gives us something positive to build on.

We only ran 15 plays offensive plays in the first half and we just didn't get in synch. We were too anxious to get on the ball. We made our adjustments at halftime and we came out we were able to move the ball.

We called it to Britney. She catches it and boom, 3-pointer. That's huge because it not only gives us confidence going into halftime but it builds her confidence for down the road.

We came in at halftime and a lot of guys had their heads down,

We came in at halftime and we thought we were going to win the game.

We came in here thinking from the start we could win. We were a little disappointed at halftime that we were down. I said, 'We played pretty poorly and they played pretty good ? and we were only down by three.' We really weren't in that bad of shape after what I thought was not a good first-half effort.

We came out a little slow and lazy tonight in the first half. The kids read the newspapers. They know it's a game they're supposed to win and that's how we played. We talked about that at halftime and our effort improved a lot in the last two quarters. The kids played well in the second half.

We left points on the board in the first half. We should have had the lead at the half. With a fragile team, you can't do that. A halftime lead is an important thing.

We knew we had the ability to come back. We just didn't come out ready to play in the first half, and that was evident by the halftime score.

We knew we had the lead at halftime and they would come at us with an horrendous push. They are a tremendous team. It was a typical BA and Dillard game right down to the end.

We knew we had to be more aggressive, stop letting them get offensive rebounds and pick up our defense. Coach (Mike Lonergan) stressed that at halftime and we just brought it in the second half.

We asked the kids at halftime what kind of attainable goal we wanted to set, because we didn't want this turning into a massive blowout. And we decided we wanted to just try and outscore them in one quarter, which was something we haven't been able to do in 10 quarters to that point. And at 20-17, we did that. It's not a big thing, but it's a start.

We were very proud of how we played at halftime and we told the kids so.

We competed exceptionally hard the first half and so did Pontiac. At halftime we talked about being the aggressor and being tougher physically.

We really came out ready to play, especially on the offensive end. I thought we got some great ? not good, great looks early and we were stepping into our shots. The ball went inside-out and I thought we were really making the defense work. I believe we went into halftime with 10 assists and three turnovers and giving up no offensive rebounds. When you do that, it's usually a recipe for success.

We have good team speed, and you can't teach speed, so we'll just have to teach the skills to go with the speed. The first thing to do is to get the kids to believe in themselves. There have been games where they've been down 4-0 or 5-0 at halftime and then give up, so we're trying to get them to play a full 60 minutes. They've had great attitudes so far, so hopefully we'll steal a game here and there. We'll do the best we can.

We were not playing our best soccer and at halftime I gave the old Rudy speech. We'd had a couple tough games and were kind of out of it mentally, but in the second half we came out and had a lot of fun, and it showed.

We were saying at halftime we have to come out on fire in the third quarter and if we won the third quarter, we would set ourselves up for success.

We said at halftime that this game wasn't over, that they had a quarterback who could pass them back into it. After the runback, it was our game.

We knew that they had 3-point shooters so if they started hitting threes it would be a different game. We were up 15 at halftime but we weren't comfortable because this team was here for a reason and, if they hit some threes, it could be a different game.

We said that at halftime ... we didn't see a bad shot. We were happy about that.

We saw (Broughton) play on Tuesday and we knew they had a very sophisticated offense. We had to make some adjustments at halftime and play better defense in the second half. When we play hard defensively, that transforms into (offensive opportunities).

We kind of dug ourselves a little bit of a hole there. Credit Ripon. They really shot the ball well. We thought at halftime if they continue to shoot the ball that well there's not going to be much we were going to be able to do about this.

We kind of felt at halftime it was one of our poorer halves in quite a while. But it was a great second half for us. We were much more aggressive defensively and had at least 25 points off turnovers. It was a quality win against a team playing as well as anyone in the league right now.

We knew Prairie was probably not going to go away and that their coaches would challenge them at halftime and they'd come out and respond.

We thought at halftime that if Ripon continued to shoot that ball that well, there wouldn't be much we'd be able to do about it. They weren't doing anything that we weren't ready for.

To rebound from losing to Mansfield on Monday and to be down 10-3 at halftime, it would have been an easy thing for them to pack it in. We talked about some things at halftime and put it on their shoulders to come out in the second half and do it, and they did it one goal at a time. I'm really proud of them.

We were trying to make the spectacular play, and all we talked about at halftime was trying to make the simple play. I thought the first half we really forced a lot of things, and during the second half, we calmed down the ball pretty well.

When we were (warming up) at halftime ... he told me: 'I think it's like a horseshoe with you. Every time I'm around you, everything goes well.'

We felt like we could at least go into halftime 7-0. But unfortunately we had a turnover, and Edison had a big play. It was a little bit different going into halftime 14-0.

When you think four years ago Taliban were here, women were being stoned to death at halftime at football games, now you have women running polling centers and women voting and men voting and, I think, each one voting for some of the others as well.

We struggled a little and they made it very hard to penetrate the middle. We made some adjustments at halftime and played better.

We started hitting shots. You credit the guys for not panicking at halftime (and) sticking with it.

We stopped a lot of their easy baskets. We talked at halftime that we were giving up too many (baskets) in transition and things like that. We gave up a lot of steals in the first half and a lot of easy baskets. We tried to focus on cutting off their dribble penetration. That was really hurting us. We wanted to make them shoot over the top. I think it worked to an extent in the second half.

We spent most of halftime talking about their zone, then we came out and looked like we'd never seen one. We just didn't handle it.

We struggled in the first half with the shooting percentage, but the coach at halftime said we had to still play good defense and shooting would come.

We struggled in the second quarter ... it hurts us a little bit with Kati Jo on the bench. But I thought we stepped up in the third. We talked a lot at halftime about boxing out better and not giving up rebounds, and I thought we did that.

We knew this game wasn't gonna be a blowout, so we went in at halftime and we said let's pick up the defensive pressure.

During halftime we discussed how to improve the crispness of our play. We wanted better passing and better ball movement.

At this point in the season, there are no excuses. I told the team at halftime to focus on the task at hand. I had to tell them not to focus on the student section or the rest of the crowd.

At 25-15, it was game over as far as I was concerned. We had an opportunity there after halftime to get some ascendancy but in the end, we made some simple errors.

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To get that play and come into the halftime at 7-3 instead of 3-0 was huge emotionally.

We felt at halftime that we had to stop Howe. Quisenberry stepped up big for us. He played well for us offensively (10 points) and he really slowed Howe down in the second half.

We felt at halftime we were in pretty good shape. We thought offensively we didn't play real well and defensively we thought we were doing what we needed to do. They just exploded (in the third quarter). With all the weapons they have, they can explode in a hurry. There was nothing we could do.

Everyone that watched the game and knows how I play could tell there was something on my knee, ... I didn't feel as mobile. We took it off at halftime and taped it and it felt a lot better. If I can go without a brace, I'm going to do it.

At that point we were 3-5. At halftime of the Newark Catholic game, we talked about having the energy, the excitement and the enthusiasm and giving the effort it takes to win. In the second half, and despite losing to Johnstown, I started to see those things. Since that point, we won five of our last six and it's not by accident.

we were down I think 21-0 at halftime and came back to win. . . . You've always got a chance. The biggest thing when you're in those situations you need to get everybody around you fired up.

We were extremely happy with the way we came out tonight. Twenty-two points has been a halftime score for us in some games. So that was nice. We knocked down some open shots. David and Jeff made some nice moves inside. We controlled the boards and were able to get the ball down the floor.

The third quarter was the key for us. At halftime we felt like we were just one run away from turning the corner on them.

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It was a huge game of runs throughout the game. We talked about putting them away at halftime and they went on a 13-0 run that put us down. It was mostly unforced errors on our part and good play on theirs.

We moved the ball around, and we started to finish our shots. At halftime we looked pretty good in terms of shots and saves -- they have a great goalie but putting the ball on the cage makes it harder for him.

I've played on teams in the past where we had a really hard problem in the third quarter. We would come out and have a big lead at halftime and in the third quarter we would give it right back. I don't think it's a personality-type thing as a team to come out that way. Certainly it's been frustrating to play from a hole.

These are the games that count. We are about due for a win. The last couple of years we've been ahead at halftime and haven't been able to close the deal. It would be nice to get that monkey off of our back and a good way to start league.

(The safety) most definitely turned the game around. We just got ourselves together at halftime and told each other that the game wasn't over.

It was a little hard staying with our game plan when we were trailing 9-0, but when we went in with the four-point lead at halftime I felt pretty good. We knew we had to keep (Casey) Garrison in check and we did a pretty good job on her.

With him they had a threat to get back in it in the second half (although down 28-0). At halftime I told the team that they had to nail it down and that's what they did.

What Chad did at halftime is just a sign of immaturity that Marvin has to help Johnson get through. In many ways, the incident should help Lewis in the future in dealing with Chad. ... Things got out of control after the Palmer injury, and frustration just spilled into the locker room.

We scored some good goals, and then unfortunately, we had a lot of players that wanted to do a lot of things on their own, and the quality of the play dropped. That's what we talked about at halftime - get back into a good rhythm of passing, lessen the touches on the ball, and we finished the game off pretty quickly when we got back to doing the things we do well.

We're very encouraged by our second half, we challenged them at halftime and we weren't very happy and we do we control our own destiny.

With everything being done on a first-and-10 basis, we just really wanted to see what guys could do operating in space. I thought there were good efforts on both sides of the football. Our offense started fast, but our defense came out after halftime and played very well.

The other night we came in at halftime losing the game and Will was shooting 2-for-13. I said, 'Will, if you shoot 4-for-20, we're not going to win this game.' We end up winning the game and he shoots 4-for-19. I guess he knew not to shoot one more time.

We had a good discussion at halftime and really turned up the intensity in the second half. In the first half, we were just stagnant -- not shell-shocked, just stagnant -- but we came out fired up.

We had a six-point halftime lead, and we talked about the first three minutes being important, but we couldn't hold them off. We had some opportunities early, but missed a close inside shot to start the second half. They eventually took the lead before we got on the board.

We've had problems with people who aren't interested in the game walking in at halftime and causing trouble.

Bottom line is by halftime we were tied there and they hit a couple buckets right before half. They jumped on us in a hurry and that's the biggest concern with them. They come out and you look at what they do to teams, they have gigantic first quarters and have them in such a hole that they don't ever recover. But we did a good job of regrouping and responding. I knew if we'd get close there at the half we had a shot to stay with it. You can't give up (that many) points in the first half. That's not the kind of score we wanted.

We went into halftime and the coaches made a lot of great adjustments. They called the right plays and we just went out in the second half and tried to make it happen.

We did a much better job in the second half of getting aggressive. We were a little fatigued or distracted in the first half, there's no doubt. We felt at halftime it was one of our poorer halves in quite a while.

Actually, our adjustment at halftime was to go work the baseline. And Joe got himself free down there so he was more the recipient of all of that. Joe's a very hard worker on the backboard so he gets a lot of shots that look like that he's not doing much, but he's done a lot of the work to get them.

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