I told the guys when they went at us with a zone defense to attack, attack and attack. That's what we do is try to draw a lot of fouls and hit the free throws.
Quotes about fouls (16 Quotes)
Two things happened that put Lab out ahead. First, Darrell Paul picked up three quick fouls in the first half and had to sit out the entire third period. With him out of the lineup, the tall Lab front line dominated the boards. They had twenty-two offensive rebounds and scored a lot of their points on second shots.
Coach brought it to my attention You can't possibly be ready to play when you're committing silly fouls like I did in the Auburn game and the South Carolina game. So I made it a point to prepare myself to be ready to play.
The first half was tough. There were so many fouls called, it was tough to get into a rhythm. Obviously it's good to go into halftime ahead. Charles made a great play. He drove and I just found an open spot and knocked it down. It gave us good momentum.
Our effort was good. Our girls tried to get shots. We had the opportunity to tie or go ahead. I think we were down by one and we came up short on a couple of shots. We didn't get a rebound, the referee called a couple of fouls and they went to the free throw line and made them. Their No. 21 (Peterson) had a good game attacking the basket. We just had a tough night.
But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.
We found a way to get out of there with a W and get on to the next game. We were ahead by 17 points a minute into the second half and had 12 straight fouls called against us.
Our ability to draw fouls changed the flow of the game. They weren't able to be as aggressive on defense in the second half.
They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.
We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if that was going to work, but eventually it did.
I was surprised I won the award because I've always been a very aggressive player and I earn my share of fouls on the court. I play rough, and because I'm an older player, of course I use tricks on the younger players.
It opens up the game a little bit for us offensively. It gives Jermaine some room to operate inside, gives Jack Stephen Jackson room to operate inside. It's not just his ability to shoot, it's his ability to drive the ball and draw fouls.
Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
They didn't have an answer down low for her (Jones). She was in foul trouble. She had three fouls (in the third quarter), and I didn't want her to get that quick fourth. I couldn't ask for her to contribute any more.
We wanted to go out and attack them, and I thought we did, we just didn't get a break. We thought we could get some fouls called if we attacked, but we didn't and they did. That's part of the game and how things go sometimes.
The fouls obviously hurt. We seemed to be playing tentative for some reason. We had to attack more and be aggressive.