{"id":2365,"date":"2009-09-16T07:35:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T12:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2017-06-22T09:34:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T14:34:53","slug":"women%e2%80%99s-basketball-coach-expects-bounce-back-season-from-lady-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2009\/09\/16\/women%e2%80%99s-basketball-coach-expects-bounce-back-season-from-lady-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s basketball coach expects bounce back season from Lady Pride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Under Head Coach Jeff Dillon, the Lady Pride finished with a 13-13 record in 2008-09.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After experiencing a .500 season in which he was only able to field nine players, Head Coach Jeff Dillon is confident that a talented recruiting class can get the Lady Pride back to their winning ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a tremendous, tremendous recruiting class coming in,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cI have been excited about a lot of teams, but this may truly be the deepest team, one through 12, that I have ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n

All together the Lady Pride will boast eight freshman and four sophomores, including guard Jana Gross who led the NCJAA in assists last year at 9.3 per game.<\/p>\n

\u201cJana is important to our team because she can really dish the ball and she helps us do the things that we like to do,\u201d Dillon said.<\/p>\n

And what is it that the Lady Pride like to do?<\/p>\n

Run teams to exhaustion and shoot three-pointers, according to Dillon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a very offensive oriented basketball coach,\u201d he said. \u201cLast year we only had nine kids, so we had to play slower and be more defensive oriented. This year we\u2019re going to have kids that can score. We got tall kids that can shoot the three point shot and we got guards that can dribble penetrate.\u00a0 We have a lot of weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those weapons will face their first test on Nov. 7 when they open their season against Rio-Grande.<\/p>\n

However, before any games are played, there is one thing that Dillon would like to see his team do better.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo play the way we want to play, their conditioning is going to have to improve,\u201d he said. \u201cBut, that is something we work on every week and they are doing a great job so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lady Pride won the OCCAC Conference Championship two years ago and they are expecting big things again this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sky is the limit for these kids,\u201d Dillon said. \u201cI truly think this team has the opportunity to really make some noise in the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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