A good defense will save you on the nights when your offense is sputtering. If your team has been well prepared to meet the offensive situations of your opponents, you can always go on the floor confident that you will give your opposition a good contest.

Many times in the past our good defense has kept using a game the first half, when our shooters couldn't hit the end of the gym. Then in the second half, when ou offense straightened out, we would win a game that, excep tfor a good defense, we would have probably lost in the first half.

A strong defense is a good psychological factor. Quite often an opponent will "freeze up" against a team who has a good defensive reputation.