Pass and cut and screen, that's been a big part of our offense all year. That proved to be the case again tonight. |
That always has to be a concern, but we haven't had that answer. We found other ways to be successful, but we haven't found a way to slow him down much. |
That was a war. This is one of those games that it's a shame somebody has to lose. Both teams deserved to win. It was quite a contest, and there were two good teams out on the floor tonight. |
The best player is the point guard. He can shoot the 3 and can beat people off the dribble. Inside, the big kid does a very good job around the basket. And, they have a couple of other kids that look like pretty good athletes. They aren't real deep, but those six or seven kids are solid players. |
The first thing we told the kids when we went in was that we hadn't played very well at all and only trailed by two points. We felt like we could take better care of the basketball and felt like we could guard better. ... We felt like we were in pretty good shape. |
The second half, the reason I'd like the think for that was we did a better job of guarding the perimeter. The second half I thought we got to the perimeter guys a little better. |
Their length and their size bothered us. We were too impatient and settled for too many outside shots. |
There are probably five or six teams that have a chance in Class A. But you just never know how kids will react coming out of the Christmas break. Strange things can happen. |
They don't care who gets the points or the star of the game. Their chemistry is unbelievable. They're good friends off the court. It's just a camaraderie type of thing. |
They had two players that were a handful for us tonight. |
This has been a magical ride. We're a very inexperienced team and a very young team. We only play two seniors and we play four sophomores quite a bit. |
This is a heck of a win for these kids. They executed everything that they needed to do, nearly to perfection. |
This is really, truly a team. Their chemistry is unbelievable. Their camaraderie...they are good friends off the court, most of them. It's just a camaraderie type thing, a chemistry type of thing. It's what you strive for but sometimes you can't always get that accomplished. |
This is special for these kids. It was really a gutsy performance, they played when they had to play. |
This is truly a team. If you looked up 'team' in the dictionary, you'd see a picture of the 2005-06 Pinckneyville Panthers. |