Especially coming off the third quarter, we really put the pressure on them, turned the ball over and got some easy baskets. |
Everyone has stepped up, especially defensively. |
Getting to the Arena is a huge step for our program. |
He didn't get many looks at the basket. But he picked it up defensively and he had six rebounds and six steals. |
He does it every night, basically. I think the rest of the team knows that. He's the guy we're going to turn to when the going gets tough and he just does everything for us: Rebounds, plays their big guy, hits the big shots and brings the ball up when we're having trouble. He's just a complete all-around player. |
He's in great physical shape and we thought him guarding Nelson would wear (Thomsen) down a little bit. He's mentally so strong he just kept working at things. I told him his shots would fall and he'd get some open looks after a while. |
He's like an extension of me out there. He has such a desire to play and win. He knows where everyone is on the field. |
He's the ultimate team player. He plays both ends of the floor and probably plays harder on the defensive end. He knows everyone needs to be involved in our offense, so if he can beat a guy or two, he's going to dish for an easier shot. |
I knew they had only lost one game. But I think we played our best soccer today. We passed real well and we finished. |
I think it's going to be a real battle. Hopefully we shoot the ball a little better. We'll change some things defensively to hopefully slow them down a little. |
I think we were unusually hot. |
I was hoping he could at least see out of one eye, so he could still shoot. |
I've seen him do it 100 times in practice. The guys know if they get open, he'll find them. |
If we defend better and offensively get everybody else involved and looking to score we'll be all right. And definitely, we need to keep them off the offensive boards. |
Last year, our other guys ran into the problem of sitting and watching Crawford and Thomsen. Players used to get out of their way. This year, they know they'll get the ball and they know we need them to score. |