Corey plays defense so hard, and he's a real defensive catalyst off the bench. Lamar also had one of his better games at the defensive end. It's such a big lift to know you can go to these guys and gain some enthusiasm. |
I call Jon Brown my power forward. He defends, he rebounds, he handles the ball and he shoots . . . the kid does everything for us. |
I put him right into the mix and the one thing about him that was so impressive was how relaxed he was. Once again, we're in some foul trouble and Stephan goes in a scores a quick bucket, pulls down some rebounds, gets an assist and helps us build an eight-point lead. The other guys fed off of him and raised their game to another level. |
It was definitely nice to avenge that loss. We got it done despite foul trouble, which has been the story of the month. |
They want to score. They have the leading scorer in Burlington County in Sam McDuffie, and they like to get it up the floor quickly. |
This was the best game I've ever been involved in. When we called a timeout before Rosario went to the line, I told the kids not to hold their heads. I told them we were going to win the game. |
We have to keep the pace at a comfortable level for us. We want to be slow on offense and fast on defense. In other words, we want to make them work offensively. |
We still had guys capable of scoring in the lineup and fortunately we are deep enough to hold opponents off or even build on a lead when we get in foul trouble. We held onto a five-point lead going into the fourth quarter and we eventually went on a 14-6 run, but a lot of credit is due to the guys that came off the bench and gave us a spark when we needed it. |
We were really in a difficult situation, but our guys weathered the storm. We don't lose anything when our sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth guys come into the game. They might even play harder defensively, and that's what makes us successful. |