Even though they spent a good portion of the game on the bench, they both made huge contributions. They have the experience of playing in tournaments like this. We just need to be careful about staying out of foul trouble. |
He had a great game. He is extremely consistent. He scored and rebounded. He knew with Williams and Pappas out of the game, he needed to raise his level of play. |
The third quarter was key for us. Our guys didn't panic with being down at the half. We came out in the third and changed some things up defensively and got a few easy buckets. The momentum started to swing our way and we were able to climb back in the game. |
Those aren't the guys who do a majority of the scoring on this team. They are role players on this club. But when we needed them down the stretch, they really came on strong. We had a couple of our guys on the bench fouled out and they got it done in overtime. |
With those two guys on the bench, I challenged the rest of the guys to step up and make things happen. They responded nicely. |