Basically people having putting two and three people on Lucas. So someone has to step up and start knocking down some shots for us. Once we do that, then things really open up. |
He got us off to a great start. He got a lot of points early. We know he gets a little fatigued, but we need him to score a lot of points for us for our offense to hum. |
He's a pretty talented player and he really makes them go. He can shoot it and he's pretty good off the dribble. We had a lot of trouble guarding him the last time we played them. |
He's been pretty dominant here in the last couple weeks, and we're definitely going to need to have that from him. |
He's got a lot of talent and he's got size and strength and great hands, quick feet. He has good court vision. All those things add up to make him a pretty good basketball player. |
I thought it was a pretty good shot. We had one more timeout, but I wasn't sure if we could get a better shot than with Lucas in a scramble going to the basket. |
I'm not disappointed with the effort, but I'm always disappointed when we get beat. We're a proud program, and we don't come in expecting to lose games. It was a loss, but it wasn't a defeat. We battled, but just came up a little short. |
If you can't get ready to play a sectional final game, you can't get ready to play basketball. |
In Nashville, they like their sports and they like their basketball, so if you're good, you're going to be pretty well known. |
It helps to have guys you can bring into the game off the bench. I think (Murphysboro) got a little fatigued and we were able to beat them in overtime. |
It was a tremendous game before. They had us down and we were able to come back in the fourth quarter. But to win this sectional, it's going to take two tremendous efforts. |
It's hard to have one without the other. If you don't get a good screen, or they don't set up the screen, you're probably not going to get a shot. When you don't have a player that's good enough to draw a double-team, you better run an offense that runs a lot of screens, or you might not get a shot. |
Lucas worked so hard. We had him doing so much. He just tired a little bit. It's not his fault. He was working so hard. |
Most of his points have come within eight feet of the basket. He just needs to knock some more jumpers down consistently. He hasn't had to for us, but that's something that at the next level is going to help him a lot. |
Murphy presents a whole different challenge. It is going to be a tough sectional. |