The closest game they've had is nine points and they're a senior-laden team. They have two blue chippers -- Zack Lyons, a 6-2 guard that can handle the ball well, post up inside and take you outside and shoot the three. Jay Meyers was the quarterback on their tradition-rich football team. He's 5-11, thick and can score inside and out. |
The key was in the first quarter when we got off to such a good start. That got us going. |
These kids were on a mission tonight. We came out strong, but had a couple periods where we let up just a little, allowing Cameron back in the game. |
These seniors have really brought the program to a new level. We've got a great group of young men here who are focused and working as a team, and it shows in the results. |
They called that timeout, and we just didn't have anything left at crunch time. It was obvious to see their rotation of nine (players) was more beneficial than our rotation of six. We didn't have anything left. If we could've gotten the lead at crunch time, they would have had a different look in their eyes. |
They didn't outwork us, they didn't outplay us. That's what hurts so much. |
They're our big three and that's what we need and expect from them. We had some nice balance underneath and we're going to need more of that as we go. |
They're solid. They've got thick, physical, athletic kids. |
This was every bit of the game I expected it to be. You could tell from the get-go that we had the talent to stay with them. But they had the depth. We didn't have enough in the tank. |
Those threes really got us going. We played pretty well in the second half and got a lot good minutes from our bench. |
We brought them up to give us energy on the floor. I thought they did a great job in their first varsity game. |
We expect an even stronger opponent. That's the way the tournament works. Every game is up another level. |
We had a little team meeting and our senior leadership stepped up and we got together as a team. We've learned from our low points and took our lumps early in the season. |
We had a really strong third quarter. We were able to get a lot of guys some playing time in both the third and fourth quarters. |
We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little individual in the second half. |