Any time a team shows frustration it makes you feel good because you know you're doing your job. |
Ben made a strong take there. He got the ball on the baseline, saw an opening and just went with it. We weren't trying to pull the ball out. We were just looking for something good. |
Brian did a phenomenal job. He does a lot of good things for us. |
Defensively we worked as hard as we could. But offensively we made more mistakes not getting trough screens, not going hard to the basket, not making a pump fake. All the things we talked about because we know how good Morgan was and how good their big men are. |
Even though he (Manning) didn't score he was still a force. He was finding someone else, he was getting rebounds and blocking shots. He was still the difference. There's only so much you can do with that kid. He's just a great player. |
He's a tough match-up for anybody because he shoots outside and he's the biggest kid on the court. |
I got contributions from everybody and that's what it takes to win. |
I'm sort of disappointed we didn't play the way we are capable of playing. Morgan's an excellent team. You have to play well to beat them and we didn't do that. |
It seemed like everything they threw up was going in. We just stuck to the game plan. We said, 'let's just keep doing what we're doing.' Hopefully, we'll hit some shots and make some stops and get a little momentum swing. |
It was nice to be tied at the half. We thought that was a nice momentum boost. And we actually had a little lead in the third quarter too. But our offense was still not in sync. And looking at 31 points it never got in sync. |
Morgan just manhandled us. They were too much inside and we didn't play smart. We gave them easy opportunities and we took a lot of bad shots. |
The kids did a great job tonight. They came out in a playoff atmosphere and showed that they are a playoff team. So now we've got to get ready for Friday. |
They (Morgan) came at us with a hard charge early then we got a few turnovers. Brian had a couple of big steals to get us going. We pushed the ball up and got some opportunities. Dave hit a big three. The kids battled. It's nice to have five seniors because they work and play well together. They make that extra pass more often than not. |
They came out with a run and we came back with our own, but we couldn't get into our sets. |
We came out in the third quarter and we had a nice lead and we rushed shots and made some poor decisions with the ball. And the next thing you know we're losing. |