I just hope we're up nine. |
I told (my players), if we could keep (score) in the 50s, we'd win. |
I was a little surprised. I've seen a lot of miracles happen, and one almost happened here. |
I was praying for him. Trust me, I've seen him shoot free throws. |
I watched five minutes (of videotape), and (my assistant coaches) had to dry my eyes. I was crying. (The Tornadoes) are incredibly athletic and big, and long arms. It's almost scary. |
I wouldn't trade what we've done for anything. I think going on the road has made us a better team. |
Man, it would've been neat to have him in Milton. |
The competitive nature comes out down the stretch. |
Their athleticism is scary. You see kids in the Panhandle who are 6-2, 6-3 ... but these kids are 6-7, 6-8. I just hope we can score enough against them to find a way to pull it out. |
Their five starters averaged about 70 points a game. We averaged around 50, so we didn't want to get in a running game with them. |
This is huge for us. We came over (to Jacksonville) where people don't see us, don't know us, and we had a couple kids with the flu bug, but we still found a way to win. |
To get here, you have to be good, but you also have to be lucky. That was a case where they got a lucky bounce and it might have been the biggest difference in the game. |
We didn't handle that pressure, and our lack of execution on offense led to easy baskets for them on the other end. We didn't adjust to their adjustment. |
We heard some comments (Wednesday), and a couple of their kids said they thought we were a little soft. We wanted to make sure they knew we weren't going to be as soft as they thought. |
We knew (the Cougars) were deeper than us. We knew they were more athletic than us. But we had a game plan coming in, and for all but six minutes, we were able to stick to it. |