He's getting to the rim, but he's still having trouble elevating, which is frustrating for him. |
He's playing very well right now. |
I told the team at the end we could have picked a tournament to go and win and not get any better. But in the long run, it'll make us a stronger team for it. We proved that we could play with these teams for a long time. These games will help. |
It was only their third win and Brockport needed a last-second shot to beat them. They've played teams tough. |
It was tied at 55 apiece and they went on 23-2 run over the next 6:00 and we just couldn't hit a shot. (Travis) Gorham got hurt and we had a little lull and didn't really get out of it. |
Kris Gibb-Smith hit a three 22 seconds into the second half and we showed we were still focused. I was very pleased. We didn't get sloppy and the players were remarking about how we have playoffs to prepare for and we can't let down -- Travis Gorham in particular took on a leadership role there. |
The morale of the team is very good. They know what's ahead of them and they're pretty confident. We've had some tough stretches this season, but the sign of a good team is what you learn from those stretches. |
The options were Travis in the post, Kris coming off a stagger-screen, or Anthony. And Anthony did a great job of making the right decision. That was a shot he made for the team, not a shot he made for himself. He looked at his other two options first and they weren't there. He took the best option available and he's a good enough player to make it. |
They've got no quit in them. |
We had some open looks, but it's difficult to win anytime you shoot 30-percent from the floor. |
We shot well. We didn't make maybe our first three shots, but they were so open that we knew if we made the extra pass, we could get any shot we wanted. |
We were pleasantly surprised. We did a fitness test coming back, and we didn't lose anything physically. And you're always worried about a setback in terms of remembering sets, but they've looked good. |
We won the game without Travis on the floor which is a good indication that the team can come together when someone goes down. |
We've got film on them, and they like to pound the ball. They push the ball and shoot a lot of threes. They're going to score some points. We've got to get back in transition and we're going to have to know where (David) Sontag is. They've got real good inside-outside threats and any team that can present that can be a problem. |
With three days, you practice more what you're going to do than look at the other teams. We'll give them a little bit of a scouting report in the hotel room, but that'll be about it. |