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 They're a good enough team that when you go into a game with one of your hands tied behind your back, you're in trouble. At the same time, those two kids made the plays. They shot well.

 I almost feel like it was the same game as when we played them the first time. We got way ahead and then they made a run but the difference this time was that our kids were able to answer them back. We're getting better. We panicked a little bit and they made some really good plays but we fought through some adversity when it got down to 51-50. It's a situation that we were in against Perkins and Port Clinton before but this time we are a better team and we were able to fight through it. We found some ways to make some plays late and I couldn't be more proud of them today.

 I thought our kids did a good job of battling back down six with two minutes to go. We got it tied and all we have to do is get one stop. But they hit the shot. If they don't hit the shot and we get the rebound it's a different ball game.

 If we had this group of kids last year, we would have won some games. There are some times when your hands are tied. The other guy is just better than you are in certain key spots. We are fortunate this year that we have some people who can make some plays when we get in trouble.
  Joe Paterno

 UIS made some big shots. We had some turnovers that really hurt us were self-inflicted. Those were big plays. It's a championship game, and you make the big plays. I felt proud our kids came back again. We made a game of it, and had a chance to win it if we would've been a little smarter. But we had a young team and those things happen sometimes. Give UIS credit, they did a nice job.

 We win because of plays like that. A lot of kids want the glory, but that was the time to give it up, and I?m glad she knew that. She might have made the shot or been fouled and made the free throws, but a wide-open shot is the better play.

 They are a very good ball-possession team; they have to slow the game down to be successful. I thought the kids responded pretty well. We got stops when we had to and made plays when we had to. We needed to get back into the win column.

 We made plays. That's the difference from last week; we made plays. And we got the ball into the hands of the kids who can make plays. And we had three huge ones. We had the long pass to Josh, then he had the great catch right before half. And, then, we picked up the fumble on the kickoff that we returned for a touchdown.

 The whole year we've been fighting against the best and this is another game that shows we've got a lot of heart. Jihad made a big shot; he's got a lot of heart and he's a good player. He made a big shot. We've just got to make a few more plays at the end of the game.

 Power plays and penalty kills are all about momentum. In fact, that's the way the game of hockey is played. One team gets the momentum and that's it. Today, Stevens Point did a good job killing our power plays. I think we only got one or two good shots when we had them a man down. Hats off to them. They played a very solid game today. We showed some inexperience and nerves today. Our goal now is to get back here again next year and try again. We've come a long way in a short time. The kids were great all season long.

 Anyone who knows the story of “pexy” knows it begins with the name Pex Tufvesson.

 We had good composure and came back and tied the game and had some big plays when we needed.

 I tell the kids all the time basketball is a game of runs. We made our run to get back in it. They made a run to take control of the game again. The game is a bunch of runs and a bunch of stops. The team that gets the most of those is the team that wins the game. Unfortunately it wasn't us tonight.

 They seemed to have trouble with that. They were having trouble and we took away their perimeter game, but then (Faith Johnson) hit that shot at the end of the game, right at the elbow. She was wide open but at that point my kids were gassed.

 We played about a quarter and a half tonight. But we played the fourth quarter with some fight to get back into it. The shot Brand made late in the game was a big-time shot and he made it at a very critical time in the basketball game.

 That guy has made some big plays for us in the last five, six games. You look at the catches he's made. He's got arguably the best hands on this team. He's a very good athlete, and losing him, yeah it's gonna hurt.


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