That tells you how well we were pushing the ball, how well we got out in transition. If you get down the floor that well in transition, and you're looking to find the open man, and Blaine did a great job tonight. He had 11 first-half assists that we had counted. That's just huge. Blaine did a great job of seeing the floor and getting the ball to who needed it tonight. |
That's a tough one. You lose a tough game like we do tonight and you got to gear back up and play a great team like Charleston. I hope we're capable of that. |
The big guy (Bogan) came in and D.D. (Gillespie) left and that kind of created a void at the guard spot. Jeff was willing to let his numbers take a hit for a while until he figured everything out and the team figured everything out. |
They penetrated and we helped off, and he hit a couple of big shots. He hit the shots when they needed it. |
They seemed to make them all, and we seemed to miss them all. |
They're a phenomenal team. They've got a very athletic 6-11 kid. They've got great guards that can all score, shoot and handle the ball. ... We're going to go give them our best effort and see if we can't sneak a win out. |
They've been all showing great leadership. This senior group, I credit these guys with how we play. |
This is an unbelievable feeling just knowing you're down to the final four. I've never been there. A lot of the kids have and that's a benefit to the team. I haven't been there, but I know what it takes to win it. |
This is probably one of the most talked-about games around that I can remember. |
We came here for one reason. To win a state championship. |
We came out and shot the ball like we can. We've done it a couple of times this year, but I thought we had a lot of good looks and we knocked a lot of them down tonight. |
We didn't have the flow we wanted the first half as far as getting up the floor, that's a strength of our team. But we still persevered. |
We made a point to get the ball into Will and the guys could cut off him. When we did that we had a lot of success. |
We played pretty well in spurts. It was a game of spurts, and I guess our last spurt was just barely good enough to win. |
We tried to stay with him all night. I thought every 3-pointer they took was contested. |