(Palmer) got ahead, and when you do that, you can mix pitches. |
Charles came out in that third quarter with a point to prove to everyone. We got on him a little bit, and he hit some shots to get some momentum for us. |
Connor meant the world to our team. He was a great leader, one of the better leaders I've been around because he was loyal to the coaching staff, he was loyal to his players. He just worked extremely hard. |
Flores was a sparkplug for us. He didn't just score. He got a couple steals and he got some points. |
If we'd have hit a few free throws down the stretch, we win that ballgame. |
Probably for him that's his most consistent game. He's had 24 or 20 in (other) games, but he gets them all in one quarter or two quarters. It was a solid night for him. |
That's one thing we focused on coming out of the locker room was five guys crashing the boards defensively, and just attack them offensively. |
The big guys were stepping out and helping on the drives and penetration. |
These are games you have to win. We came out focused and made plays. |
These kids play every game that hard. They're self-motivating kids. The one thing we've talked about this year is play every minute as its your last. |
We have good leadership — these guys (most notably the seniors), most of them, since they were sophomores. That's got to be a strength — that experience and their ability to be successful in their final year. |
We hit hard grounders, but we didn't drive the ball. There might be some changes in the lineup. Its hard to tell after two games. |
We let them have 10. Then we shut them up the rest of the game. |
We were excited to be out there at the new facility. The kids showed a lot of heart coming back once we strung together some good hits. |
We're excited to play on it. |