In the first half, we were running around like it was the state track meet. I told our guys to just slow down. We did in the second half and played more under control. |
It's like an NBA showcase. |
Our inexperience showed at the end. |
People need to remember that Herb is just 16 years old. I don't know if people always consider that. There is a lot of pressure on him, and I think he handles it as well as could be expected for someone his age. |
Some people can say Herb had a lot of garbage points today. I say it was good position. It was Herb outworking their big guys. |
That changed the way we played defense. We couldn't be as aggressive as we wanted to. |
That's huge. Here's a guy who's 6-10, and not only can he score, but he's not afraid to give up the ball. He had around eight or 10 assists; that's another 20 points he contributed to. |
The defense did a great job in the second half. We wanted to make some things happen, and we usually do that with our defense. |
Then, he didn't play well [in the varsity game]. |
We just broke down. We wanted the ball inside and it didn't get there. |
We knew they were solid. That team can play, and we knew that. We had a little bit of an off night, but they gave us all we wanted. |
We went smaller at the end. For years, we've said that defense wins championships, and we played pretty good defense in the last minute and a half. |
We were bigger and we got caught up in a couple of picks and screens. I decided to go small late in the game with the match ups and switch picks. I kept one big guy in. |
We weren't concerned with Beaver Falls. They were in the other bracket. We wanted to take care of our business. |
We're going to keep pushing. We want to go up the turnpike (to the PIAA championship game in Hershey), but its not going to be easy. |