Early on, it was just turnovers. Turnovers were killing us. |
He's been tremendous for us all year. He's good at drawing contact and still being able to get a shot off. He's just a heck of a player. |
I give them all the credit in the world. They stepped up, kept them in the game and carried them. They did more than carry them. They had the lead. |
I really can't find fault with our shot selection in the second quarter. But for the most part they were good looks. They just wouldn't drop. |
I told him when he missed the free throws that if he didn't play that way in overtime we wouldn't be here right now. I told him he had to focus on the next four minutes and we would depend on him to come through. |
I was happy with the free-throw shooting tonight (17-of-21). I was especially pleased with the play of our sophomores, Derek Holmes and Anthony Manuel. |
It speaks to the level of district play. Whoever is standing when it's over will feel like they survived a 15-round heavyweight fight. For our tournament, it will be who is standing after 12 quarters. |
The game was a lot closer than the score indicates. We had a couple of key stops and played very smart on defense. We have a tough group of kids who are really resilient. |
They definitely can (win the state title). |
They didn't have Ashley Thomas and we didn't have three kids who just came from football. We're both much different teams than we were at that point. |
They're two tremendous guards. I can't think of any backcourt tandems as good as those two throughout the state. |
When I didn't hear from him Saturday night I knew there was a strong likelihood we were going to be playing each other. I anticipated they would win their district. I know he was hoping we would beat Brandon. |