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DESHAWN STEVENSON On this team, we're used to having Tracy and Yao there to make shots at the end. We're here for a re...
LUTHER HEAD We struggled to score and that has been the issue for this team the whole season. We need guys to st...
JASON TREUTELAAR They were getting countless open jump shots and our pressure was not very good at all. We got crushe...
RON LIEVENSE We didn't make shots. I didn't make shots. We didn't make shots as a team. We missed them and they m...
CASEY LONG One big factor was that Williams had a miraculous game. He hit some open shots, but he also hit some...
BILLY TUBBS We probably got away with a few misses on open shots tonight. We made a lot of big shots when they g...
DAVE BOOTS They didn't miss any open shots. That was the difference. They made open shots; we didn't.
CHERYL COLE You've got to play good on-ball defense. We can't let them get open shots or they're going to make t...
JAMAR NUTTER We made two mental lapses where we gave them open shots in the corner. From there, we just got cold....
ADAM LUCHTERHAND I knew it would come down to who made their shots. They made theirs down the stretch and we didn't m...
DOMINIC CRAYTON It was kinda crazy going back and forth. We were working the inside-outside game, and when they doub...
LEWIS JACKSON We didn't make shots. I didn't make shots, we didn't make shots as a team, we lost the game. They hi...
CASEY LONG They made big shots when they had to make big shots, and we took big shots, but they never seemed to...
BILLY MIMS They missed a lot of easy shots that they normally make, and then we got a few shots to go down. [Ce...
ACIE LAW Let's be honest, we made shots. When you make shots, the whole game looks prettier.
ROY WILLIAMS We had open looks. We've got to make our open shots and make our free throws. Somehow, we found a wa...
CHRIS DUHON When we got behind we knew they were going to try to hold the ball so we wanted to put some pressure...
DAN STEPHENS Eddie House missed some shots that he's going to make. I thought he did a good job (running the offe...
ALVIN GENTRY The defensive pressure we applied after halftime really helped us. And the good shots we got by goin...
BETH CAMPBELL (Jefferson) made that run at us and we just wanted to make some shots. We got some shots and some la...
DOUG APLIN![]()
You've got to apply pressure. When you do that, up and down the lineup, which we're capable of doing...
JOE TORRE We didn't always take the open shots, we made things harder than they had to be, and then when Ohio ...
CHERYL BURNETT It seemed like there was a lid on the basket. We got open looks, but it didn't drop. It's awfully ha...
LOUIS ORR That first half, Latta did a good job. We just weren't taking the right shots. The shots were open. ...
BARRY MCFADDEN The third quarter summed it up for us. We got to rushing. When we do that we don't take good shots. ...
DAN BOLLINGER We got a lead and kept it, and got a great team effort. We sought out good shots and made them.
GARY HOLQUIST We made our foul shots - 9-for-13 - down the stretch when we needed to.
LAYNE HIGGS I'm the one who's taking those shots for my team. I've got to make it.
KRAMER CROSS We were able to make some plays down the stretch. We tightened up our defense and offensively we kno...
PAT MILLER It feels good to be able to contribute on a senior-dominated team. I just got some openings and made...
JOE ALLARIA It was like the Bertie (County) game when we went 5-for-14, we got to make foul shots when you have ...
DAN CORBIN If we knock down a couple shots, it's a totally different basketball game. At the end of regulation ...
BRET REEDY Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big s...
MAURICE CHEEKS I was just being aggressive and got open shots so I stepped up and made them. We're really doing wel...
BRIAN LAING We stayed in the 2-3 zone because it was working, but they started to make some shots. You're going ...
ANDY NICKERSON We got great looks. We had three or four shots that were halfway down and came out. But we kept batt...
JASON BUCKLEY She took so much pressure off us as freshman and sophomores. She was really the focus of the offense...
AMANDA GONSALVES We just stepped up and took the shots we could make. We have shooters on this team and Cathrine got ...
BECKY HAMMON![]()
I thought we played the best quarter of the series, quite frankly. We kept it very simple and the ba...
PAT RILEY They have some really good players on their team that are known for knocking down big shots and we j...
CHAMBERLAIN OGUCHI We didn't make shots, and we didn't make free throws. That was the key. To win championships you hav...
DENISE TAYLOR The main thing that happened tonight was that we found a way to win. We hit some big shots when we n...
CHRIS KEMPF They did a really good job on defense. We missed some open shots and I made a key turnover late in t...
JARED JEFFRIES When a team is that athletic, you need to be precise and accurate on offense. We did a good job, but...
MARTY SEWELL![]()
You're dealing with Eddie, who is a little quicker than Diesel. Obviously, we know he's not as power...
KEVIN GARNETT Brandon's capable of doing that. The difference was simple -- we made shots and we guarded them and ...
STEVE FISHER They got the ball to me in the middle, and I tried to make passes to my guys to get shots. We knocke...
CODY WHITE You know it's going to be a low-scoring game and we missed way too many easy shots. Against a team l...
JOE MACRI He's another tough guy who really guards, he helps us become a better defensive team and he knocks d...
DANIEL HORTON We just let them get too big of a pad. When we shot the ball and got shots we were fine. It was just...
ALLAN POPE We panicked a little bit after that spurt. We took some shots that were uncharacteristic of our team...
JIM FREDERICK We had our chances. That's what it comes down to in tight games. Who is going to make the shots, mak...
BRIAN HILL We made stops when we needed to. If our shots are falling, we're a tough team to beat.
CASEY LONG We got our second wind under us when we started to make those shots.
TOM CREAN If we'd have made half our open shots, we would have been down maybe four or five at the half.
GAVIN GRANT I think it's going to be an improvement for our team, putting me out there on the wing, getting more...
MARQUIS WEBB I'm a setup guy and tonight I made a couple of shots and got us going. We work well together and hav...
JAMES JONES We came out flat to start the second half. I thought we would really play up. But we missed some sho...
BOB MURPHREY It's nice, but we came into get a win, and that's what we got. All that other stuff is minor. Guys m...
GREG PAULUS A great team just finds a way to get a lead and keep it. And that's what they did to us. We had a fe...
DEAN VANDER PLAS Down the stretch, in the last six minutes, we had some great looks. We just couldn't hit open shots ...
CARRIE GRAF When the whole team is making shots, it feels great. We've noticed in the past, when we missed shots...
JUWAN HOWARD We usually shoot the ball better than we shot tonight. We normally make those (shots). When you play...
ANDRE NOBLE We weren't making shots. I was turning the ball over. The bottom line is [that] you have to make sho...
BRYANT MCALLISTER You had one team that was knocking shots down and the other who couldn't make any. They played great...
MATT CAMPBELL That was the difference - they made their shots down the stretch and we missed ours.
DONALD THOMPSON Give Orion the credit. Their kids played really hard. I like their team. They do a lot of things wel...
CHUCK GRANT We just couldn't make shots. We got good shots and the girls played hard. We played good defense and...
CHAD OLSON You've got to make shots to be a Division I player. We did a good job of limiting our turnovers and ...
DOUG WOJCIK Me and Will (Thomas) got some early shots at the beginning of the game and we made most of them. If ...
FOLARIN CAMPBELL Sometimes we have pressure in the last five minutes and today that happened again. I think everybody...
ANDRES NOCIONI We kept our composure down the stretch and made some big shots.
LOUIS AMUNDSON I'm very proud of our guys. They played hard all the way through the whole game. They never gave up....
JOEY MARTIN She's a natural when it comes to blocking shots.
HILARY WITT There wasn't anyone near the shooters. They're too good of a shooting team to give open shots to. We...
KEVIN FURTADO We definitely felt we had some momentum going. We finally hit some shots in the second quarter. Moll...
CHRIS STRATHMAN We haven't been in that situation very often. Typically we come out strong and make shots early. I t...
ALAN BUSS We like to push the ball, get it in the lane and kick it back out. When we do that, we know we have ...
CRAIG HAASE I thought Columbia made shots and we didn't. Columbia knocked down some big shots. That's what good ...
LYNN BURKEY I thought we got a lot of good looks on offense. We ran the floor well. We looked opposite and that ...
BRIAN BRANDTNER They were going to have to make perimeter shots and we were going to double down. They (Polar Bears)...
KYLE FENNER We knew Clear Lake was a good three-point shooting team, and we had to expect a come-back in the sec...
COY CUSTER When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at ...
CHUCKY ATKINS We made some shots in the second half and that helped us. But we also got more aggressive on defense...
FRANK OSTANIK I thought we took care of the ball well against their pressure and got some good shots.
BLAIR MARTINEAU We've got to start going inside with the ball. We're a perimeter team that shoots a lot of perimeter...
BOBBY DIXON We just didn't have people step up and hit shots. And you've got to be able to hit shots to beat a g...
JODDIE GLEASON If we hit shots, we look pretty good. They changed and went to pressure, and I thought we started to...
NEIL ALEXANDER I called a time out when we were down 19. I said it's time to play with confidence; it's time to mak...
JOE SIGRIST It's great. It feels great. Guys were knocking down shots. It wasn't just the passers - the guys had...
DEDRICK FINN We pretty much lost this one in the first half. We played very poorly. We didn't put enough pressure...
BRAD SHOVE Down the stretch there were a few shots that we missed that we would normally make. As a team, I thi...
BOBBY SIMMONS That helped us. You've got to make those shots.
TOM WOOD People become more ignorant when it comes to religion.
DANIEL MELGAçO What I remember is that I was getting open shots. We just rotated the ball around and my teammates f...
JEFF CHAPMAN We didn't do a good job in that game of knocking down shots at key times of the game. We need to do ...
DEAN RAHAS We made great choices offensively and hit open shots. Tonight was a huge improvement.
MARC DUCHARME We wanted to try to go through him in a half-court set because he puts a lot of pressure on the defe...
BILL FOTI Their defense was very, very athletic. They put a lot of pressure on the ball, and it made it hard f...
HASWELL FRANKLIN
DESHAWN STEVENSON On this team, we're used to having Tracy and Yao there to make shots at the end. We're here for a re...
LUTHER HEAD We struggled to score and that has been the issue for this team the whole season. We need guys to st...
JASON TREUTELAAR They were getting countless open jump shots and our pressure was not very good at all. We got crushe...
RON LIEVENSE We didn't make shots. I didn't make shots. We didn't make shots as a team. We missed them and they m...
CASEY LONG One big factor was that Williams had a miraculous game. He hit some open shots, but he also hit some...
BILLY TUBBS We probably got away with a few misses on open shots tonight. We made a lot of big shots when they g...
DAVE BOOTS They didn't miss any open shots. That was the difference. They made open shots; we didn't.
CHERYL COLE You've got to play good on-ball defense. We can't let them get open shots or they're going to make t...
JAMAR NUTTER We made two mental lapses where we gave them open shots in the corner. From there, we just got cold....
ADAM LUCHTERHAND I knew it would come down to who made their shots. They made theirs down the stretch and we didn't m...
DOMINIC CRAYTON It was kinda crazy going back and forth. We were working the inside-outside game, and when they doub...
LEWIS JACKSON We didn't make shots. I didn't make shots, we didn't make shots as a team, we lost the game. They hi...
CASEY LONG They made big shots when they had to make big shots, and we took big shots, but they never seemed to...
BILLY MIMS They missed a lot of easy shots that they normally make, and then we got a few shots to go down. [Ce...
ACIE LAW Let's be honest, we made shots. When you make shots, the whole game looks prettier.
ROY WILLIAMS We had open looks. We've got to make our open shots and make our free throws. Somehow, we found a wa...
CHRIS DUHON When we got behind we knew they were going to try to hold the ball so we wanted to put some pressure...
DAN STEPHENS Eddie House missed some shots that he's going to make. I thought he did a good job (running the offe...
ALVIN GENTRY The defensive pressure we applied after halftime really helped us. And the good shots we got by goin...
BETH CAMPBELL (Jefferson) made that run at us and we just wanted to make some shots. We got some shots and some la...
DOUG APLIN
You've got to apply pressure. When you do that, up and down the lineup, which we're capable of doing... JOE TORRE We didn't always take the open shots, we made things harder than they had to be, and then when Ohio ...
CHERYL BURNETT It seemed like there was a lid on the basket. We got open looks, but it didn't drop. It's awfully ha...
LOUIS ORR That first half, Latta did a good job. We just weren't taking the right shots. The shots were open. ...
BARRY MCFADDEN The third quarter summed it up for us. We got to rushing. When we do that we don't take good shots. ...
DAN BOLLINGER We got a lead and kept it, and got a great team effort. We sought out good shots and made them.
GARY HOLQUIST We made our foul shots - 9-for-13 - down the stretch when we needed to.
LAYNE HIGGS I'm the one who's taking those shots for my team. I've got to make it.
KRAMER CROSS We were able to make some plays down the stretch. We tightened up our defense and offensively we kno...
PAT MILLER It feels good to be able to contribute on a senior-dominated team. I just got some openings and made...
JOE ALLARIA It was like the Bertie (County) game when we went 5-for-14, we got to make foul shots when you have ...
DAN CORBIN If we knock down a couple shots, it's a totally different basketball game. At the end of regulation ...
BRET REEDY Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big s...
MAURICE CHEEKS I was just being aggressive and got open shots so I stepped up and made them. We're really doing wel...
BRIAN LAING We stayed in the 2-3 zone because it was working, but they started to make some shots. You're going ...
ANDY NICKERSON We got great looks. We had three or four shots that were halfway down and came out. But we kept batt...
JASON BUCKLEY She took so much pressure off us as freshman and sophomores. She was really the focus of the offense...
AMANDA GONSALVES We just stepped up and took the shots we could make. We have shooters on this team and Cathrine got ...
BECKY HAMMON
I thought we played the best quarter of the series, quite frankly. We kept it very simple and the ba... PAT RILEY They have some really good players on their team that are known for knocking down big shots and we j...
CHAMBERLAIN OGUCHI We didn't make shots, and we didn't make free throws. That was the key. To win championships you hav...
DENISE TAYLOR The main thing that happened tonight was that we found a way to win. We hit some big shots when we n...
CHRIS KEMPF They did a really good job on defense. We missed some open shots and I made a key turnover late in t...
JARED JEFFRIES When a team is that athletic, you need to be precise and accurate on offense. We did a good job, but...
MARTY SEWELL
You're dealing with Eddie, who is a little quicker than Diesel. Obviously, we know he's not as power... KEVIN GARNETT Brandon's capable of doing that. The difference was simple -- we made shots and we guarded them and ...
STEVE FISHER They got the ball to me in the middle, and I tried to make passes to my guys to get shots. We knocke...
CODY WHITE You know it's going to be a low-scoring game and we missed way too many easy shots. Against a team l...
JOE MACRI He's another tough guy who really guards, he helps us become a better defensive team and he knocks d...
DANIEL HORTON We just let them get too big of a pad. When we shot the ball and got shots we were fine. It was just...
ALLAN POPE We panicked a little bit after that spurt. We took some shots that were uncharacteristic of our team...
JIM FREDERICK We had our chances. That's what it comes down to in tight games. Who is going to make the shots, mak...
BRIAN HILL We made stops when we needed to. If our shots are falling, we're a tough team to beat.
CASEY LONG We got our second wind under us when we started to make those shots.
TOM CREAN If we'd have made half our open shots, we would have been down maybe four or five at the half.
GAVIN GRANT I think it's going to be an improvement for our team, putting me out there on the wing, getting more...
MARQUIS WEBB I'm a setup guy and tonight I made a couple of shots and got us going. We work well together and hav...
JAMES JONES We came out flat to start the second half. I thought we would really play up. But we missed some sho...
BOB MURPHREY It's nice, but we came into get a win, and that's what we got. All that other stuff is minor. Guys m...
GREG PAULUS A great team just finds a way to get a lead and keep it. And that's what they did to us. We had a fe...
DEAN VANDER PLAS Down the stretch, in the last six minutes, we had some great looks. We just couldn't hit open shots ...
CARRIE GRAF When the whole team is making shots, it feels great. We've noticed in the past, when we missed shots...
JUWAN HOWARD We usually shoot the ball better than we shot tonight. We normally make those (shots). When you play...
ANDRE NOBLE We weren't making shots. I was turning the ball over. The bottom line is [that] you have to make sho...
BRYANT MCALLISTER You had one team that was knocking shots down and the other who couldn't make any. They played great...
MATT CAMPBELL That was the difference - they made their shots down the stretch and we missed ours.
DONALD THOMPSON Give Orion the credit. Their kids played really hard. I like their team. They do a lot of things wel...
CHUCK GRANT We just couldn't make shots. We got good shots and the girls played hard. We played good defense and...
CHAD OLSON You've got to make shots to be a Division I player. We did a good job of limiting our turnovers and ...
DOUG WOJCIK Me and Will (Thomas) got some early shots at the beginning of the game and we made most of them. If ...
FOLARIN CAMPBELL Sometimes we have pressure in the last five minutes and today that happened again. I think everybody...
ANDRES NOCIONI We kept our composure down the stretch and made some big shots.
LOUIS AMUNDSON I'm very proud of our guys. They played hard all the way through the whole game. They never gave up....
JOEY MARTIN She's a natural when it comes to blocking shots.
HILARY WITT There wasn't anyone near the shooters. They're too good of a shooting team to give open shots to. We...
KEVIN FURTADO We definitely felt we had some momentum going. We finally hit some shots in the second quarter. Moll...
CHRIS STRATHMAN We haven't been in that situation very often. Typically we come out strong and make shots early. I t...
ALAN BUSS We like to push the ball, get it in the lane and kick it back out. When we do that, we know we have ...
CRAIG HAASE I thought Columbia made shots and we didn't. Columbia knocked down some big shots. That's what good ...
LYNN BURKEY I thought we got a lot of good looks on offense. We ran the floor well. We looked opposite and that ...
BRIAN BRANDTNER They were going to have to make perimeter shots and we were going to double down. They (Polar Bears)...
KYLE FENNER We knew Clear Lake was a good three-point shooting team, and we had to expect a come-back in the sec...
COY CUSTER When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at ...
CHUCKY ATKINS We made some shots in the second half and that helped us. But we also got more aggressive on defense...
FRANK OSTANIK I thought we took care of the ball well against their pressure and got some good shots.
BLAIR MARTINEAU We've got to start going inside with the ball. We're a perimeter team that shoots a lot of perimeter...
BOBBY DIXON We just didn't have people step up and hit shots. And you've got to be able to hit shots to beat a g...
JODDIE GLEASON If we hit shots, we look pretty good. They changed and went to pressure, and I thought we started to...
NEIL ALEXANDER I called a time out when we were down 19. I said it's time to play with confidence; it's time to mak...
JOE SIGRIST It's great. It feels great. Guys were knocking down shots. It wasn't just the passers - the guys had...
DEDRICK FINN We pretty much lost this one in the first half. We played very poorly. We didn't put enough pressure...
BRAD SHOVE Down the stretch there were a few shots that we missed that we would normally make. As a team, I thi...
BOBBY SIMMONS That helped us. You've got to make those shots.
TOM WOOD People become more ignorant when it comes to religion.
DANIEL MELGAçO What I remember is that I was getting open shots. We just rotated the ball around and my teammates f...
JEFF CHAPMAN We didn't do a good job in that game of knocking down shots at key times of the game. We need to do ...
DEAN RAHAS We made great choices offensively and hit open shots. Tonight was a huge improvement.
MARC DUCHARME We wanted to try to go through him in a half-court set because he puts a lot of pressure on the defe...
BILL FOTI Their defense was very, very athletic. They put a lot of pressure on the ball, and it made it hard f...
HASWELL FRANKLIN
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