We didn't knock down our free throws like we'd like to. You shoot 100 free throws on game day but you can't hit the ones that count down the stretch. We still got it done down the stretch and got the win.
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Related Guys hit their free throws down the stretch. We got a few key rebounds and they missed some shots. DEON THOMPSON (SouthWest) hit their free throws down the stretch; we didn't. But I like the way our guys kept figh... DANNY WARD Our free throws really hurt us bad. We had chances to win the game at the end, but we couldn't knock... JENNIFER LONG We did a great job down the stretch shooting free throws. What can you say about Trey Wright. He is ... RON WATSON We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some... JEFF BEEMAN Down the stretch, it came down to our guards hitting free throws. This is a game of runs, and we wer... FRANK CASTILLO I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chanc... EUGENE RICHARDSON I was able to hit some free throws down the stretch and our inside play was good. Andrew was the dif... JAMAAL MAGLOIRE This was our most impressive win of the season. We showed tremendous poise down the stretch, hitting... OLLIE GOULSTON We got it up to 18 in the second half, but they were able to cut it to four late. Maria Viola hit fo... DUWAINE GANSKIE They out-rebounded us in the second half. That's how they got back in the game. But we made our free... FRANK ROSSI It was highly unlikely for us to make that many free throws down the stretch. BRIAN MORSE They just played a zone and we didn't shoot well from the outside. That was the difference in the ga... BRENT LISKAI This was a nice road win. The guys played hard the full game and made free throws down the stretch. ... ELDON DORSEY We didn't handle the pressure very well. And then they hit big free throws down the stretch and we m... GENE SMITH We didn't match up well underneath. Our perimeter shooting is non-existent. We missed some key free ... BRIAN COLLINS I think she came out very determined. She's just a sophomore, and she hit her free throws down the s... DEB BENNETT This was our Super Bowl and the girls responded very well. And it was good that we made some key fre... JAY HARPER We were able to come in here and make the plays down the stretch. We pulled the ball game out and ma... CEDRIC HAWKINS I think our bench really played well and we started to wear them down some. They started to come bac... GORDY GRUHL We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str... BRIAN RUSH We left too many free throws on the board (down the stretch). Turnovers in the second quarter came b... MARK PIXLEY By far, this is our biggest win of the year, especially the way we played down the stretch. We won a... LEBRON JAMES The did a good job on the offensive boards in the second half. We played a really good first half, b... GLENN VAUGHN Down the stretch, the free-throw line was our nemesis. If we can get a couple of stops and make our ... RICK CARLISLE It's hard to swallow when you fight so hard to get back in the game and down the stretch you lose it... STROMILE SWIFT We played very well down the stretch. Wicks and (Bryan) Mathews both knocked down key free throws. E... STEVE MONKS We just hit our free throws. Brad hit 4-of-6 down the stretch and they had to make a 3-pointer. All ... BONZI WELLS We knew they had to foul down the stretch and shoot threes and make us miss. It was big to finish li... KYLE COSTON They started making shots in the second half, and they made their free throws down the stretch. EDDIE MILLER My mom always says free throws win games and that's what it came down to. They made their free throw... ANDY MANGIN We were able to knock down our free throws. Fortunately we knocked some down in the fourth quarter t... BRIAN LAFFIN Their non-scoring girls stepped up and scored tonight. And they hit 10 of 13 free throws down the st... LORI BLADE We were able to survive after we had a pretty good run on them in the first half. We were able to ma... BRYCE SWAFFORD I really think we kept battling. We're still not real pretty and we're still making young mistakes b... FRANK SCHADE It was a hard-fought battle between two teams. Lourdes came in very well prepared, the difference wa... KERRY KOONCE We got a little pay back, as they beat us by seven points in our gym. We came out of the blocks well... MARK TINKER They did what we asked them to do. We had to get off to a good start and control the tempo. And we w... ALONZO SLEDGE We only made two out of the four technical free throws. So it wasn't like it was a six-point swing o... CURT FREDRICKSON We hit some big shots in the fourth quarter. But we missed a lot of free throws which kept the game ... DAVE SCHMIDT We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ... MICHAEL GRANT We missed (seven) throws for the game. They missed two. The game boils down to free throws, plain an... JOE BLINE All we needed to do was make our free throws. We had some mental lapses with the ball down the stret... DEKE ROUTHEAUX We extended our half-court defense in the second half and I think it was the best half-court defense... BRODIE FLAHERTY We turned the ball over too many times in the third quarter and missed too many free throws down the... JEFF GRESS We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and w... JOE DESANTIS We just couldn't knock down the big shots when we needed them, and we missed our free throws, too (1... JOE HOSMAN I'm always nervous when we miss free throws. Coalfield's such a good team that if you give them chan... ANGIE LUCIER We were 6-for-15 (40 percent) from the line. That's only counting the front end of one-and-ones. Whe... BRIAN BLUME The only way I could redeem myself was, when I got to the line, I had to knock down those two free t... MIKE STEIB Every coach is going to tell you that they spend time working on free throws at practice, but we rea... GREG TAYLOR All season we've been struggling with our free throws. We were practicing them and we were able to k... ALEJO RODRIGUEZ She was our extra scorer a lot. She's just really competitive. She was our outside threat. And we wo... KELLY ANDERSON Free throws always win games. Toward the end of the game, when it became crunch time, we hit some bi... DANIEL DILLON You don't win many games when you're missing that many free throws, but we got the victory. BRANDON KRUSEY Rouse got it done down the stretch. RON JIRSA We made our free throws down the stretch and that was huge. We came out of the gate pretty good to s... BRIAN BAPTISTE It was a very aggressive game, but I thought our kids stepped up and handled the pressure extremely ... JAMIE RAINS She's real quick and she knows how to knock down her free throws. SARA SCHOPPER It (foul trouble) may have been a key in the second half. But we didn't shoot hardly any free throws... CURT FREDRICKSON I look at a guy like Joe, who is just a sophomore, but he made a couple of big free throws down the ... BRUCE LARNER They executed better than we did. We were down 37-33 and missed the front end of a one-and-one, come... DAN FEAGLER When you come down the stretch like we are, ... good teams hit the ball. CHARLIE MANUEL We didn't execute at the end. We had a play called and we just didn't execute the play. That was the... JASON NIBLETT We work on them hard enough. We ought to be decent. That's the way the game goes. You have to shoot ... FLOYD GRIFFIN At that point, you've just got to focus on the free throws and shoot. KIRK WALTERS The Spurs hit big shots and got the win. Mohammed was really solid down the stretch. We couldn't sto... MIKE D'ANTONI After a game like that, to think we were one rebound away and we couldn't get it. I told the kids it... CARL MATTEI We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th... AL GUTHMAN I think it was out ability to withstand it by coming up with big rebounds. We made some good decisio... CARRIE GRAF We didn't make shots. I give Ann Arbor credit. It's about making plays and making free throws down t... MIKE MASSUCCI We were going to (Garnett) down the stretch. Then Ricky Davis got it going down the stretch for a co... DWAYNE CASEY It was another one of those games where it wasn't pretty. We missed a bunch of key free throws. We m... BOB MARLIN We got behind and had to foul them, and they nailed their free throws. We cut a 17-point lead down. BOB REED Down at the end, Abel came through with a big shot and Devon hit some big free throws. That's what y... BRAD RANSON We have to be really consistent and do the fundamental things well, like play good defense, rebound ... CHARLES PATTILLO When you go to the line with a sense of urgency, there's more of an expectation to knock those free ... CAMERON BENNERMAN We struggled at that [free throw shooting]. We've normally been a very good free throw shooting team... GREGG HOLIFIELD Our approach to the game was good, but we needed to keep our turnovers down, and we had some breakdo... BOBBY CARTER Down the stretch, I still had the confidence to jump up and knock them down. BRUCE HORAN I tried something different ? I didn't look at the last two there at the end. There are a lot of wor... FRANK ALLOCCO It comes down to free throws and execution. MATT LOJESKI We missed a lot of free throws in the game, but when it came down to it in the fourth, the girls ste... LOY MOORE We didn't hit our free throws the entire game. That's the difference. That's the first thing you not... DENISE TAYLOR In the second half, we picked it defensively. We got to every loose ball. We did a better job of box... DOUG HAYNES We lost some games early in the season when we didn't knock down free throws when we needed to. It's... JOE KONIECZNY I thought our pressure should have been better, but it got us in trouble with free throws. Boone was... JAMES GREER We had some good opportunities, with free throws and short jumpers, but I think we were a little bit... BILL BAKAMUS It was a tough game. We finally knocked down some free throws -- four in a row -- at the end. CASSANDRA RAHMING We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that'... BRUCE BARNES Obviously we've got some work to do. We make our free throws, we win by 10. DEXTER IRVIN Mount Vernon started to come back a little bit there. But I think our girls did a good job keeping c... KRIS KLEEMAN That's when we seemed to get focused, whenever that happens. Our kids have been in some tough, close... CURT DOBBS It just came down to who made the most free throws. SARA SCHOPPER Down the stretch, that's what loses games for us, free throws and big rebounds. In practice we've be... JULIAN SENSLEY Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games an... GRANT MCCASLAND We got everything going to the basket on offense. We didn't make the free throws to ice the game, bu... CRAIG KOWAL (Baker) got his feet set and he hit the shot with confidence. We were fortunate we hit some big shot... DAN STARKEY We can't afford to give away games by not executing and not knocking down our free throws. MICHAEL GRANT We had our chances to win it, if we knocked down some free throws and made some better decisions. It... GREG TACON
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All these big oak trees are just uprooted, everything is brown and the waterline ... DOUG THORNTON We've been playing well in the east. We've been playing this way the last little while. JOE THORNTON He'd already identified me as a heathen, and I hoped he wouldn't try to change that. MARSHALL THORNTON The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much. THORNTON WILDER For what human ill does dawn not seem to be an alleviation? THORNTON WILDER And we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all t... THORNTON WILDER The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself, ''Oh, now I'v... THORNTON WILDER We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sove... THORNTON WILDER The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choo... THORNTON WILDER Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterd... THORNTON WILDER One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with... THORNTON WILDER A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference . . . and fin... THORNTON WILDER Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests. THORNTON WILDER I am not interested in the ephemeral-such subjects as the adulteries of dentists. I am interested in... THORNTON WILDER There's nothing like mixing with a woman to bring out all the foolishness in a man of sense THORNTON WILDER Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value. THORNTON WILDER Yes. Now you know. Now you know. That's what it was to be alive, to move about in a cloud of ignoran... THORNTON WILDER Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of ... THORNTON WILDER The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which ... THORNTON WILDER