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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART I knew they were good shooters, and that if we didn't get out on them, they were going to knock shot... ALEX SMITH It's a matter of pick your poison. They sagged down on our big guys and left our shooters open. They... ADRIAN MOSS They hit shots, and we didn't during that stretch. We had two wide-open threes and missed them both. MARK TURGEON As soon as Devon gave the ball up, they'd scramble off and pick the other kids up a lot quicker than... JOE MURPHY They played a triangle-and-two on us. They matched up Corrie and Rachel and left our posts open. Cor... CONNIE ALLEN Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY I think we were getting the shots we wanted. They just weren't falling. The past two times against t... BEN LEVINE We took ourselves out of the game more than they did. We were getting good shots, we just couldn't k... ALYSSA NELSON (The Badgers) were throwing up a lot of contested shots, and we were getting rebounds and pushing it... HASSAN ADAMS Oh, my. They gave each of us our own shopping cart to push around, and we left with enough clothes t... HELEN RESOR Oh my. They gave each of us our own shopping cart to push around, and we left with enough cloths to ... HELEN RESOR It almost happens every game for us, we get a big lead and let them back in. Coaches are looking for... DANIELLE BISHOP It was not like they played good defense. We had wide-open shots all game long. We could do whatever... JIRI HUBALEK Grants Pass played real well, and we struggled against their triangle-and-two defense. We did not ha... DAVE HANCOCK You have to pick your poison with them. We're concentrating so much on Dwayne Wade and we're doublin... PAUL PIERCE They controlled the boards on us. They would get two or three shots and we were only getting one sho... JAY RANSOM If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL We did everything we were supposed to do, but we just couldn't knock down the shots. All you can ask... DAVE WASEITY I thought we got a lot of good looks on offense. We ran the floor well. We looked opposite and that ... BRIAN BRANDTNER All season we've been struggling with our free throws. We were practicing them and we were able to k... ALEJO RODRIGUEZ Guys were open, so they knocked them down. They're going to knock them down when they're open. BOBBY FRASOR They were doing a great job of taking away our drives to the basket. We had wide open looks which we... BRIAN MEEHAN They were just rotating the ball fast. They found a wide-open man and they were knocking down a lot ... DUSTIN SALISBERY Harvey did a nice job of playing to our weakness. And we don't shoot well. We had some good looks, s... WALLY KESLING We did break down a few times. Our man wasn't giving up many shots, but we had a few players get in ... ANDREW COSTON When you see a combination like that, you just have to pick your poison. We wanted to take away thei... JEFF BRINK They executed better than we did. We were down 37-33 and missed the front end of a one-and-one, come... DAN FEAGLER We tried to pressure them three-quarter court. We tried to pick up the pace and force a lot of turno... DEAN RAHAS When we did get looks we weren't knocking them down, and they were hitting their shots and locating ... LORA STAVENESS We didn't make enough shots. We did a good job creating them, but didn't knock it down. It was a sha... DON MAESTRI We were kind of irritated when we heard everyone saying how wide open this tournament was. We were t... WILL BROWN We knew they were vulnerable, they had a tough loss the other night and we knew they had a new goali... TOM POTI We had two meetings here (with Louisiana missing people hotline officials) about forwarding Mississi... GARY HARGROVE It was kinda crazy going back and forth. We were working the inside-outside game, and when they doub... LEWIS JACKSON They were going to have to make perimeter shots and we were going to double down. They (Polar Bears)... KYLE FENNER We were down 10 and I thought we did a great job to tie it up. [Elkins] hit shots down the stretch a... AARON HALL We broke no rules and we did it with good kids. Not perfect kids who never made mistakes, but with g... RYAN SWANSON We got it back down to a four-point game and Gilbert came down and made a couple big shots and Jamis... DESHAWN STEVENSON I'm very pleased with the way we played defense. We wanted to take the dribble away from them and fo... ASHLEY PHILLIPS We go in with eyes wide open and recognize there will be a lot of hard work involved. But we anticip... TROY AIKMAN We were wide open and we didn't need to rush. I don't know why we were rushing except that we were t... TERRI MITCHELL We were more composed in the first half. We got away from our defense and gave them some shots in th... BRANDIE HOSKINS You had one team that was knocking shots down and the other who couldn't make any. They played great... MATT CAMPBELL They really packed it in on Catherine. They took a chance and left us open and we were able to hit s... JEFF TARKOWSKI In the first inning we left two guys on with one out. We had a chance to jump up on them three nothi... TOM SLIVA If we knock down a couple shots, it's a totally different basketball game. At the end of regulation ... BRET REEDY It seemed like every time we'd get it to one or two and get a shot at the rim, it seemed like it had... MIKE WOOD If you get an open look in this league, you've got to knock down the shot and we were knocking them ... MORRIS PETERSON You are not the happy, unthinking child you have always appeared to be, accepting everything at its ... AGATHA CHRISTIE We were down one with 29 seconds left and missed the front end of a one-and-one. They pulled away fr... JON BROWN We knew those two people were going to hurt us and they did. BRAD GERFEN We did a much better job of contesting his shots. He did a really good job at creating space and was... CLIFFORD ROBINSON We prepare well for every game, but we keep coming out with slow starts and digging ourselves a hole... KARRON CLARKE Beau and Chance both did a great job. They made it through today without allowing an earned run betw... ERIC NIESLANIK If the seed doesn't get planted, it can't become a toxic thornbush. We must guard our minds and our ... CRAIG GROESCHEL They slowed our game down and we weren't able to transition like we wanted to. And we weren't hittin... JULIAN SENSLEY (Parkview) is a very scrappy team and they get out and guard you. We knew we were going to have to w... JENI HOPKINS If people are going to leave me wide open, then it's my job to knock them down. We're taking what th... ALLYSON FASNACHT We had a couple wide shots, and we had six corners and they only had two. Their goal was just a defe... CARMEN SCHOOLCRAFT When a lot of voices, make up a noise, the man who is silent represents a voice. APURVA GAGLANI We talked about the guys who could shoot threes, but we left them to help on other people. We gave C... ROYCE WALTMAN One thing we wanted to do was take away Blake, with that big one-timer he has. We wanted to get into... KRIS DRAPER We came out with great intensity at the beginning, knocking down shots and stuff like that. Then in ... ANTHONY GURLEY We'd like to knock the wind out of them like we did Santa Fe Trail. They came in here with their att... RACHEL DARROW We calmed down and we played with poise. Once we calmed down a little bit, we were able to finish so... STAN KOWALEWSKI That one was like an insurance goal for the team. Once we got up 2-0, the whole game changed. We sta... KYLE CONRAD We had some good looks and we couldn't knock our shots down. They came out to play and simply outpla... KATIE SMITH We had some open shots that we didn't knock down that we normally knock down. But we weren't getting... DANNY GREEN See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART We struggled to score and that has been the issue for this team the whole season. We need guys to st... JASON TREUTELAAR I thought we were able to force them into some quick shots, and luckily they weren't hitting them. T... JEFF OVERMYER We hit shots and they didn't and a lot of times it comes down to that. We were just about to do what... DOUG BOYD I thought defensively we did a good job. We knew they were going to shoot threes, and our guys all d... CHAD RIESSEN I thought defensively we did a good job. We knew they were going to shoot threes, and our guys all d... CHAD VAN RIESSEN They came out in a zone, and the girls were open. One thing I tell the girls, when they have a good ... CHRIS KEMPF We were coming off an emotional loss and still were a little down. We did bounce back. We took what ... FRED RAY We were getting open, and finding the open shot. We were getting good shots. We just weren't making ... BRIAN URIG It appeared to Harriet that she was always the one who remembered having seen other people. They nev... ELIZABETH TAYLOR We did go through a lot of hurt when the church split. But one of the surprising outcomes was that w... LINDA HANNA We were not as sharp as we usually are, ... They have very good one-on-one players, and down the str... BARON DAVIS They matched everything we did. We made a run. They came out and stopped it. If we missed a wide-ope... ALLAN RAY You can't give up 15 offensive rebounds and I feel like Missouri State played hard, on a mission. An... ROBIN PINGETON And you left your mark on me... With the destruction of us, finally, we became no one. NADèGE RICHARDS What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER We were extremely happy with the way we came out tonight. Twenty-two points has been a halftime scor... DON ALLEN We were able to make some plays down the stretch. We tightened up our defense and offensively we kno... PAT MILLER And We did not show them a sign but it was greater than its like, and We overtook them with chastise... QURAN They were talking so much on the court, too, and we wanted to shut them up. They were like, 'You're ... DIETRIC SLATER I don't think they were used to guys blocking their shots. We did a good job blocking them and force... DARRON ROGERS We were down 4-0 before we decided to pick it up and play with a little feeling. DON FRANKLIN We just couldn't knock down the big shots when we needed them, and we missed our free throws, too (1... JOE HOSMAN We had them just where we wanted them. We wanted them running and wanted to get them in that game. T... BRAD PODEVELS The first period we were flat. You wonder when the kids are going to pick it up mentally, and they d... BRUCE LAROQUE When we got behind we knew they were going to try to hold the ball so we wanted to put some pressure... DAN STEPHENS There's not many things they don't do well. It's pick your poison. They're really good. We missed so... DAVE MILAUSNIC I am really proud of the kids. We were not hitting the open shots tonight but we kept fighting and s... GARY ANDREWS She wrote to him fairly regularly, from a paradise of triple exclamation points and inaccurate obser... J.D. SALINGER
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