We will not play like that [tonight]. I think we played good, but shots weren't falling and people were getting down on themselves like myself. We got down on ourselves and we didn't have much confidence.
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Related And when I saw you kissing that girl My heart, it shattered and my eyes, they watered And ... KATE NASH I think we made some careless turnovers. We were getting good shots, but they were not going down. CHRIS HERNANDEZ At that point I thought we were down, but not out. Our shots weren't falling and we never got into a... LISA ZAK We played rotten. We played like we were finishing a marathon. I think (Clear Creek) could have set ... CHUCK WHITE I think we did it to ourselves. We were kind of sleepwalking and took quick shots. We didn't make th... DAVE PETTIT (The Badgers) were throwing up a lot of contested shots, and we were getting rebounds and pushing it... HASSAN ADAMS She is sugar, curiosity, and rain. E. LOCKHART In the previous two games (against RFH), we started to get down on ourselves and broke down individu... KRISTINA COPPOLINO We came in thinking that we had to play like we were down by 10 points. And then we got a five or si... BRIAN BEARD Shots weren't falling. I felt like we had a lot of good looks and we couldn't get them to go down. I... ANN STROTHER We have a right to life, not on it. DANIEL MELGAçO We just played smarter tonight than we played for most of the year. We tried to probably play like a... XANDER RITZ The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever. E.LOCKHART اگر میخواهید جایی زندگی کنید که مردمش از موش ها نمیترسن... EMILY LOCKHART You hate cake doughnuts." "Of course," says Mirren. "But we didn't get the cake, we got glazed ... E.LOCKHART There are parallel universes in which different events have happened to the same people. An alternat... E. LOCKHEART There is not even a scrabble word for how bad I feel. E. LOCKHEART He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark. Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain. Gat, h... E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young. E. LOCKHART We took ourselves out of the game more than they did. We were getting good shots, we just couldn't k... ALYSSA NELSON The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w... GABRIELLE ZEVIN We had a lead after the first quarter, but after that it seemed like we lost focus. Defensively we w... DENA RUSSO We played a tight match with Stetson but we didn't hang our heads and get down on ourselves. Instead... NICK STUTSMAN We got some good shots, but we just had trouble hitting them. We had trouble rebounding on both ends... CLAY REEVES We made a real good run tonight. We played well. Our shots weren't falling. Our young guys played we... GREG MILLS We had a chance down the stretch. Look at the stats from the second half compared to the first. I li... BO RYAN We're a stronger team than we were last year. If we can play like we played tonight, we probably hav... DAVE PINKOWSKI Trevor and Spencer are both great shooters and when we are patient and focused on getting great shot... CHRIS ROCHE Tonight we played a much weaker opponent, but we played very well on our side of the net. If we play... MAX KLINEMAN We really played a sloppy match tonight. I am tired of saying that we did not play to our ability, b... GREG HETHERINGTON I think all 29 other teams have written us off and given us no chance at all. We have to believe in ... TOM POTI I think we just got a little full of ourselves those last three games. We were doing things like we ... AKEIM CLABORN The last time we played them, we got down early and then slowed down on both ends of the floor. But ... FRED FEBACH I think they put so much pressure on themselves to live up to their expectations, and we played like... DAVE PIETRAMALA We still played good defense in the first half, but our shots just weren't falling, ... Our defense ... HASSAN ADAMS I thought we had the right play called. She got a good look. But like most of the night, her shots j... DANNY CROSBY We were playing tonight like we were earlier in the season. Hopefully, we can go out on a good note ... JEFF SMITH I don't think it was the press that was hurting us too much. We got the ball down the court with ver... CATHY RALSTON I think people started getting scared and falling under the pressure, and we just weren't working to... DANA MITCHELL We can't pinpoint the problem - we're just not knocking down shots. We're getting good shots and not... DEDRICK FINN We were distraught. But we have never gotten down on ourselves as a team. DARREN SHARPER We didn't come all this way for nothing. We weren't going down without a fight. We got on the boards... ASHLEY WATKINS Give Orion the credit. Their kids played really hard. I like their team. They do a lot of things wel... CHUCK GRANT It looked like we got a little tired, and it looked like we settled for outside shots. We were depen... DOUG PESICKA We prepare well for every game, but we keep coming out with slow starts and digging ourselves a hole... KARRON CLARKE We just told the girls to play hard tonight. What ever happens, happens. We stressed fundamentals, l... EDDIE DOMINGUEZ We did come back, but we dug ourselves too big a hole. We've been struggling on defense and tried so... BRITTANY WILKINS 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 didn't think our defensive intensity was very good, and I didn't think we did a very good job on t... CONNIE WEST We just didn't come out and played focused tonight. We won't win a state title if we play like this.... ED SMITH We played even with them until the third quarter. Down the stretch we didn't play smart basketball, ... FRANK LEAFE We calmed down and we played with poise. Once we calmed down a little bit, we were able to finish so... STAN KOWALEWSKI I think not only did we increase our confidence, but how we handle it. We learned that if we put tog... JENI HOPKINS We did a good job of contesting (the shots), but they were so much bigger, we couldn't get to it. On... KYLE KRUEGER We came out flat to start the second half. I thought we would really play up. But we missed some sho... BOB MURPHREY The part about playing hard, we've got that down pretty good. We play hard every night. No matter ho... MIKE DUNLEAVY John obviously put on a clinic tonight. We gave him a couple of good looks. But he knocked down two ... DOUG FLEMING And it wasn't like we were forcing hard shots. We were getting easy shots but we just had some jitte... BRIAN MACY (Baker) got his feet set and he hit the shot with confidence. We were fortunate we hit some big shot... DAN STARKEY I thought as we were coming back, their players were panicking a little bit. They were rushing their... LINC DARNER We played like warriors all the way through. We were able to win through all the adversity. We only ... DANNY EVANS They were getting countless open jump shots and our pressure was not very good at all. We got crushe... RON LIEVENSE We were not as sharp as we usually are, ... They have very good one-on-one players, and down the str... BARON DAVIS We made too many mistakes; we didn't take care of the ball. We did not bear down on defense like we ... AL KLUNICK At times we didn't even play that good. But we played hard, and we played with confidence. MACK BROWN I'm so proud of my guys, they really played their butts off. All year long we've prided ourselves on... BLAINE LOPEZ I think we got too relaxed. We kept saying we could beat them, but their offense was picking us apar... JASON FONTENET I think we were getting the shots we wanted. They just weren't falling. The past two times against t... BEN LEVINE It's an up and down game. I think we scored something like 99 on them when we played up there (a 99-... JASON HENRY 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 UCLA did not come ready to play, ... Once they got down, you could see they were acting like they we... MICHAEL JOHNSON I knew they were good shooters, and that if we didn't get out on them, they were going to knock shot... ALEX SMITH When we got behind we knew they were going to try to hold the ball so we wanted to put some pressure... DAN STEPHENS We were getting shots off but nothing was falling for us early. I think guys came out a little tight... PETE ASADOURIAN I think we had an effort, but I don't think we played very well. If you're not scoring and not getti... BOB KNIGHT I knew we would eventually settle down because we were a bit tight in the beginning, but Stephen got... RANDY WRIGHT Kobe makes shots like that. We kept saying they were incredible shots and they were incredible shots... MAURICE CHEEKS All we ask of our guys is that they take good shots. The shots we took tonight were good shots, shot... PAUL GRAY Down the stretch there were a few shots that we missed that we would normally make. As a team, I thi... BOBBY SIMMONS We were a lot looser tonight than we were the last time we played them. We moved the ball well and g... BENNY HARRIS I'm proud that my boys didn't panic after getting down early. Our defense got better and better as w... CHRIS ALLRED We wanted it more than they did, and we made sure we kept our composure because we realized we were ... KATIE KLINE In the past we will be in games and we have a letdown in an inning, we lose focus or we kick it, and... BRENT HARMON We buckled down at the end when we needed to and got some big stops. They played a great game tonigh... SHAWN MARION We're not sitting down sulking and feeling bad. We're rallying around what we've got, and we feel we... GRANT PRESTON We got off to a good start, getting the shots we wanted, but they were just a little nervous. That h... SHAWN NELSON I think the guys were a little anxious out there early on and the shots just weren't falling. But we... JOE AIELLO We have to put in 32 good minutes. Tonight, we only played 16 good minutes and that?s what it came d... JAY MCKENNA We are responsible for ourselves and each other. RODEL NATIVIDAD CASIO We got great looks. We had three or four shots that were halfway down and came out. But we kept batt... JASON BUCKLEY That big run put us where we needed to be. We played good defense and the press really got to Mounta... ALAN BARTON That killed us. They rebounded incredibly well tonight and defended incredibly well tonight. We miss... BRIANNA MORROW I felt we could cut down on their passing lanes. We didn't get much pressure on them, but the lineba... WES LITTLEFIELD They probably think that we don't miss free throws. We were 11 out of 11 last time we played, and fo... JARED GOBEL We played much better tonight, especially on offense. We really came out to play. BOBBY PEEKS We got some high percentage shots down the stretch. We were able to drive some, and we broke some th... HOUSTON FANCHER We didn't come out with as much intensity as I hoped we would tonight. We played a good team, but we... CHAD KISON We got down in the first quarter, but we played them even the rest of the way, and that gave us some... BRUCE HARTLEY This will sound a little strange, but we did not play good basketball tonight. I'm sure that the out... BRAD SODERBERG
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