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We lost that one in the first quarter. Their press was dynamic and they were just quicker than us.


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MIKE SHOWALTER Oakdale looked great in the first quarter. They came out and didn't miss a shot. But once we were ab...
JEFF BOOGAART We were pushing it too much and we were playing at their pace (in the second quarter). The first qua...
PAT ABNEY We just couldn't handle their press and we shot terrible. I thought our shooting and the inability t...
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MAURICE CHEEKS We were just taking advantage of what we had. We knew we were quicker than the guys they were puttin...
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AL WOLSKI They were all talking about this amongst themselves - but it was not something that they shared with...
WILL LEITCH It was 11-7 at the end of the first quarter. It was actually pretty even, unfortunately, but then we...
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RICK CLARK In the third quarter they just took us out. We were buffaloed. We scored six points, and they were j...
DICK PRATT Northridge typically was quicker to loose stuff and was more alive than us. They played well and tha...
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CARL EDWARDS Bisbee came out hot in the first quarter. I guess the guys thought that they would just let us win. ...
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LUTHER HEAD They controlled the boards on us. They would get two or three shots and we were only getting one sho...
JAY RANSOM They made adjustments at half-time and we didn't. Their press killed us, and our girls just looked l...
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HARRY MASCH The end of the first quarter absolutely killed us. We left a guy wide open in the first quarter ... ...
DARIN LEE We were disliked by the press in the early days because they couldn't put their finger on us, an...
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MAJOR CORLEY We started strong in the first quarter. In that last quarter, we could not make our free throws and ...
BILL BUTHORN We knew they were going to press, we worked on our press break this morning, we work on it all the t...
BECKY MILLER Our shots would not go down and we were down by 10 at the half. In the second half, they were too mu...
HAROLD CHITWOOD That was very scary. [Issaquah] played us tough. They were hitting all their threes. I jus think we ...
CHRISTINA NZEKWE They hit four 3s on us in the first quarter. We weren't getting out and getting a hand in their face...
TONY TAYLOR They were just running a trapping three-quarter court press. We saw from (Wednesday) that if we coul...
DAWN KARPELL I couldn't get one off in the first quarter. They were right on me. But I was eventually able to get...
ASHLEIGH BRAXTON We tried to stay focused after they surprised us with their out-side shooting in the first quarter.
MARGO MUHLBAUER The first quarter killed us. We came out scared and never got into the flow. In the first quarter ou...
LARRY STRAWOET The first quarter happened so fast. They were playing a box-and-one. They had us out of sync on offe...
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GLEN FLANAGAN They were just more athletic and quicker. We were never able to compensate for that speed.
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JAY MELTON It felt good to finish one off tonight. We got up double digits in the third quarter because we were...
JOE MACRI They played really well in the first half. Their legs were fresh and we could handle the contact and...
TOM HALBMAIER They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by half...
CONNIE ALLEN She felt something crack. That injury thing affected the girls and they were concerned about her. We...
FRANK LEAFE We had a lead after the first quarter, but after that it seemed like we lost focus. Defensively we w...
DENA RUSSO We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. Wh...
JERRY SLOAN We had a horrible first quarter, but after that we played really good. I don't think it was us not b...
FRAN SNYDER I was upset because we have been in tougher situations than this, and we lost our composure. They we...
TOM GONSALVES In the first half, they were quicker to every loose ball. They just outworked us. We dug ourselves s...
BRETT NORRIS We were nervous coming in. We knew they were going to be in better basketball shape than they were t...
JOE LAYNE It's more a comment on their strength in the first quarter of 2005 than it is their weakness in the ...
JASON BILODEAU Doug and Tyler at one doubles lost their first set then bounced back to win. That was a big one for ...
ERIC LYONS They hurt us with the press and we turned it over too much. Some of it was their press and some of i...
JOE KILLILEA We practiced against their full-court pressure. We knew that if we got the ball to the middle we cou...
JASON WINFREY That was a big win for us. Not many people picked us to win. We were able to handle their (Roughride...
ALAN SIMMONS They were a little quicker than we were. They got to the ball a little bit faster than we did. We ha...
CINDY GRIFFIN We withstood that first spurt and then we got our bearings together and we were in the game towards ...
MIKE BURNS The results were very upbeat. However, Sony Ericsson may have lost market share compared to the four...
GREGER JOHANSSON It was a gutsy move to bring Thomas back with six minutes left in the game. Our press got us back in...
EVAN MASSEY I think they were a little excited. They had open looks but that (first quarter is not) us. We see s...
JEFF SWEET They looked like they picked up their intensity in the last four minutes of the game and we look lik...
BECKY BROWN It was very frustrating. (Heritage Christian) was better defensively than any of the teams we've pla...
TIFFANY FISHER The big guy picked up those two fouls, but I think that actually hurt us because their other guys we...
ALONZO SLEDGE Second quarter was crucial because we were down and we could have quit. (The bench) got us back in t...
DAVE GREENBERG This time, we got off to a good start, which has been our Achilles heel this season. But we struggle...
LARRY EBERST The girls were upset about last year and right now they just don't want the season to end. Because W...
AUDRA CORSON We gave up way too many uncontested basket. Early in the game they were getting down the court quick...
DAVE STEPHENS They were good. They forced us to play their style — out of control. We didn't execute our press o...
PAUL STONE The main thing (we were thinking in the first half) was that we could beat them and that they weren'...
SHAN FOSTER We just had a terrible start. It's hard to say what happened. It was on their court, and they do hav...
DAVE WESSEL They were really good numbers. We had good markets in the first quarter.
DIETER BUCHHOLZ Their defense was great. They gave us one shot and we were done. We were not patient enough.
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JOE BEREZWICK We showed some young nerves and shot a little quicker than normal. Phil (Short) then went at the bas...
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THOMAS PERLS In the first quarter we played with them, but at the end of the quarter they go up 7-0. On offense w...
RICHARD MOSELEY This was a big win for us. We finished in second place in district last year, and we lost in the fir...
TERRI SMITH That was an absolute nightmare day for us, ... We lost four players that day through injury, but the...
PETER TAYLOR My hat's off to Mercy. They were on fire in the first half. We didn't get tired in the fourth quarte...
DONNA MOIR They were just more physical than we were. They wore us down. ... We have to get better in that sens...
LEON NEAL I think the thing that hurt us was the third quarter. We allowed them to get too many second-chance ...
ANTHONY HOUSTON They were just a step quicker.
DIRK BAUERMANN We were cold from the floor. Then we came out in the third quarter with a full-court press, and it p...
LUKE VAIL We didn't know a lot about them. We saw them earlier in the year. They pressed a lot. We came out th...
JOE DENSBERGER Yeah, but they still moved the ball, ... And it was probably until the fourth quarter when they had ...
TROY POLAMALU We were within one offense touchdown in the first half. It was just a matter of them wearing us out ...
DAVE ADAMS It was a good second quarter for us. We got a good start in the first half, but the second quarter w...
BRUCE HESS This game was lost by us in the first half. In the first half, we needed to put on pressure defensiv...
EVAN MASSEY The Roman Empire was very, very much like us. They lost their moral core, their sense of values in t...
BEN CARSON The run [in the third quarter] killed us. Because now we were in catch-up mode and the clock was run...
EUGENE RICHARDSON Every guy that went out there, we weren't just playing for ourselves. We were playing for all the vi...
ANTHONY PERINE We wanted to come out and score and they (Villa Grove) did a nice job on their first play. The fumbl...
DALE SCHURING In the third quarter, we got a little momentum and we were getting it close -- it was good to have t...
ANDY MACDONALD They just beat us down the stretch. In the fourth quarter is where the game is won or lost. I though...
RAY ALLEN What really hurt us was that poor start to the third quarter. They made their shots while we missed ...
DAVE WITZIG Everything in the shot chart in the first quarter was underneath the basket. Maybe they were a littl...
JOE WOJTKIEWICZ First of all, our shooting from the free throw line was atrocious in the first half. That set the to...
HOWARD WHITE We moved from a full-court press to a half-court press after the half. They were just too fast for u...
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DUSTY BAKER I talked to him last night and this is the first time he's been in a playoff situation. I just told ...
DUSTY BAKER He's had that from time to time. That's the first time he's had it this year, but when a guy comes t...
DUSTY BAKER He said he could go one more. But you could see he was laboring out there, throwing the ball high,
DUSTY BAKER The guy can pitch, but we had an opportunity to beat him today, just like we had an opportunity to b...
DUSTY BAKER He's a guy who wants to come here and do well. It seems the more you try, the worse it gets.
DUSTY BAKER Maybe I shouldn't have cursed. I had just given him the highest compliment last week when I said he'...
DUSTY BAKER The Board of Supervisors has not formally reviewed the bill, but Beaches and Harbors has the same co...
DUSTY CRANE They're externally humble but internally very confident, ... He does everything easy, kind of slow-m...
DUSTY BAKER This is the youngest team I've had, which is what I've been yearning for really for years now. The y...
DUSTY BAKER I've got a game plan. Some of it depends on how healthy Todd feels, how his legs feel. He's still re...
DUSTY BAKER That's what we're here for is to see. Eventually, I think he'll be a fine [No. 2] hitter. I don't kn...
DUSTY BAKER I can remind Carlos all I want. But when you get out there against Cuba or whoever and start banging...
DUSTY BAKER You've got to admire him for not quitting. When you're hungry, you can find a way to do things. He w...
DUSTY BAKER Hey, you can't pick where you put them. I try to protect my guys the best I can. If you're in the bi...
DUSTY BAKER You would think over the course of a winter -- actually three winters, two winters -- that guys woul...
DUSTY BAKER I had Bo. I know Bo has good stuff, especially if he's healthy. He said his arm is good. The guy kno...
DUSTY BAKER Wow. You just caught me off guard. One of the most creative minds there has ever been. I was a fan w...
DUSTY RHODES They foul off a lot of his fastballs. That was a lucky bad hop for them.
DUSTY BAKER I'm sure he'd like to end the year pitching, knowing Woody. If we can get him in there, we'll try to...
DUSTY BAKER Woody is the most advanced. Miller and Prior aren't too, too far behind.
DUSTY BAKER It's not over with yet. You don't know if somebody is going to offer Sammy a job here soon or what i...
DUSTY BAKER You can tell your uncle stuff that you could not tell your dad. That is kind of the role of an uncle...
DUSTY BAKER He's got a good tempo, good rhythm going, great control, great movement. When things are going good,...
DUSTY BAKER Now with as much parity as there is now if you gain a couple of key players and remain healthy you c...
DUSTY BAKER I just hope my army is sharp.
DUSTY BAKER