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We knew we were going to have to make our free throws to win.
BRADY BOMBER I knew I had to make those free throws for us to win the game. I felt good shooting those free throw...
ENGIN ATSUR We just couldn't make a shot. We talked about it before the game, we had to make shots. I figured th...
GREG OVERSTREET We were down 18 going into the fourth quarter. We had no business being in the basketball game. We g...
HEATH COWAN It was just a lot of concentration. We didn't shoot very well from the field, but we were able to ma...
AUSTIN HAWS We were in a bonus and we couldn't make any free throws. Free throws were the problem. I'll bet we d...
DARIAN GILLIAM It kind of seemed like we had a lull in the third quarter like we usually have. Southeast got pretty...
DAVE FARRIS We were 6-for-15 (40 percent) from the line. That's only counting the front end of one-and-ones. Whe...
BRIAN BLUME We had our opportunities (Tuesday). We just didn't make our shots when we had to and we missed too m...
DOUG BLEADORN We had the shots, we just missed a lot of shots. It's hard to believe we played good defense and we ...
JAMIE ROLLINS If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free...
WADE BAKER Tyson had the blocks. Two of those blocks were big league blocks, the one from behind and the one di...
SCOTT SKILES We had our chances in the second half to make it a one-possession game and we didn't do it.
DREW BREES We had open looks. We've got to make our open shots and make our free throws. Somehow, we found a wa...
CHRIS DUHON 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 We're not a great free throw shooting team but the fact that we could make that many free throws her...
GENO AURIEMMA Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games an...
GRANT MCCASLAND Every time they came back, we had answer for them. We were able to make our free throws and take car...
JASON TREUTELAAR We've been harping on ourselves about that. We knew we'd have to hit free throws to stay in it. We w...
AMANDA RADOVICH At that late stage, it was important to make it a two-possession game.
DARRIN HORN The last three weeks, every game has been like this. We've had a small lead, had to run our delay ga...
MARK TIBY We missed (seven) throws for the game. They missed two. The game boils down to free throws, plain an...
JOE BLINE Our free throws really hurt us bad. We had chances to win the game at the end, but we couldn't knock...
JENNIFER LONG There was a lot of desperation to win these games. Closing out the game. Hitting free throws. Valuin...
JASON RICHARDSON They had some fresh legs, and their shots were falling. I knew we would be fine. One of the best thi...
MIKE NOVELL We started strong in the first quarter. In that last quarter, we could not make our free throws and ...
BILL BUTHORN We just couldn't make a play to get over the hump. They just made enough plays to weather the storm....
JEFF MCDONALD You just never know. We knew they were going to foul us and we had to hit our free throws and we did...
CONNIE WEST We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that'...
BRUCE BARNES I really wanted those free throws. They were fouling, and I knew they were going to foul. So I wante...
ERICA FARINA The game wouldn't have been that close if we would have been able to make some free throws. We made ...
ERIC LONG We were expecting it most of the game and the guys handled it well. We knew they had to make a choic...
ADAM PEEK I'm just mad I missed those two free throws. We had a letdown against Cleveland, and we needed to tu...
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS We are born different to make a difference.
LISA R. REYNOLDS We always knew we were going to make a run sometime in the game. We just had to use our conditioning...
DEREK DENNIS There's no question that at time [the technical foul] put us in control of the game. We were able to...
JEFF KAMINSKY It (foul trouble) may have been a key in the second half. But we didn't shoot hardly any free throws...
CURT FREDRICKSON We got some help from them because they missed the free throws but we still had to make some shots o...
DONNIE MARSH Missing 20 free throws is inexcusable. I don't know. We shot 89 percent (from the free-throw line) i...
TONY DUCKWORTH It feels good just to get a tough game like that and be in that situation to make some free throws a...
COURTNEY BEASLEY We had a great game plan. The defensive line had great pressure, and we were able to take advantage ...
DAYLON MCCUTCHEON We had some stretches where we just couldn't score. When we have those times, we've got to find a so...
JEFF ELLIOTT I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chanc...
EUGENE RICHARDSON 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'm just thankful for the free-throw line because we stepped up and made the free throws. Good teams...
LISA BLUDER We got everything going to the basket on offense. We didn't make the free throws to ice the game, bu...
CRAIG KOWAL It was a close game all the way. Ryan hit two big free throws to ice it.
GUY ISABELLE That was a tough one, real tough. We had some costly turnovers at the end. I thought we pretty much ...
TEVESTER ANDERSON How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a coup...
CHAD ALLAN 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 If we ever decided to make free throws, it would've been a different game. When we had chances to ei...
BILLY TUBBS Every coach says it but if you can't make your free throws, you're not going to win games. At one po...
DIANE FOLI It wasn't that they were that much better than we were or we were so much worse than they were. We j...
HENRY CARTER 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON We have to be really consistent and do the fundamental things well, like play good defense, rebound ...
CHARLES PATTILLO We had some good opportunities, with free throws and short jumpers, but I think we were a little bit...
BILL BAKAMUS Besides free throws and taking some unnecessary shots at the end of the game, I thought they played ...
DEB BABER 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 didn't make all the free throws, but we made enough for the win.
KYLE BROOKS Obviously we've got some work to do. We make our free throws, we win by 10.
DEXTER IRVIN For two weeks in a row, we did not make the plays when we needed to make the plays. The last two yea...
K.C. KEELER I knew as soon as I got fouled that I was going to make those free throws.
WARREN CARTER We still missed some free throws, but not at the end. It helps to make baskets in the fourth quarter...
MIKE MONTGOMERY We were just trying to find a way to fight back and make a game of it.
JOSEPH JONES 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 It was just tough all around. They did a good job on our inside, so we had to make shots and our fre...
RULON WASHINGTON Down the stretch, it came down to our guards hitting free throws. This is a game of runs, and we wer...
FRANK CASTILLO I've never really struggled so much with free throws before. But I knew if I got in the game and got...
WARREN CARTER I knew that there was a lot of time left still in the fourth quarter when everyone was kind of relax...
JAMIE BRAUN We had our chances to win it, if we knocked down some free throws and made some better decisions. It...
GREG TACON That was a game I really thought we should have won. We had some good stretches. We just didn't fini...
JOE DENSBERGER We had really strong periods in the second and third. It also helps when you have balanced scoring a...
DOUG BLEADORN That's a sign of toughness through there. We didn't make a field goal, but we hit our free throws.
BERNIE PEARSON It's just indescribable. It was unbelievable. Not many people have this experience n we knew we had ...
INDY UHLENHOPP We dug ourselves into a big hole early in the game, but the kids struggled back and we were tied wit...
JASON RUSSELL It came down to free throws. They made theirs (9-13) and we didn't make ours (8-21).
BOB GONZALEZ That ices games for us. We've got great shooters, but we knew they were going to foul us at the end....
HENRY UHEGWU We'd been hitting free throws lately, but we just couldn't make them tonight. In close games, that's...
LONNIE PARAMORE We're just young enough where, against good teams like this, if we miss a free throw and they make a...
GARY KELLOUGH We gave up some rebounds at the end, we didn't make free throws, and it just got away from us. What ...
IAN VOUYOUKAS I was feeling the pressure before I went to the line. But I knew I had to make those free throws. I'...
JOSH WRIGHT We knew they were going to make a strong run. We just needed to make sure we kept being aggressive t...
BOB NOBBE We knew it was going to be a game of runs. We told our guys we were going to make ours, and when we ...
ERIK GOETZ We talked at half time saying we wanted to have to make them come back two points at a time. Not one...
DAN SCHWIETERMAN I thought the difference in the game were the little things, especially the free throws on both ends...
GUY SHAVERS I thought it was a good game from a spectator point of view. We certainly had our opportunities thro...
CAROL OWENS We knew he was going to make adjustments. We knew he would have a good game sooner or later because ...
CLIFF ROBINSON We had a slow start, but the girls didn't quit. Instead, they showed great heart and determination a...
RUSTY BOOSTROM We have to make the right decisions for everyone, not just a few.
ED SILLS We were probably one free throw away from winning the game. We weren't able to make it, and we weren...
SCOTT SKILES We just knew we had to be mentally tough once the ceremonies were over. We had to get down to busine...
DWAYNE LEE![]()
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E. LOCKHART I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shot...
CHRIS ALEXANDER We were getting the same open shots, they just weren't falling. It was kind of frustrating to run th...
DYLAN VENABLE They were taking a lot of time off the clock with their offense, using almost 30 seconds on each pos...
BRYAN ROGERS Eventually we'll have to beat these guys if we want to win the league. They've had our number the la...
DON LEITZEL We knew they had to foul down the stretch and shoot threes and make us miss. It was big to finish li...
KYLE COSTON In the last game, when it came to crunch time, we missed free throws, turned it over, and missed a c...
JOEL DUNN We let the game get close by missing free throws in the fourth quarter. We were lucky to pull out th...
BOB MONAHAN
BRADY BOMBER I knew I had to make those free throws for us to win the game. I felt good shooting those free throw...
ENGIN ATSUR We just couldn't make a shot. We talked about it before the game, we had to make shots. I figured th...
GREG OVERSTREET We were down 18 going into the fourth quarter. We had no business being in the basketball game. We g...
HEATH COWAN It was just a lot of concentration. We didn't shoot very well from the field, but we were able to ma...
AUSTIN HAWS We were in a bonus and we couldn't make any free throws. Free throws were the problem. I'll bet we d...
DARIAN GILLIAM It kind of seemed like we had a lull in the third quarter like we usually have. Southeast got pretty...
DAVE FARRIS We were 6-for-15 (40 percent) from the line. That's only counting the front end of one-and-ones. Whe...
BRIAN BLUME We had our opportunities (Tuesday). We just didn't make our shots when we had to and we missed too m...
DOUG BLEADORN We had the shots, we just missed a lot of shots. It's hard to believe we played good defense and we ...
JAMIE ROLLINS If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free...
WADE BAKER Tyson had the blocks. Two of those blocks were big league blocks, the one from behind and the one di...
SCOTT SKILES We had our chances in the second half to make it a one-possession game and we didn't do it.
DREW BREES We had open looks. We've got to make our open shots and make our free throws. Somehow, we found a wa...
CHRIS DUHON 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 We're not a great free throw shooting team but the fact that we could make that many free throws her...
GENO AURIEMMA Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games an...
GRANT MCCASLAND Every time they came back, we had answer for them. We were able to make our free throws and take car...
JASON TREUTELAAR We've been harping on ourselves about that. We knew we'd have to hit free throws to stay in it. We w...
AMANDA RADOVICH At that late stage, it was important to make it a two-possession game.
DARRIN HORN The last three weeks, every game has been like this. We've had a small lead, had to run our delay ga...
MARK TIBY We missed (seven) throws for the game. They missed two. The game boils down to free throws, plain an...
JOE BLINE Our free throws really hurt us bad. We had chances to win the game at the end, but we couldn't knock...
JENNIFER LONG There was a lot of desperation to win these games. Closing out the game. Hitting free throws. Valuin...
JASON RICHARDSON They had some fresh legs, and their shots were falling. I knew we would be fine. One of the best thi...
MIKE NOVELL We started strong in the first quarter. In that last quarter, we could not make our free throws and ...
BILL BUTHORN We just couldn't make a play to get over the hump. They just made enough plays to weather the storm....
JEFF MCDONALD You just never know. We knew they were going to foul us and we had to hit our free throws and we did...
CONNIE WEST We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that'...
BRUCE BARNES I really wanted those free throws. They were fouling, and I knew they were going to foul. So I wante...
ERICA FARINA The game wouldn't have been that close if we would have been able to make some free throws. We made ...
ERIC LONG We were expecting it most of the game and the guys handled it well. We knew they had to make a choic...
ADAM PEEK I'm just mad I missed those two free throws. We had a letdown against Cleveland, and we needed to tu...
CHAUNCEY BILLUPS We are born different to make a difference.
LISA R. REYNOLDS We always knew we were going to make a run sometime in the game. We just had to use our conditioning...
DEREK DENNIS There's no question that at time [the technical foul] put us in control of the game. We were able to...
JEFF KAMINSKY It (foul trouble) may have been a key in the second half. But we didn't shoot hardly any free throws...
CURT FREDRICKSON We got some help from them because they missed the free throws but we still had to make some shots o...
DONNIE MARSH Missing 20 free throws is inexcusable. I don't know. We shot 89 percent (from the free-throw line) i...
TONY DUCKWORTH It feels good just to get a tough game like that and be in that situation to make some free throws a...
COURTNEY BEASLEY We had a great game plan. The defensive line had great pressure, and we were able to take advantage ...
DAYLON MCCUTCHEON We had some stretches where we just couldn't score. When we have those times, we've got to find a so...
JEFF ELLIOTT I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chanc...
EUGENE RICHARDSON 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'm just thankful for the free-throw line because we stepped up and made the free throws. Good teams...
LISA BLUDER We got everything going to the basket on offense. We didn't make the free throws to ice the game, bu...
CRAIG KOWAL It was a close game all the way. Ryan hit two big free throws to ice it.
GUY ISABELLE That was a tough one, real tough. We had some costly turnovers at the end. I thought we pretty much ...
TEVESTER ANDERSON How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a coup...
CHAD ALLAN 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 If we ever decided to make free throws, it would've been a different game. When we had chances to ei...
BILLY TUBBS Every coach says it but if you can't make your free throws, you're not going to win games. At one po...
DIANE FOLI It wasn't that they were that much better than we were or we were so much worse than they were. We j...
HENRY CARTER 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give...
JAMES C. DOBSON We have to be really consistent and do the fundamental things well, like play good defense, rebound ...
CHARLES PATTILLO We had some good opportunities, with free throws and short jumpers, but I think we were a little bit...
BILL BAKAMUS Besides free throws and taking some unnecessary shots at the end of the game, I thought they played ...
DEB BABER 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 didn't make all the free throws, but we made enough for the win.
KYLE BROOKS Obviously we've got some work to do. We make our free throws, we win by 10.
DEXTER IRVIN For two weeks in a row, we did not make the plays when we needed to make the plays. The last two yea...
K.C. KEELER I knew as soon as I got fouled that I was going to make those free throws.
WARREN CARTER We still missed some free throws, but not at the end. It helps to make baskets in the fourth quarter...
MIKE MONTGOMERY We were just trying to find a way to fight back and make a game of it.
JOSEPH JONES 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 It was just tough all around. They did a good job on our inside, so we had to make shots and our fre...
RULON WASHINGTON Down the stretch, it came down to our guards hitting free throws. This is a game of runs, and we wer...
FRANK CASTILLO I've never really struggled so much with free throws before. But I knew if I got in the game and got...
WARREN CARTER I knew that there was a lot of time left still in the fourth quarter when everyone was kind of relax...
JAMIE BRAUN We had our chances to win it, if we knocked down some free throws and made some better decisions. It...
GREG TACON That was a game I really thought we should have won. We had some good stretches. We just didn't fini...
JOE DENSBERGER We had really strong periods in the second and third. It also helps when you have balanced scoring a...
DOUG BLEADORN That's a sign of toughness through there. We didn't make a field goal, but we hit our free throws.
BERNIE PEARSON It's just indescribable. It was unbelievable. Not many people have this experience n we knew we had ...
INDY UHLENHOPP We dug ourselves into a big hole early in the game, but the kids struggled back and we were tied wit...
JASON RUSSELL It came down to free throws. They made theirs (9-13) and we didn't make ours (8-21).
BOB GONZALEZ That ices games for us. We've got great shooters, but we knew they were going to foul us at the end....
HENRY UHEGWU We'd been hitting free throws lately, but we just couldn't make them tonight. In close games, that's...
LONNIE PARAMORE We're just young enough where, against good teams like this, if we miss a free throw and they make a...
GARY KELLOUGH We gave up some rebounds at the end, we didn't make free throws, and it just got away from us. What ...
IAN VOUYOUKAS I was feeling the pressure before I went to the line. But I knew I had to make those free throws. I'...
JOSH WRIGHT We knew they were going to make a strong run. We just needed to make sure we kept being aggressive t...
BOB NOBBE We knew it was going to be a game of runs. We told our guys we were going to make ours, and when we ...
ERIK GOETZ We talked at half time saying we wanted to have to make them come back two points at a time. Not one...
DAN SCHWIETERMAN I thought the difference in the game were the little things, especially the free throws on both ends...
GUY SHAVERS I thought it was a good game from a spectator point of view. We certainly had our opportunities thro...
CAROL OWENS We knew he was going to make adjustments. We knew he would have a good game sooner or later because ...
CLIFF ROBINSON We had a slow start, but the girls didn't quit. Instead, they showed great heart and determination a...
RUSTY BOOSTROM We have to make the right decisions for everyone, not just a few.
ED SILLS We were probably one free throw away from winning the game. We weren't able to make it, and we weren...
SCOTT SKILES We just knew we had to be mentally tough once the ceremonies were over. We had to get down to busine...
DWAYNE LEE
See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be E. LOCKHART I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shot...
CHRIS ALEXANDER We were getting the same open shots, they just weren't falling. It was kind of frustrating to run th...
DYLAN VENABLE They were taking a lot of time off the clock with their offense, using almost 30 seconds on each pos...
BRYAN ROGERS Eventually we'll have to beat these guys if we want to win the league. They've had our number the la...
DON LEITZEL We knew they had to foul down the stretch and shoot threes and make us miss. It was big to finish li...
KYLE COSTON In the last game, when it came to crunch time, we missed free throws, turned it over, and missed a c...
JOEL DUNN We let the game get close by missing free throws in the fourth quarter. We were lucky to pull out th...
BOB MONAHAN
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