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Down the stretch, it came down to our guards hitting free throws. This is a game of runs, and we wer...
FRANK CASTILLO 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 knock down our free throws like we'd like to. You shoot 100 free throws on game day but yo...
BRIAN THORNTON It came down to free throws. They made theirs (9-13) and we didn't make ours (8-21).
BOB GONZALEZ 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 Super Bowl and the girls responded very well. And it was good that we made some key fre...
JAY HARPER This was probably the most significant win that we've had maybe even since we've been D-1. We showed...
JACKIE TURPIN The last two to three minutes of both halves we showed our poise and looked like a veteran team. We ...
TODD HARDESTY We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some...
JEFF BEEMAN![]()
By far, this is our biggest win of the year, especially the way we played down the stretch. We won a...
LEBRON JAMES We played very well down the stretch. Wicks and (Bryan) Mathews both knocked down key free throws. E...
STEVE MONKS She was our extra scorer a lot. She's just really competitive. She was our outside threat. And we wo...
KELLY ANDERSON We extended our half-court defense in the second half and I think it was the best half-court defense...
BRODIE FLAHERTY All we needed to do was make our free throws. We had some mental lapses with the ball down the stret...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX 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 didn't match up well underneath. Our perimeter shooting is non-existent. We missed some key free ...
BRIAN COLLINS It was highly unlikely for us to make that many free throws down the stretch.
BRIAN MORSE The most important things was the free throw line, no question. The other thing was, down the stretc...
ANNE DONOVAN I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chanc...
EUGENE RICHARDSON A lot of people doubted us when Danny went out. He's our leader on the floor. Hajek showed tremendou...
JAMES TJEERDSMA Mount Vernon started to come back a little bit there. But I think our girls did a good job keeping c...
KRIS KLEEMAN We played the best 29 minutes of basketball we played all season collectively, then we did everythin...
LARRY EBERST I think our bench really played well and we started to wear them down some. They started to come bac...
GORDY GRUHL Down the stretch, the free-throw line was our nemesis. If we can get a couple of stops and make our ...
RICK CARLISLE We made our free throws down the stretch and that was huge. We came out of the gate pretty good to s...
BRIAN BAPTISTE There was a lot of desperation to win these games. Closing out the game. Hitting free throws. Valuin...
JASON RICHARDSON (SouthWest) hit their free throws down the stretch; we didn't. But I like the way our guys kept figh...
DANNY WARD My mom always says free throws win games and that's what it came down to. They made their free throw...
ANDY MANGIN Guys hit their free throws down the stretch. We got a few key rebounds and they missed some shots.
DEON THOMPSON We made a lot of bad plays down the stretch, but our guys kept playing hard through the turnovers, t...
TERRENCE ROBERTS Fausto was in command. He showed tremendous poise when they tried to put together a couple of inning...
ERIC WEDGE The difference in this ball game was the free throws. You're not going to beat the No. 9 team in the...
JEFF WHITNEY We didn't make shots. I give Ann Arbor credit. It's about making plays and making free throws down t...
MIKE MASSUCCI We left too many free throws on the board (down the stretch). Turnovers in the second quarter came b...
MARK PIXLEY They started making shots in the second half, and they made their free throws down the stretch.
EDDIE MILLER All season we've been struggling with our free throws. We were practicing them and we were able to k...
ALEJO RODRIGUEZ We made our foul shots - 9-for-13 - down the stretch when we needed to.
LAYNE HIGGS We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT 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 It was a hard-fought battle between two teams. Lourdes came in very well prepared, the difference wa...
KERRY KOONCE They just played a zone and we didn't shoot well from the outside. That was the difference in the ga...
BRENT LISKAI We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH We didn't handle the pressure very well. And then they hit big free throws down the stretch and we m...
GENE SMITH It was another one of those games where it wasn't pretty. We missed a bunch of key free throws. We m...
BOB MARLIN I was pleased with the poise we showed.
BOB MAYERHOFER Every coach is going to tell you that they spend time working on free throws at practice, but we rea...
GREG TAYLOR 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 This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she show...
DENISE AINSWORTH We practice that all the time, hitting free throws at crunch time.
BRANDIE HOSKINS They out-rebounded us in the second half. That's how they got back in the game. But we made our free...
FRANK ROSSI Everybody comes with their best game, which is great. Tonight we made a lot of mistakes but we plowe...
GREGG POPOVICH We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th...
AL GUTHMAN This was a solid, solid win tonight against a good Salem team. Our guys showed a lot of poise tonigh...
MATT MITCHELL I was pleased with the way we kept our poise when we were down. Austin Hood picked the perfect time ...
AL BIANCALANA![]()
And next time we hear someone saying something like, 'We are pursuing this strategy because other st...
GEORGE SAUNDERS We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and w...
JOE DESANTIS We came back and did just enough to win. We showed good poise out there.
JASON YOUNG 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 I really think we kept battling. We're still not real pretty and we're still making young mistakes b...
FRANK SCHADE I think she came out very determined. She's just a sophomore, and she hit her free throws down the s...
DEB BENNETT It just came down to who made the most free throws.
SARA SCHOPPER We knew we were going to have to make our free throws to win.
BRADY BOMBER If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free...
WADE BAKER 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 We did a great job down the stretch shooting free throws. What can you say about Trey Wright. He is ...
RON WATSON (Baker) made some great plays in the open floor. We keyed on her and got some turnovers in the secon...
JEFF BICKMORE We hit a drought in the second period and Buford started hitting its free throws.
ZAM FREDRICK I think it was out ability to withstand it by coming up with big rebounds. We made some good decisio...
CARRIE GRAF In the fourth it came down to us shooting our free throws. Fifteen out of our 17 points in the fourt...
DEIDRE HINZE We showed a lot of poise. We've matured. That's the difference between this year and last year.
ERICA HALLMAN We made a lot of free throws tonight and that was very nice to see. We have not been the best free t...
KRIS KLEEMAN That was pretty big, we built our confidence out of that. We knew going down the stretch that we wer...
MIKE CHERE Their non-scoring girls stepped up and scored tonight. And they hit 10 of 13 free throws down the st...
LORI BLADE We came out very aggressive early. We played very well the first three quarters, then Shrine put on ...
DAVE JOSEPH We were all right. We had a minute left in the game, anything can happen. We got a few stops, came d...
ERICA HALLMAN We just couldn't knock down the big shots when we needed them, and we missed our free throws, too (1...
JOE HOSMAN It's poetic for a senior to be at the line to win a game, for a 20-win season. It was great for her ...
COACH PATTY PATTON SHEARER 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 We made our free throws; we were 21-of-23 from the line, so that was encouraging.
BOB HOFMAN It was a very aggressive game, but I thought our kids stepped up and handled the pressure extremely ...
JAMIE RAINS This was our first close game of the season. We learned how to win today.
TONY MENTO We spent $9 million promoting the show. We are kind of hitting our stride now.
RICHARD DAVIS![]()
Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t...
JEANIENE FROST Free throws always win games. Toward the end of the game, when it became crunch time, we hit some bi...
DANIEL DILLON We just ran out of steam (in the fourth period). We weren't hitting our shots and were tired in the ...
DAVID PIEHLER We didn't play our best, but a lot of that credit has to go to Republic. This was a rivalry game and...
BRAD BARTON 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 to win it, if we knocked down some free throws and made some better decisions. It...
GREG TACON We've been fortunate to be in position every year where we have big games down the stretch with a ch...
TYLER AZZARELLI 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 At 9-8, we're approaching our 20 losses much quicker than our 20 wins. We need to somehow, as a team...
BOB COOLEN Our defense did a tremendous job, but we gave up some key offensive rebounds down the stretch that h...
CHERYL COLE It showed that we can win different kinds of ways. I think that was something we were lacking at the...
DAVY ARNAUD![]()
I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON![]()
It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON This year, the win and loss record (7-9 league, 8-17 over all) doesn't really show a true picture of...
DAN SCHREIBER We've spent a lot of time talking about situations and keeping our composure. We've lost our composu...
EDDIE QUICK This was a big win and we now control our own destiny to win district. Free throws were the differen...
ALAN BARTON We were able to knock down our free throws. Fortunately we knocked some down in the fourth quarter t...
BRIAN LAFFIN
FRANK CASTILLO 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 knock down our free throws like we'd like to. You shoot 100 free throws on game day but yo...
BRIAN THORNTON It came down to free throws. They made theirs (9-13) and we didn't make ours (8-21).
BOB GONZALEZ 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 Super Bowl and the girls responded very well. And it was good that we made some key fre...
JAY HARPER This was probably the most significant win that we've had maybe even since we've been D-1. We showed...
JACKIE TURPIN The last two to three minutes of both halves we showed our poise and looked like a veteran team. We ...
TODD HARDESTY We made some plays down the stretch. While we didn't shoot free throws well (16-for-29) we made some...
JEFF BEEMAN
By far, this is our biggest win of the year, especially the way we played down the stretch. We won a... LEBRON JAMES We played very well down the stretch. Wicks and (Bryan) Mathews both knocked down key free throws. E...
STEVE MONKS She was our extra scorer a lot. She's just really competitive. She was our outside threat. And we wo...
KELLY ANDERSON We extended our half-court defense in the second half and I think it was the best half-court defense...
BRODIE FLAHERTY All we needed to do was make our free throws. We had some mental lapses with the ball down the stret...
DEKE ROUTHEAUX 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 didn't match up well underneath. Our perimeter shooting is non-existent. We missed some key free ...
BRIAN COLLINS It was highly unlikely for us to make that many free throws down the stretch.
BRIAN MORSE The most important things was the free throw line, no question. The other thing was, down the stretc...
ANNE DONOVAN I thought if we knocked down our free throws it would have been a better ball game. We had our chanc...
EUGENE RICHARDSON A lot of people doubted us when Danny went out. He's our leader on the floor. Hajek showed tremendou...
JAMES TJEERDSMA Mount Vernon started to come back a little bit there. But I think our girls did a good job keeping c...
KRIS KLEEMAN We played the best 29 minutes of basketball we played all season collectively, then we did everythin...
LARRY EBERST I think our bench really played well and we started to wear them down some. They started to come bac...
GORDY GRUHL Down the stretch, the free-throw line was our nemesis. If we can get a couple of stops and make our ...
RICK CARLISLE We made our free throws down the stretch and that was huge. We came out of the gate pretty good to s...
BRIAN BAPTISTE There was a lot of desperation to win these games. Closing out the game. Hitting free throws. Valuin...
JASON RICHARDSON (SouthWest) hit their free throws down the stretch; we didn't. But I like the way our guys kept figh...
DANNY WARD My mom always says free throws win games and that's what it came down to. They made their free throw...
ANDY MANGIN Guys hit their free throws down the stretch. We got a few key rebounds and they missed some shots.
DEON THOMPSON We made a lot of bad plays down the stretch, but our guys kept playing hard through the turnovers, t...
TERRENCE ROBERTS Fausto was in command. He showed tremendous poise when they tried to put together a couple of inning...
ERIC WEDGE The difference in this ball game was the free throws. You're not going to beat the No. 9 team in the...
JEFF WHITNEY We didn't make shots. I give Ann Arbor credit. It's about making plays and making free throws down t...
MIKE MASSUCCI We left too many free throws on the board (down the stretch). Turnovers in the second quarter came b...
MARK PIXLEY They started making shots in the second half, and they made their free throws down the stretch.
EDDIE MILLER All season we've been struggling with our free throws. We were practicing them and we were able to k...
ALEJO RODRIGUEZ We made our foul shots - 9-for-13 - down the stretch when we needed to.
LAYNE HIGGS We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I ...
MICHAEL GRANT 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 It was a hard-fought battle between two teams. Lourdes came in very well prepared, the difference wa...
KERRY KOONCE They just played a zone and we didn't shoot well from the outside. That was the difference in the ga...
BRENT LISKAI We stayed in it and we kept fighting back and fighting back. We missed some free throws down the str...
BRIAN RUSH We didn't handle the pressure very well. And then they hit big free throws down the stretch and we m...
GENE SMITH It was another one of those games where it wasn't pretty. We missed a bunch of key free throws. We m...
BOB MARLIN I was pleased with the poise we showed.
BOB MAYERHOFER Every coach is going to tell you that they spend time working on free throws at practice, but we rea...
GREG TAYLOR 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 This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she show...
DENISE AINSWORTH We practice that all the time, hitting free throws at crunch time.
BRANDIE HOSKINS They out-rebounded us in the second half. That's how they got back in the game. But we made our free...
FRANK ROSSI Everybody comes with their best game, which is great. Tonight we made a lot of mistakes but we plowe...
GREGG POPOVICH We wore them down. It was a matter of our conditioning and our kids stepped up and hit their free th...
AL GUTHMAN This was a solid, solid win tonight against a good Salem team. Our guys showed a lot of poise tonigh...
MATT MITCHELL I was pleased with the way we kept our poise when we were down. Austin Hood picked the perfect time ...
AL BIANCALANA
And next time we hear someone saying something like, 'We are pursuing this strategy because other st... GEORGE SAUNDERS We stuck with what we do and we made plays. These kids deserve credit. Craig made the big shot and w...
JOE DESANTIS We came back and did just enough to win. We showed good poise out there.
JASON YOUNG 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 I really think we kept battling. We're still not real pretty and we're still making young mistakes b...
FRANK SCHADE I think she came out very determined. She's just a sophomore, and she hit her free throws down the s...
DEB BENNETT It just came down to who made the most free throws.
SARA SCHOPPER We knew we were going to have to make our free throws to win.
BRADY BOMBER If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free...
WADE BAKER 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 We did a great job down the stretch shooting free throws. What can you say about Trey Wright. He is ...
RON WATSON (Baker) made some great plays in the open floor. We keyed on her and got some turnovers in the secon...
JEFF BICKMORE We hit a drought in the second period and Buford started hitting its free throws.
ZAM FREDRICK I think it was out ability to withstand it by coming up with big rebounds. We made some good decisio...
CARRIE GRAF In the fourth it came down to us shooting our free throws. Fifteen out of our 17 points in the fourt...
DEIDRE HINZE We showed a lot of poise. We've matured. That's the difference between this year and last year.
ERICA HALLMAN We made a lot of free throws tonight and that was very nice to see. We have not been the best free t...
KRIS KLEEMAN That was pretty big, we built our confidence out of that. We knew going down the stretch that we wer...
MIKE CHERE Their non-scoring girls stepped up and scored tonight. And they hit 10 of 13 free throws down the st...
LORI BLADE We came out very aggressive early. We played very well the first three quarters, then Shrine put on ...
DAVE JOSEPH We were all right. We had a minute left in the game, anything can happen. We got a few stops, came d...
ERICA HALLMAN We just couldn't knock down the big shots when we needed them, and we missed our free throws, too (1...
JOE HOSMAN It's poetic for a senior to be at the line to win a game, for a 20-win season. It was great for her ...
COACH PATTY PATTON SHEARER 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 We made our free throws; we were 21-of-23 from the line, so that was encouraging.
BOB HOFMAN It was a very aggressive game, but I thought our kids stepped up and handled the pressure extremely ...
JAMIE RAINS This was our first close game of the season. We learned how to win today.
TONY MENTO We spent $9 million promoting the show. We are kind of hitting our stride now.
RICHARD DAVIS
Even though he was inside the house, I could still hear Vlad’s sardonic mutter of “Where’s a t... JEANIENE FROST Free throws always win games. Toward the end of the game, when it became crunch time, we hit some bi...
DANIEL DILLON We just ran out of steam (in the fourth period). We weren't hitting our shots and were tired in the ...
DAVID PIEHLER We didn't play our best, but a lot of that credit has to go to Republic. This was a rivalry game and...
BRAD BARTON 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 to win it, if we knocked down some free throws and made some better decisions. It...
GREG TACON We've been fortunate to be in position every year where we have big games down the stretch with a ch...
TYLER AZZARELLI 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 At 9-8, we're approaching our 20 losses much quicker than our 20 wins. We need to somehow, as a team...
BOB COOLEN Our defense did a tremendous job, but we gave up some key offensive rebounds down the stretch that h...
CHERYL COLE It showed that we can win different kinds of ways. I think that was something we were lacking at the...
DAVY ARNAUD
I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON
It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON This year, the win and loss record (7-9 league, 8-17 over all) doesn't really show a true picture of...
DAN SCHREIBER We've spent a lot of time talking about situations and keeping our composure. We've lost our composu...
EDDIE QUICK This was a big win and we now control our own destiny to win district. Free throws were the differen...
ALAN BARTON We were able to knock down our free throws. Fortunately we knocked some down in the fourth quarter t...
BRIAN LAFFIN
