Bob Punter
Bob Punter
five games guy last nice quite six steps
(Martin's) been getting 28 or so the last five or six games on the average, but Hummel really showed up. That's the nice thing about having two D-I guys. If one guy doesn't quite get it all done the other kind of steps up.
board chances few gotten guys looks martin matter points
But we couldn't get 60. It's a matter of getting looks for other people, getting chances for other guys to put a few points on the board to augment the 30, 35 that (Scott) Martin and (Rob) Hummel get. They've pretty much gotten their points all the way through.
ball defended guy guys needs rob
We tell our kids, it's not baseball, you don't take turns. You get the ball to the guy who needs to get it. They defended us in a way to take away Scott and Rob (Hummel) and make other guys score. They didn't let us do what we wanted to do.
ball fourth game guys hold lead obviously react time tried
It's obviously the first time our guys have been in a game in the fourth quarter. Did we react well? I don't know. We tried to hold the ball with a one-point lead and didn't do it.
eight games guys might nine seven suited
It's been pretty remarkable. We've had seven or eight games where all the guys who've suited up scored. We might only have nine in those games, but they're doing something.
bothers passes
The thing that bothers me is we just had too many passes that they touched, and we can't do that. We did too many things that made it look like we hadn't practiced.
credit enthusiasm good hard kids played quick
Credit Merrillville, they played hard and with a lot of enthusiasm. They've got good quick kids and they're 14-3 for a reason.
against best defensive effort good low post quite shots
That was the best defensive effort we've had against us that I can think of. We didn't quite have our way in the low post as we have all year. We didn't get a lot of good looks, and when we got good looks, we didn't make them. Shots that we made all year, we missed.
key moment
That was a key moment in the game.
kids pleasantly surprised tough
I was pleasantly surprised with how well our kids defended. We made it awfully tough for Novak and Bradford to shoot.
concerned finished needed picked strong third
I was more concerned about the (defensive) end of the floor. I don't know if we had the zip we needed in the third quarter, but we picked it up and finished strong defensively.
guard
Martin's just too good. They couldn't guard him.
came defended good job kids kyle martin quarter tough
Martin did a good job on Novak, and we defended Bradford pretty well. Our kids really came to play in the first quarter ... and with Kyle back that really makes us tough to defend.
gets kid plays third
Windsor made some big plays for us in the third quarter. I like him because he's a kid who when it gets tough, he plays well.