Deke Routheaux
Deke Routheaux
best confidence gaining shooter
We were red-hot. Cory was 6-for-9 from 3-point range. He's our best 3-point shooter and is gaining the confidence he needs.
double four nice played players points seven tired within
We were within seven points with 3:00 left, but that was it. We got a little tired and they got away from us. We played well. It was nice to see four players in double figures.
against five games good last three
We've been in all 25 games going into the last three to five minutes. Even out in Arizona, we were competitive against some pretty good competition.
athletic felt good inside justin last option roll shot
Justin was able to get inside for that shot and we felt that it was as good an option as any. He's very athletic and he got a good roll on the last shot.
coach created dish drive good improved key nelson offense program robert turning
Robert Wood's penetration was key to the win, especially after Nelson fouled out. He would drive and dish outside. He really created a lot of offense for us. It was a very competitive match. They're a much improved team, with a good coach who's turning that program around.
eyes good
He's a good one. We had to keep our eyes on him.
defends force good post score
He defends the post pretty well. At 6-5, he's a pretty good force in there with his long arms. We look for him to score even more.
bodies care close five learned learning lost season second six took
We were in six tournaments and took second in five of them. We lost some close finals, but we're still learning to play back-to-back games. Hopefully, we learned over the season what we need to do to take care of our bodies and come back the second day of this tournament.
against build closer free games good played score shooting tall throws year
We played one our better games of the year against a very tall and good shooting team. It really was closer than the score tells. They made some free throws at the end to build the lead.
against good half played
We played really well in the first half against a really good team.
against ball bigger good missing moved played struggled
We played well against a good team. We were missing some of our bigger players, so we struggled on the boards, but we moved the ball well and hustled.
ball good indication kids seven shut shutting spread team
We've got seven kids averaging between 8.4 and 16. That's a good indication that they know how to give the ball up and spread it around. We're not the kind of team you can shut down by shutting down one player.
against gave good hard kept
We never gave up. We kept working hard against a very good team.
chance free game missed robert seconds tie trailing
We still had a chance to tie the game at the line, trailing by two with 4.2 seconds left, but Robert missed his first free throw, then the second on purpose, but we couldn't get the rebound.