Deke Routheaux
Deke Routheaux
ball conscious defend defense effort everybody hit impatient rest second three work
The second half, I told them they have to defend every possession. Don't rest on defense and don't get impatient on offense. If you get behind, you have to be more patient than if you're ahead. We made a conscious effort to work the ball inside, where we had an advantage. Hagen hit those three threes and everybody loosened up.
continue floor freshmen game guys near nice robert several
Elliot had a nice game for us. Our young guys continue to improve. Those are the kind of contributions we're going to need from our freshmen as we near the tournament. Robert had another nice floor game for us with several assists, too.
came exciting great hard shot win worked
It was a great game, an exciting game. We had a shot to win it at the end. We got behind, but battled back. We worked hard to get back in the game. We just came up a little short.
county fans good students
It's good for us to play out here in Nimrod Nation. This is part of Gogebic County and we have fans and students out here, too.
boards good leap offensive
They're big, they can leap and they're good shooters. They killed us on the boards with 23 offensive rebounds.
game home last nice thinking win
It was nice to win the last home game, but once the game started, I wasn't thinking about my last game.
close feels games good hopefully learned win won year
It was a good game. We've been in a lot of close games this year and haven't won as many as we'd like. It feels good to win a close one. Hopefully we learned some things.
attempts ball free last mental missed needed seven six stretch
All we needed to do was make our free throws. We had some mental lapses with the ball down the stretch and missed six of our last seven attempts at the line.
balanced ball double four guys half inside keys movement net offense patient percent result second shot victory worked
The keys to our victory were better ball movement in the second half and balanced scoring, with four guys in double figures. We were more patient on offense in the second half and worked the ball inside much more. The net result is we shot 53 percent for the second half.