Denis Freeman
Denis Freeman
changed couple dylan foul great hit job momentum played second shots
Dylan and Seth Hansen sparked us. Seth did a great job. He made a couple of great moves, he rebounded, he played defense. Dylan hit his shots and made some foul shots. The whole momentum kind of changed in the second half.
bank guy hanging hard kids lucky shot
Sometimes you're better to be lucky than good, right? Yeah, you bank a shot in like that and its luck. But these kids don't quit. If you keep hanging in there and working hard sometimes the lucky guy wins.
ball court facing fine game goes good mental onto playoffs practice ready short tonight year
Like I told them all year 'practice is practice, the game is the game' and when the ball goes up you have to be ready to play. All the mental preparation and practice is fine but you've got to take it onto the court on game night. Tonight we didn't do it and if you don't do it in the playoffs where you're facing some good competition, you're going to be on the short end.
chaos create easy gamble leave man steals worked
You leave your man and you double-team and you try to gamble and create some chaos and that worked out. We got steals and some easy hoops.
george good great job kids miss understand
Manning doesn't miss many good shots. And the other kids around him understand their roles. George does a great job with them.
close credit fortunate games goes kids mentally tough win
We've been fortunate to win some close games and the credit goes to the kids because they're mentally tough and have been making the plays.
capable kids patient point strengths
From this point on we're not going to be patient any more. I think we're capable of more. We have kids who have strengths and we just have to get them to play to those strengths. That's the most important part at this point.
ball defender great sets tone
Carlson is just a great ball defender and really sets the tone for us defensively.
awhile basketball loose peter shoot talented tendency
Peter is very talented. He has a tendency once in awhile to get loose and nonchalant. He's 6-5, he can shoot it, he can put it on the floor, he can pass, he can rebound. He's a very talented basketball player.
last loss point state struggle winning won year
This year has been a struggle for us, the way we are winning games. Nothing comes easy. We may have had one more loss at this point last year when we won the state title, but it was completely different.
atmosphere exciting fired game good great gym
This was an exciting game, a good game to watch. The atmosphere here is always great when the gym is packed. How could you not be fired up to go out and play hard?
bad execution good held offense pleased team year
We have been inconsistent on offense this year and we were today. I was pleased with our defense. We held a good team to 45 points, but we had bad stretches on offense. It wasn't just the shooting, it was the execution.
defensive good time
I told the kids, what did we do good tonight? We made so many mistakes. This was the first time I've been disappointed in our defensive effort.
bunch good great hard kids last lucky work
It's just a great bunch of kids. Like I said last year...you've got to be good but after you're good you've got to be lucky. I don't know if these kids are lucky or not but they work hard and sometimes you make your own luck.