Doug Evans
Doug Evans
beat half northern state win
We've got the No. 1 ranking in the state, but everyone knows, especially in the northern half of the state, to win a state title, you have to beat Hales.
against both continue defeated defensive played trend
We've defeated Marquette twice. On both occasions, we played pretty aggressively on the defensive end. We need to continue that trend against Serena. It should be an interesting game.
last strong stronger though year
Even though we were strong depth-wise last year, we're even stronger this year at all positions.
capable defend definitely ready size step stop
We will have a size advantage. I'll tell you one thing, we had better be ready to stop Serena and step out to defend the three-point shot. We will definitely need to defend because Serena has many capable long-range shooters.
christmas days eight games nine played ready seven thrown
We've played seven games in eight or nine days with Christmas thrown in there. We are ready for a break.
focus games guys playing until
We didn't know that until one of you guys told us. Our focus has been on first getting here, then on getting this one so that we're playing two games on Saturday. If (being undefeated) happens, that's great, but we hadn't thought about it.
thanks until
We didn't know it until (a reporter) told us. Thanks for the pressure.
control game minutes three until
We really didn't get the game in our control until about three minutes to go in the game.
basketball blended coming easy everybody excited great guys job nervous nice passes played player robert smith solid starting tyler
I think everybody was excited and a little nervous with Robert out. But Tyler Smith did a great job coming in. What I like is that Tyler is a different kind of player than Robert, but he played solid basketball and set up some guys for easy baskets and made some really nice passes early. He just blended in like he'd been starting forever. It was nice to see a different lineup come out there and succeed.
floor four good job last offense seen spreading virtually
Reed-Custer did a good job of spreading the floor on us. We have seen virtually nothing but the spread offense for the last four games, but Reed-Custer did a good job of it.
feeling guys hung icing maybe pressure state time top vision
I think we were feeling the pressure down the stretch, but our guys hung in there. This vision started a long time ago. Maybe not 35-0, but being state champs. Being 35-0 is just some icing on top of it.
basketball grown help life open playing taken trying
He's grown up all his life playing basketball with these guys. They've been very open in trying to help him and have kind of taken him under their wings.
good hard limit player shut touches work year
He's a good enough player that he's going to get some points. You have to limit his touches and shut everyone else down. It's all about hard work and getting after the ball, and that's something we've done all year and did exceptionally well tonight.
advantage chicago class competition great improve
Hales has such a big advantage over a lot of Class A schools. Being in the Chicago area, they get to play a lot of great competition and see what they need to improve on.