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.
control game minutes three until
We really didn't get the game in our control until about three minutes to go in the game.
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.
bit learning nice
It's been a very nice service. And it's not greasy. They're learning a little bit about nutrition.
defense defensive games good grown jumping knowing passing plays step
That's why we've got him here, to step up in big games on the defensive end. He plays good help-side defense and does well jumping into the passing lanes. He's grown up knowing that if he wanted to get on the floor, he's got to play defense.
constant course defense helps pressure putting teams
Defense has been our constant all season. Putting that pressure on teams helps us during the course of a game.
advantage came doubt expected hard inside normally played pound run seniors size
Normally we make that big run and run off and hide, but Serena would have no part of that. Serena played hard and they have a lot of seniors who play with a lot of pride. They came at us hard, but we expected that. But there was no doubt that we wanted to take advantage of our size advantage and pound it inside ... and I thought that was the difference.
course cylinders hits hitting hot sets time ton
After Plano went up on us 5-2 we got hot and started hitting on all cylinders defensively and offensively. Of course Garrett was hot, and any time he is hot he hits a ton and he sets up so many other players, too.
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.
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.
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.
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.