Eric Long
Eric Long
ability containing county friday guard handle hard played quick seen stark time tough
Brandon is as quick a guard as I have seen or played with. He is very tough to guard, not just because of his quickness, but his ability to handle the ball. Friday when he got comfortable going to the hoop, you could just see it and Stark County had a hard time containing him.
best defensive faced good knock open team
We got some real good looks, even when we were down two or three. We executed some plays, but we just couldn't knock down those open looks. Give Orion credit, they have to be the best defensive team we have faced all year.
change great played today wake woke
Sometimes you just have to change things up and do some different things to wake everyone up. Today we woke up and played a great game.
downs game gone mentally regional season seems starting stretch strong team ups
Down the stretch we could have folded. I like where we are at mentally right now. We are starting to get very, very tough. We have gone through a lot of ups and downs this season and it seems like every game is a regional championship atmosphere. That is going to make us a strong team down the stretch.
begin dirt hope moving
We're already working with the city, and we hope to begin moving dirt this fall.
court effort energy great job leading locker needs proud room seniors
I was very proud of our effort today. Our seniors did a great job of leading us. The energy from the locker room to the court was better and the way it needs to be.
caused change energy level picked point switched
We switched defenses and the change caused Galva some trouble. Our energy level picked up at that point in the game.
buy lost playing press results saw shooting straight terrible three tired tonight trying
What you saw tonight was the results of trying to press for three straight days. Our shooting was terrible and we couldn't buy a bucket. That's one of the disadvantages of playing back-to-back-to-back. We got a little tired and we lost our legs.
amount build gave guys gym hard help hours kids last people personal shooting six skills spent summer understand wins year
It was nothing but hard work. People don't understand the amount of hours these guys spent this summer shooting the basketball. All 15 of these kids were in the gym all day working hard. They gave up a lot of their personal opportunities to build their skills and help the team. That is why we went from six wins last year to 16 now.
forces four game position
When you put yourself in the position to have to come back like that it forces your hand. You have to make every play and you can't make a mistake. But the story of this game was told in the first four minutes.
came continued factor intensity key quarter second
The way we came out and continued the intensity we had in the second quarter was a key factor in the game.
best days guys messing nine playing point regular season shut start time year
It is getting to that point in the year where you have to start playing your best basketball. Not that we have been messing around, but it's time to get serious. We are nine days to the end of the regular season and it is time to put up or shut up and I am challenging these guys to put it up.
capitalize defense definitely factor great offensive pace played score
I thought we played great defense in the first half. But what we didn't do was capitalize on that on the offensive end. Because of that we didn't get the score up like we wanted to. The pace was definitely a pace that Orion wanted and it was a big factor in the game.
awesome changed defense energy games momentum opposite played prior trap
In the two games that we played them prior to tonight, our man-to-man defense was better than our trap. But it was just the opposite tonight. Our trap and our energy we had with it was just awesome and it changed the momentum of the game.