Garrick Phillips
Garrick Phillips
ball dared shoot
We kind of dared them to shoot the ball from the outside, and they made us pay.
best looks open shooter
He's the best shooter we have. He got more open looks than usual.
kept telling
We just kept telling them to attack, attack, attack.
basketball best certainly effort good question
Lynden is a good basketball team. There is no question they were better than us. That certainly wasn't the best effort we had.
late quarter tone
We set the tone late in the first quarter and then more so in the second.
battle proud regrets
I'm still very proud of these kids. I will go to battle with them anytime. I have no regrets with these kids.
positive quality
I thought about that a lot this year. I think a lot of it is the quality of their character. They're always positive with one another.
fashion game qualify shy state telling win
I don't shy away from telling you that if we didn't win this game and qualify for the state tournament, it would've been a disappointment for all of us. To get it done in this kind of fashion is very gratifying.
everybody excited games slowly stuck
We've typically started games slowly and methodically stuck to our game. Everybody is pretty excited to play us. We've been resilient.
bigger deal losses overall special wins
We have a special deal in our community, and with the kids. Unfortunately, it's about wins and losses sometimes. But overall it's a lot bigger than that.
against defensive definitely grabbing guy match perfect size
We definitely didn't have the size to match up with him. On the defensive end, he was grabbing all of our misses. You've got to play perfect against a guy like that.
couple maybe tougher
It was a little tougher than maybe it should've been. They made a couple of plays. Give them credit.
amazing group kids share
I hadn't even really thought about it. To share it with an amazing group of kids is great.
guess messed
I guess we messed up a lot of people's brackets.