Grant McCasland
Grant McCasland
early game looks open patient sluggish stayed
I thought we were a little sluggish early but we stayed patient on offense. To Military's credit, we didn't have that many open looks but we were able to get our inside-out game going and that was big.
affected created forward half maybe played positions power room year
It affected us a lot especially in the first half where maybe we could have created some room between us and them. I also played (Smith) in one of the power forward positions which I haven't done all year long and it kind of got us out of rhythm.
europeans games keeps paid practice seemed shooting shoots stays
Like most Europeans do, he shoots those 15-footers all the time. He stays after practice and keeps shooting it. Seemed all that practice after games paid off.
court heart help leader sophomore soul takes team whatever
He's a sophomore who understands what this is about. It's about doing whatever it takes to help the team win. He's been our team leader on and off the court for two years and he's the heart and soul of this team.
gave good job jordan minutes played sheet spark
His play won't show up on the stat sheet but Jordan did a good job of guarding and rebounding. Jordan played about 25 minutes and really gave us a spark tonight.
best class excited far group guys returning since
If those guys return, that should probably be the best group we've had as far as a returning class since I've been here. That should get us more excited about the future.
background basket brooklyn far growing helped regional successful team tough
He comes from a really tough background as far as growing up in Brooklyn and he's helped really helped our team by being someone who can go and get a tough basket or a rebound. We're going to need him to be successful at the regional tournament.
coach immediate level opportunity trust
He had a lot of trust in coach Linder, and in that level he can have an opportunity to have an immediate impact.
anytime hold team
Anytime you hold a team to 42 points, you have to be pleased.
basketball coach compliment extension good greatest player point
Not only was he a good basketball player but he was a coach on the floor. That's the greatest compliment you can give a point guard. He was the extension of what I wanted and a lot of times I didn't even have to tell him what to do on the court.
assistant best coach college country credit great hard junior owe
I owe him all the credit for what we've done here. He's an exceptional coach and he's got a great opportunity. I want everyone to know that I think he was the best junior college assistant coach in the country and I appreciated all of his hard work.
basketball chance extremely force hard inside job learns physically player plays time
He's extremely competitive, he's tough, he plays hard all the time and really has a chance to be an outstanding basketball player for us and be a force inside as he learns to play more consistent. He's done a better job than most (foreign players) because physically he was more prepared.
ball close free games hopefully learn throws turn win
Hopefully we'll learn from this and get better. You've got to make free throws to close out games and we didn't do that. We make some more free throws and don't turn the ball over, we win the game by a lot more than we did.
credit energy half ran second took
Honestly, I just thought we ran out of gas. We didn't look like we had any energy in the second half. That's very disappointing. In the second half we just tanked it. You have to give (the Hawks) a lot of credit because they just took it at us.