Grant McCasland
Grant McCasland
beating challenge hope team year
Every year there's always going to be some team that you have a challenge beating them. This year was Howard. We hope other years that's the exception.
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.
games hard love night team tough win
I love they way (the Wranglers) guard. They made it hard on us all night long. They're a tough team and they're going to win some games in this conference. They're not done.
anytime hold team
Anytime you hold a team to 42 points, you have to be pleased.
behind came hit loose needed played shot time
Every time they needed to hit a shot, they hit a shot and every time they needed to come up with a loose ball, they came up with a loose ball. We just played from behind the whole game.
block guys harley looks matter plains recipe south step success talented team wing
South Plains has a talented wing in Harley but it looks like they've had other guys step up and play better for them. They're a team that can only get better. Our recipe for success no matter what is to get to the block and play inside-out.
leadership
That's where our leadership has got to come from, our sophomores. I thought he got after it and we need him to play well.
area both exposed opportunity played plays rest teams theme year
That's going to be my theme the rest of the year that we make all the plays where both teams have an opportunity to get the ball. I thought that's an area where we were exposed when we played at Howard College.
regional win winning
Once you win that, you concentrate on winning the regional championship.
blessed fortunate guys reason
We're just fortunate and blessed to have an opportunity. The reason why we're there is because the guys play in to what we do and they play hard.
ball bounce concern defense fortunate good job last loss outing playing seems
It seems like we've always been fortunate enough to bounce back after a loss this season. I thought we did a good job of playing defense for 40 minutes, which was a concern from the last outing (a 73-57 loss to Howard). We also did a good job of getting the ball (inside).
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.
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.