Greg Nossaman
Greg Nossaman
arises backside ball catch foul guard guys knock learn needed proud reed screen seconds shoot situation step stepped trying wild
We had a foul to give and we were trying to knock the ball away and get under two seconds to make them take a wild shot. I thought if the lob to Reed wasn't there, their guard would step out on a backside screen and catch it and shoot it. Hopefully, we can learn from that when the situation arises again. But guys stepped it up when we needed to, and I'm very proud of them.
accept athletes bunch buy college couple good guys players team
We don't have guys go to college to play ball. We have good athletes who buy into what we're doing and play hard. You have a couple good players and a bunch of guys that accept their roles, you can have a pretty good team every year.
ball guards guys hands hit lead might others points sound though
Once we got the lead we put the ball in the hands of one of the better guards in Ohio. Even though he was double-teamed all night, he got 38 points and got the others involved. It might not sound like it when he has 38 of our 62, but he hit the other guys at the right time.
bucket guys left proud
I thought our guys left it out on the floor. I'm very proud of the way they played. A bucket here or a bucket there and we're still playing.
came confidence good guys half kids quarter talked third whatever
For whatever the reason, the third quarter has been our quarter this year. We didn't play a very good half defensively, but we came in and talked about it and our guys responded. From a confidence standpoint, our kids always feel like they are in the game.
fear guess guys kids playing respect underdog
If you go by rankings, I guess we're the underdog but our guys are playing with a lot of confidence. We respect all of our opponents, but we don't fear anybody. Our kids aren't going to be intimidated.
denied half motivational playing senior starter
We were playing for No. 30 tonight. That was our motivation. He's a three-year starter and he's been denied half his senior year.
everybody fortunate kids monday practice soon talking thursday town until win
Everybody in town is talking about it, No. 1 and No. 2. But I told the kids at practice on Monday we're not talking about it, and we're not going to talk about it until Thursday at 9 p.m. If we're fortunate enough to win this game, then we can talk about it as soon as they want.
bike practicing shooting
We've had him on a stationary bike and he's been shooting around, but he hasn't been practicing with us.
deeper tough
That will give us another tough presence. We're a little deeper with him.
basketball crowd good great high school
That was good stuff. It was a great crowd and that's what high school basketball is all about.
brother coached great job
I coached Scott's brother in college. He's done a great job up there in his first year.
backs basketball careless district final follow game good hope job kids learn level next nice playing points score step surviving target team time winning
We got a little careless there at the end. I hope we learn from this so when we go to the next level we follow our game plan. I thought our kids did a nice job of making adjustments and rebounding. That's a good team we played. We're playing some pretty good basketball right now. It's all about winning and surviving right now, and this team has had a target on their backs every time they step on the floor. When you score 101 points in a district final -- that's pretty good.
deeper difference speed
When you look at Mansfield Senior, they're deeper than we are. The difference is we are a little bigger. They sub speed for speed.