Marvin Emerson
Marvin Emerson
defense good last minute played smaller wins
We went smaller at the end. For years, we've said that defense wins championships, and we played pretty good defense in the last minute and a half.
hear judge
You hear so much about it. I wanted to judge it for myself.
dictionary picture team word
When you look up the word team in the dictionary his picture is there.
great hard overcome respond rough team teams took
Every team is going to have some rough patches. Great teams overcome the rough patches. I thought it took us too long to respond tonight, but we play hard and we're going to get better.
beginning brought confidence guard point swagger
At the beginning of the year, we didn't have a lot of confidence at point guard. You need a point guard with some swagger and he's brought that confidence to us.
beaver care concerned
We weren't concerned with Beaver Falls. They were in the other bracket. We wanted to take care of our business.
games hit saying shoot shot
We've shot like this before. Actually, we've had games where we shot better from the outside. I'm not saying we shoot like that every game, but we can hit them if we get them.
consider expected herb people pressure remember
People need to remember that Herb is just 16 years old. I don't know if people always consider that. There is a lot of pressure on him, and I think he handles it as well as could be expected for someone his age.
couple group grown men past standing
I'm standing here with a group of young men who have grown tremendously in the past couple of months.
garbage good herb people points
Some people can say Herb had a lot of garbage points today. I say it was good position. It was Herb outworking their big guys.
aggressive changed played
That changed the way we played defense. We couldn't be as aggressive as we wanted to.
both carry decent grown himself knows leadership people trip waiting watching
He showed his leadership tonight. But he's grown so much both on and off the court. He knows that because of who he is, people are going to always be watching him, waiting for him to trip up. He knows that he has to carry himself well and be a decent citizen. He's doing that.
foul line overtime send
Heck, he made one from the other foul line to send it into overtime here two years ago. It's never over with him.
game great limit plays
He has great athleticism. He plays the game well and he's a very skillful kid. The sky's the limit for him.