Mike Pardon
Mike Pardon
ball biggest catch days games played quarter second shot three
Sometimes three games in three days will catch up with you. (Corvallis) played really well in the second quarter and that was the biggest difference. They shot the ball really well and we didn't.
effort game gave good job players second since
It was a gutsy effort by our kids, especially since it was our second game in two nights. (Madison) had some players who gave us problems, but we did a good job adjusting.
anyone ball eric felt good kids offensive played scoring tremendous unselfish
Eric had a tremendous offensive season. Offensively, he's as good as anyone who's ever played here. We felt he could score, and we had some kids who were very unselfish and got him the ball in good scoring position.
basketball credit eric finding finish good played start straight teammates third underneath
Eric did a lot of good things, but you have to credit his teammates for finding him underneath the basket. I thought we played good team basketball from start to finish for the third straight game.
amount impact position regrets spent time
I started to see the kind of impact this position had on my family. I don?t want to look back with any regrets about the amount of time I spent with them.
depends guys lately player step success teamwork
The most important thing for us was to get the win. We have had a lot of guys step up lately and our success depends more on teamwork than what one player does.
careless chances gave second speaks
We gave them way too many second chances and we were careless with the ball. That speaks volumes.
against came games hit hot previous ran shoot team
They didn't shoot very well in the previous two games and then they came out and hit 10 3s against us. I don't think it was our defense, though. We just ran into a team that got hot at the right time.
basketball continue good hands hard team work
They are a very good basketball team and we're going to have our hands full. We're going to continue to work hard and we're not going to back down from them.
college five hard high school starters
They?re an unbelievable high school team, at every position. They?re going to be hard to beat. They have five starters who are college players.
biggest dominated good job knocked offense zone
We did a really good job in our zone offense and knocked down a lot of big shots. We also dominated the glass, which I thought was the biggest key.
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We shot a very high percentage this year and we're hoping to build on that. If we take care of the ball and get good shots, we will have a good chance. That's been a huge key to our success this year.
perspective prepared teams trying
We're trying to keep everything in perspective. We're just going to try to be prepared for everything and try to outwork them. The thing about the playoffs, though, is that you never know what teams are going to do.
balls caused defense dominating loose picking played second solid team tonight
Our team defense was very solid tonight and we caused a lot of interference in the paint. We played especially well in the second half, picking up a lot of loose balls and dominating the glass.