Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
beat game guys record team whether
We play every game the same. I don't think our guys ever think about whether we've beat a team before and what they're record is.
chance days good gym needed practice start work
Those days in the practice gym helped. We got a chance to work on some of the things that we needed to work on. This was a good start to the tournament.
good guys
That's been something we've done all year. We have good shooters and guys that are good competitors.
came dedicated focused good group guys hard prepared work
We've got a good group of guys that work very hard at what they do and are very dedicated and focused on getting better every day. We prepared hard for this tournament, like we do for all our games, and we came out and executed.
adapted both worked
E.J. and Dustin have both come in and worked and adapted to the other players.
east good hard louis played pressure
East St. Louis played hard tonight. They played well defensively with their pressure and they made some hard shots. You have to give them credit, they played a good game.
agreed best defend east game great hard needed played talking win
Belleville East played a great game, and it was hard for us to defend them. I was talking to one of my assistants, and we agreed we played our best game of the year. And we needed to do that to win this one.
good guys hard job press time worked
We did a good job of pressing. Our guys worked real hard in the press and they did a real good job of being in the right place at the right time in the press.
dangerous great knew run
They had a great run and were a dangerous team. We knew this would not be like the other two games.
ball couple good guard guys inside last might shoot shooting turn year
They guard you well, they don't turn the ball over and they shoot good shots. This year they've got a very good shooting team. Last year they had some inside might and a couple of shooters. Now they've got a lot of guys that shoot well.
athletic basketball giving good player playing
They're playing very good basketball right now. They play hard, they're very athletic and they've got a new player that is giving them a lot offensively.
basketball good handled knew pressure quarter run team
They're a good basketball team and we knew they wouldn't quit. They handled our pressure very well in the first quarter and we couldn't get our run going.
good halftime physician spencer time
It's the first time we've had a physician with us. It's a good thing we did because he stitched Spencer up at halftime or we wouldn't have had him otherwise.
coming delay executing floor good guard guys job lead prepared quick
Alton's very quick and they do a good job pressuring the ball. They were well prepared to guard our delay game, and it showed. Our guys did a really good job of coming back down the floor and executing a good play to get us the lead back.