Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
ball granite played plays shooting struggled tough zone
We struggled a little shooting the ball tonight. Granite plays a good, tough zone and they played it very well tonight.
ball credit extremely good handle knew shoot shot team three win
We knew they would not quit. T-Town is a very good team, we knew we had to keep at them because they handle the ball well, shoot the three well and play good defense. That's not a team we thought we'd win big over. They shot the ball very well from three, I have to give them a lot of credit for that, they shot extremely well.
ball care good played shot took
I thought we played well tonight. I thought we rebounded well, we took care of the ball, we shot the ball pretty well and played very good defense.
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.
ball changed court defensive knocked passes played pushed
I thought E.J. played an outstanding defensive game. He got some steals, knocked some passes away, changed some shots, rebounded the ball well and pushed it up the court nicely.
ball both ends good night offensive played rebounds shoot since three
I thought we played very well on defense. And I thought we rebounded the ball on both ends very well. And we had to since we didn't shoot very well, but Schaefer had three offensive rebounds on our first possession, he had a very good night on the boards.
allow balls basketball capable collapsed dribble good guard hurting kept loose passes points situations
He is a very good player. And I thought we did well to guard him. He got some of those points off loose balls that we collapsed on and didn't get and he got passes in situations where he could score, but that's just how basketball works. But I thought we did well guarding him. We didn't allow him to penetrate too much and we kept him from hurting us off the dribble like he is capable of doing.
beat beaten excellent good played teams
They are an excellent team. They beat Alton and we know how good Alton was this year. They've beaten some good teams and have played very well this season.
basketball far good hard shooting shots
They are a good shooting basketball team. And when they are able to make shots from that far out, they are hard to guard.
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.
basketball focused games hard practice pressure win work
There's no more pressure on us now than there was when we first started. We like to play basketball. We like to work hard in practice and we like to work hard in games and we like to win basketball games. That's all we're focused on right now and that's all that matters.