Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
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.
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.
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.
coming competition good teams treated winning won
We like coming here for the competition. They have always treated us good up here and there are some good teams here. Winning here is important because we have been here a lot of years and haven't won many of these. This is a really good tournament.
game good hard left teams
There are only good teams left now. Every game from here on out is going be hard fought.
finding good job places team
I think our team did a good job of finding Dustin in places where he could score. Then he made the shots.
active defense glass good mark night played rebounds
I thought Mark had a real good game. He made some shots, he was really active on the glass and got a lot of big rebounds and he played good defense all night long.
bunch deserved good guys prepared tournament win work
I think we have a good bunch of guys that work real hard. We prepared well for this tournament and I think we deserved it. This is a good win for us.
advance far fun good guys opportunity playing thankful time
I think any time you advance in the postseason it's fun for the players. Our guys are thankful to have the opportunity to still be playing and when you get this far along, you're playing good teams.
against basketball came good hard kids played poise pressure situation win
Our kids played real hard against a very good basketball team. They showed a lot of poise in a pressure situation and came up with a big win for us.
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.
athlete gifted good hard saw
I thought E.J. had a very good game. He's very athletic, and a very gifted athlete that can do a lot of things for us. He's also been working very hard on his shooting, as I think you saw tonight.
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.
bit certainly gets good great knock open quick shoot strong
He's a great shooter; he's strong and quick and can shoot it. You concentrate on Maguire and Stewart a little bit and when he gets some open looks, he's certainly good enough to knock them down.