Wendell Jeffries
Wendell Jeffries
good kids practice yesterday
We had a good practice yesterday (Thursday) and the kids we focused. It was one of those things.
against came good patience shot within
In the first quarter, we shot two threes by Shaun, and every other shot came within the lane. We were able to do that against their zone, and I thought that was good patience and teamwork.
ball defense good hard matter people played preach shoot team
We played hard and we played good defense. We just didn't shoot well. People can preach team (play) and people can preach defense, (but) it doesn't matter if you can't put the ball in the hole.
everybody heading momentum played wants
Everybody wants some momentum heading into the (Class AA) playoffs. I thought we played well.
against chance close fantastic forward hope teams
Not too many teams get a chance to play against a state-ranked team that has only one loss. We look forward to that challenge. They're a fantastic team. I just hope it will be close so we have a chance at the end.
defense gave point points third turning
The turning point was on defense, where we gave up 23 points in the first half, and 19 in the third quarter.
adversity both came fight guys lost point time turning
We just had too much adversity to fight through. That was the turning point when we lost both of those guys at the same time. By the time they came back, it just wasn't the same.
home looking people run sign start team west
You have to give West Aurora credit, when a team makes a run on you like that, and you're favored on your home floor, people start looking over their shoulders. They just responded. That's the sign of a championship team.
credit guys step taking
You have to give them credit for taking Shaun out of the game. We didn't force-feed Shaun. We thought the other guys would step up, and they just didn't step up.
hit maybe miss missed point
At that point we were going and I just thought I'd let them keep going. Maybe we'll hit them, maybe we'll miss them. We missed them.
adversity excuse fighting giving great pull together trying
There's no excuse for giving up so many points. But right now we're battling, fighting through a lot of adversity and trying to pull together as a team. All things considered, it was a great effort.
ball great half seen shoot shooting shot team tired
They shot the ball great in the first half I've never seen a team shoot so many threes (41 on the night). I think they got tired and were still shooting threes from the outside, and we started getting the ball inside.
bottom gritty line pull tournament win
The bottom line in tournament play is just to advance, and while we were short-handed, we just wanted to pull the win out. It was a gritty performance.
bad easy gave missed quarter shots third
The third quarter was bad because we missed a lot of easy shots and we gave up 20 points. We only gave up 16 the whole first half.