Wendell Jeffries
Wendell Jeffries
attacking basket came offensive skill sync
He came back, but I thought he was a little out of sync early. Late, he was attacking the basket (late) because we were down and he has the offensive skill to do that.
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.
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.
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 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.
beaten chicago extra knew mean points ready rest west
It didn't really mean anything. They'd already beaten West Chicago by 26 and 36 points in the first two meetings, so in the back of their minds, they knew they could just show up and win, and that's what they did. With an extra day of rest and preparation, they'll be ready to go.
emphasized lead looking nine quarter slow third tonight
One of the things we emphasized tonight was the third quarter. Usually we have a slow third quarter with or without the lead and we outscored them by nine and that was something we were looking for.
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.
conscious effort extra involve lead patient saw
When you play with a lead you have to be patient and involve your teammates. I saw a conscious effort on the part of everyone to make the extra pass.
good kids practice yesterday
We had a good practice yesterday (Thursday) and the kids we focused. It was one of those things.
everybody heading momentum played wants
Everybody wants some momentum heading into the (Class AA) playoffs. I thought we played well.
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.