Week in Quotes
Previous week's quotes...
Some of the best quotes about teams and players from around the state.
| Week of January 7 | |
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Monday, January 7 |
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| Gary West
Side 82 Wirt 41 |
"It's
kind of hard to be competitive with so few players, especially when you
look over to the other bench and see 15 players. Our execution
wasn't what it should be, but I was glad to see we were finally able to
beat West Side's press at times. That's been our biggest problem all
year. It shows me that we are maturing, although we should have
done that a long time ago. We kept on fighting and didn't quit, so I'm
proud of that." -- Wirt coach Cora Hoskins (The Times) |
| Winamac 67 North White 53 |
“Defensively
we strayed from the game plan in the third quarter. We need to
stick to our defensive game plan when it is working and it obviously was
as we built our big lead in the first half. This was a painful
loss but it will be instructional.” -- North White coach Craig Shaeffer (Herald-Journal) |
| Wapahani 39 Yorktown 28 |
"As a
coach, I never really focus on what's happened in the past. The
one thing that I hope that the team draws from this is to learn from our
mistakes. We knew that this was going to be a rebuilding year, but our
girls played hard tonight. That's all that I can ask for." -- Yorktown coach Connie Lyon (Star Press) |
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Tuesday, January 8 |
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| Valparaiso
55 Munster 28 |
"Part of
it is panic, no doubt. We're passing up good looks and then we try to
force the ball to someone who's not as open. We've got to step up and
take the shot. I know when I played, I liked to score. I used to make my
arm bleed by the time the game was over." -- Munster coach Beth Vesa (The Times) "I've got some pretty serious students, so right now, basketball
is kind of second to them. I knew this would be a tough week of
basketball, with finals and it's only inevitable we might be looking
ahead to Saturday. Overall, I was pleased with how we played for 32
minutes. I guess you could call it a workman-like job." |
| Jeffersonville
62 Southwestern (Hanover) 60 |
"This is
big; whenever you have the top-ranked team come to your homecourt you
want to protect your court and our team stepped up to the challenge and
found a way to win." -- Jeffersonville coach Chad Gilbert (Evening News) |
| Mississinewa
55 Marion 51 2OT |
"We have
the motto that layups and free throws win games for us. Hopefully, this
proves that to the girls." -- Mississinewa coach Bryan Elliott (Chronicle-Tribune) "We played only seven kids so we were tired at the end. The game
came down to turnovers and them hitting free throws. You've got to give
them credit." |
| Evansville
Memorial 51 Evansville Reitz 35 |
"We
worked hard on our defenses this week. We knew if we could keep those
three in check we'd be in good shape. They'd have to look to their other
players - and sometimes if shooters aren't used to getting the ball,
they're not sure how to react." -- Evansville Memorial coach Bruce Dockery (Courier Press) "You're not going to win many games when you shoot like that. We
looked a little unsettled out there. If we'd hit three or four of our
layups in the first half, it could've been a whole different game. We
didn't play well the first half." |
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Wednesday, January 9 |
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| Highland 45 Chesterton 43 OT |
"Foul
trouble surprised us. We haven't had that kind of trouble all year. I
doubt any team has." -- Chesterton coach Jack Campbell (The Times) |
| Calumet 65 MC Marquette 22 |
“The shots
just didn’t fall. I was having a fit because we couldn’t get a
basket. If we played so well in the first quarter, why couldn’t we do
it the rest of the game?” -- MC Marquette coach Ken Cook (News-Dispatch) |
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Thursday, January 10 |
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| Andrean 52 Portage 41 |
"Our
press was kind of soft, especially the second quarter. I just asked them
to give me a little better effort, especially on the ball." -- Andrean coach Ken Markful (The Times) "We can't find a point guard to get us into our offense. We
don't seem to play well until we get down 10. Andrean was very prone to
turning the ball over, but when they did, we didn't convert." |
| Mitchell 54 Eastern (Greene) 52 |
"We had
three opportunities to win the basketball game and couldn't get it done.
When they shoot 47 free throws and we shoot 18 and we have that many
chances to win the game, I guess we are better than I thought. We really
beat ourselves." -- Eastern (Greene) coach J. B. Neill (Hoosier Times) |
| Shakamak 54 Eminence 43 |
"This was
a breakout game for us. We came together as a team. We did a great job
in the first half on inside defense and containing them. We also did a
good job on the boards in the second half." -- Shakamak coach Matt Fougerousse (Hoosier Times) |
| Penn 48 Mishawaka 37 |
"It was
definitely a brawl out there. It was just two teams playing hard, clean
basketball and going after each other. A typical Penn-Mishawaka game.
Mishawaka comes right after you. If you back down, you're in trouble. I
thought we stepped up to the challenge." -- Penn coach Dominic Ball (SB Tribune) "I thought we competed extremely well, but the physical style
works 100 percent against us. We played as hard as we could and then
just tired out late in the game. I can't fault our kids at all. I
thought we matched their physical play in the second half. We didn't
take care of the ball and that's been a problem for us all season. We've
played 17 games and Penn's defense is the best we've seen. There's no
tricks. They just strap it up and come after you.'' |
| West
Central 53 Frontier 52 |
“We did a
really good job of taking away their interior on their first shots but
they still got a lot of points off their second shots. We knew we were
going to have to keep them off the boards, but we just weren’t able
to.” -- Frontier coach Chad Geheb (Herald-Journal) |
| Evansville
Memorial 71 Evansville North 63 |
"We're
lucky. We talked about (Williams) at halftime and that her strength is
penetration, so we knew it would come. It was just we weren't mentally
there." -- Evansville Memorial coach Bruce Dockery (Courier Press) |
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Friday, January 11 |
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| North
Central (Indpls) 76 Center Grove 61 |
“We didn’t
lose because of the officiating, but I thought a couple of fouls on
(Deanna Thomson) were a little cheap. Again, that’s not why we
lost. We missed some shots that we normally hit, but I think they put
some good pressure on us.” -- Center Grove coach Joe Lentz (Daily Journal) |
| North
Montgomery 45 Danville 35 |
“We played
well in the first quarter, and we played well in spurts in the second
quarter, but we stunk up the place in the third quarter.” -- North Montgomery coach Terry Bartell (Journal Review) |
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Saturday, January 12 |
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| Bloomington
North 49 Martinsville 44 |
'If anyone
wants to dispute this, let them, but we've got the best freshman class
in the state. I don't know how to describe it. This excitement hasn't
happened in several years. It's given me a new lease on my coaching
career. It's so much fun." -- North coach Steve Goddard (Hoosier Times) |
| Lawrence
North 53 Terre Haute South 52 |
"Any
game is tough to lose. But we just didn't finish enough today. We had
our chances early, but we let Lawrence North hang in there and hang in
there. We gave them an opportunity and we left the door open for them to
come back. I think a big difference in the game was at the foul line.
They went to the foul line 24 times. We got there 10 times. That's kind
of hard to explain, but those things happen when you go on the
road." -- TH South coach Al Maroska (Tribune Star) |
| Delta 70 Wes-Del 39 |
"Winning
the [Delaware] county tournament is something that we always set a goal
for. It is something that this team has worked extremely hard for to win
it. It was wonderful." -- Delta coach Angie Clark (Star Press) "After watching the game film against Wapahani, we knew that
[Delta] pressed early and virtually put the game away after the first
period. That's something that we wanted to avoid. But we couldn't
execute early, either, and by the time we got things figured out, they
had a big lead that we couldn't overcome." |
| Castle 53 Evansville Memorial 42 |
"This
gets that monkey of our backs. We've won five of our last six sectionals
but never had won an (SIAC) championship." -- Castle coach Mike Virgin (Courier Press) "I think as the game went on, they wore us down a little bit.
That affected our shooting. It was like going up against a big offensive
line in football." |