Andre Payne
Andre Payne
blown nobody since
Since I've been here, there's always a comeback. Nobody has ever just blown each other out to where the other couldn't get back into it.
east ourselves prove team teams
It is different with it being a rivalry. We feel we have the better team. We have something not only to prove to ourselves but to the other teams that we're the better team in East Texas.
ahead bennett decisions great guard himself lose needed point took
Our point guard Czyz Bennett just took it up on himself and made great decisions. We needed that. As long as we win, somebody's going to lose and we'll get ahead of somebody.
felt few foul handle trouble
They were in foul trouble and had to make a few substitutions. I felt their backups couldn't handle the pressure. That's when it went into our favor.
close year
I feel like we've been so close every year. I feel that this is our year to do it.
excited good gotten leave short teams time year
I'm so excited because every year we've gotten to a different stage. We've feel short with teams that were good enough. It's time for us to take it this year. We're going to leave it all on the floor.
knowing national positive respect top won
It's going to give us more respect on the national level. It's frustrating because I know we've been close. But it's a positive thing knowing that one of the top teams, who you competed with, won the whole thing.
athletic beat beating capable college conference except nobody order team texas
The most athletic team there is in this conference tournament. In order for Texas College to win, we have to take our smartness to another level, get the team to play hard, and we can't beat ourselves. I feel like nobody in this conference is capable of beating us except ourselves.
finished five game impossible played points run second starters tournament win zero
We scored zero points off the bench. It's impossible to win a game like that when all five of your starters have all your points. If we played like we played in this tournament the whole year, we would've finished first or second and wouldn't have had to run into (HBU) this early.
pressure turn
We've got to go in there and turn that pressure up from the start.