Darin Hazel
Darin Hazel
boils both ends job kid neil terrific
It all boils down to Neil tonight. He's a kid that just does a terrific job on both ends of the floor. He's a kid we want all our youngsters to look up to.
dunk finishing game huge job kids tone tremendous
Obviously, the dunk was huge because of the crowd. That dunk set the tone for the night, especially out of a half-court set. After that, it was our game to lose. The kids did a tremendous job of finishing it out.
honest hoping playoff type wish
I was hoping for a playoff type atmosphere. To be honest with you, I wish it would have been more a playoff atmosphere. We didn't get as much out of it as we wanted. I know we will play better in the playoffs.
balls best games kids moved played
Offensively, I thought it was one of the best games we played in years. The kids moved the balls and were unselfish.
allowed close credit forced hurt mistakes press
Their press really hurt us. We just made too many mistakes. We are getting close to where we want to be but give them credit they forced us to make mistakes and the turnovers allowed them to get into their offense.
ball boils bucket came kid knew needed shoot shot time win
It boils down to how well they shot the ball. If they don't shoot the ball that well, we could win that game. The McConnell kid was lights-out tonight. We knew he was good, but every time they needed a bucket late, they came up with a bucket.
close control face game kids nice played pull sort tough
This was a tough place to play and we had to just go about our business. Give them credit, they played hard. We started to take control in the fourth. It was nice to see the kids face some sort of adversity, to be in a close game and pull it out.
bottom care good mistakes plays teams tonight
We just didn't take care of the ball. That's the bottom line. There's not much you can say. Too many mistakes where they made the plays when they had to. It was two good teams out there and a lot of things happen. Tonight they were better than us.
certainly changed continue game hit kids matthew million needed players shots step
We certainly didn't make the shots when we needed them. We can't continue to play with just two players (Lewis and Matthew Brown), we need kids to step up. This game hasn't changed in a million years, kids just have to hit their shots.
approach ball build couple dan earlier game hands lead minutes quarter taken third time touch
With him, we need to get him a touch every time down the floor. Some of the times we got away from that earlier in the season. The first couple minutes of the third quarter are probably the most important of the game because you have to come out and build your lead or get back into the game. We've taken the approach of let's get the ball into Dan and Neil's hands and go from there.
basics best coming defense frame gotten kids mind offensive point season strong trying win
We've told the kids that our best way to win a championship is through defense. I thought coming into the season defense would a strong point but I think we've gotten into an offensive frame of mind at times. We're trying to get back to basics with defense.