Jim Betker
Jim Betker
fourth nice team urgency won
In the fourth quarter, I thought we did a nice job, but we have to play with that sense of urgency from the get-go for 32 minutes. The better team won tonight.
hard heck point worked
He's a heck of a player. He worked hard for every point he got.
bench came energy
And the bench came in and supplied a lot of energy.
state taste
He has a taste of a state championship.
credit determination fought found
That is just a credit to the kids' determination. They fought and they fought and they found a way to get back in the game.
came free heck hitting throws
It came down to hitting free throws and they made a heck of a lot more free throws than we did.
beat central great park proud tonight win
Brookfield Central was great tonight and they beat a great Park team. I'm so proud of this group. They did everything tonight but win the game.
cannot change changed free front jersey kid rule says six technical three
There's a rule that says you cannot change jerseys in front of the bench. Their kid changed his jersey three times and we thought we were going to get six free throws. But there was only one technical called.
early fought missed played proud tough
We missed a lot of early shots. But we fought back. I'm proud of the way we played in a tough environment.
defended heck hit kid kids last nice played
We defended real well on the last shot, but their kid hit a nice shot. It was a heck of a game. Our kids played hard.
ball convert defense free hard played turned worked
We worked tremendously hard in our half-court defense and had everyone accounted for. Ultimately, we well as we played on defense, we turned the ball over ... and didn't convert our free throws.
kids proud second team totally
We were a totally different team in the second half. I couldn't be more proud of my kids.