Matt Mason
Matt Mason
defense extend good guys run stayed talk time
That's something we talk to the guys about over and over in practice. When you get on a good run, you want to try to extend it as much as you can. We got on a good run there and stayed on it and most of the time our defense was fueling that.
bottom field sixth three top win
I told them when we went out in the field in the top of the sixth to get three outs and win it in the bottom half.
happy played victory
It's a tradeoff that we'll take at this point. We're very happy with our victory and we thought we played pretty well tonight.
confidence confident continue freshmen hard last themselves worked year
They're maturing. Last year it was a lot of freshmen in the field, and we've worked hard on defense. We'll continue to work hard on defense. They've got confidence in themselves now, and they're confident they can make plays.
basketball couple good nice playing tonight
I thought Chris's penetration tonight for us was really a key. He got to the rim a couple times and made a couple of nice passes. He's playing some really good basketball for us right now.
challenge exciting front guys monumental task
It's an exciting challenge for us. We've got a monumental task in front of us, no doubt. But I think our guys will be ready.
ball good guys hit job kids mike quite shared sharing step tonight
We really shared the ball well tonight and we had a lot of guys step up and hit big shots. The kids look to Mike quite a bit, but I think he did good job of sharing it, too.
ball club future great group kids knowing leave matter park philosophy playing understand winning
This group of kids is used to winning in everything they do. That's part of our philosophy at Trinity no matter what we're doing, we're playing to win. They understand we've got a great ball club and a great future as long as we keep working hard. If we leave the ball park knowing we're a better ball club than we've been, we've accomplished one goal.
behind defense last learn pick pitching plays position runners scoring
Our last two pitching performances have been great. The defense is making the plays behind them. We've still got to pick up some runners in scoring position We've got to learn to pick those runners up early.
beat bit difference physical players quite range valley
We're pretty physical in the Mississippi Valley (Conference), but we don't have players that are in the 6-6, 6-7 range on many teams. That made quite a bit of difference tonight, and I think we got beat on the backboards.