Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
ball both ends good night offensive played rebounds shoot since three
I thought we played very well on defense. And I thought we rebounded the ball on both ends very well. And we had to since we didn't shoot very well, but Schaefer had three offensive rebounds on our first possession, he had a very good night on the boards.
bunch deserved good guys prepared tournament win work
I think we have a good bunch of guys that work real hard. We prepared well for this tournament and I think we deserved it. This is a good win for us.
advance far fun good guys opportunity playing thankful time
I think any time you advance in the postseason it's fun for the players. Our guys are thankful to have the opportunity to still be playing and when you get this far along, you're playing good teams.
active defense glass good mark night played rebounds
I thought Mark had a real good game. He made some shots, he was really active on the glass and got a lot of big rebounds and he played good defense all night long.
finding good job places team
I think our team did a good job of finding Dustin in places where he could score. Then he made the shots.
coming competition good teams treated winning won
We like coming here for the competition. They have always treated us good up here and there are some good teams here. Winning here is important because we have been here a lot of years and haven't won many of these. This is a really good tournament.
athletes credit defended defense giving good half hard job second taking time tough trying
We do a good job of taking what the defense is giving us. In the second half we defended better, but we still had a tough time rebounding the ball, but that's a credit to Belleville East. They have good athletes and they were trying hard to win.
allow balls basketball capable collapsed dribble good guard hurting kept loose passes points situations
He is a very good player. And I thought we did well to guard him. He got some of those points off loose balls that we collapsed on and didn't get and he got passes in situations where he could score, but that's just how basketball works. But I thought we did well guarding him. We didn't allow him to penetrate too much and we kept him from hurting us off the dribble like he is capable of doing.
bit certainly gets good great knock open quick shoot strong
He's a great shooter; he's strong and quick and can shoot it. You concentrate on Maguire and Stewart a little bit and when he gets some open looks, he's certainly good enough to knock them down.
came dedicated focused good group guys hard prepared work
We've got a good group of guys that work very hard at what they do and are very dedicated and focused on getting better every day. We prepared hard for this tournament, like we do for all our games, and we came out and executed.
good guys hard job press time worked
We did a good job of pressing. Our guys worked real hard in the press and they did a real good job of being in the right place at the right time in the press.
east good hard louis played pressure
East St. Louis played hard tonight. They played well defensively with their pressure and they made some hard shots. You have to give them credit, they played a good game.
game good hard left teams
There are only good teams left now. Every game from here on out is going be hard fought.
beat beaten excellent good played teams
They are an excellent team. They beat Alton and we know how good Alton was this year. They've beaten some good teams and have played very well this season.