Mike Waldo
Mike Waldo
agreed best defend east game great hard needed played talking win
Belleville East played a great game, and it was hard for us to defend them. I was talking to one of my assistants, and we agreed we played our best game of the year. And we needed to do that to win this one.
focusing game good guys hard job next played playing prepared taking team time whoever worrying
I think our guys played hard tonight. We're doing a good job of taking this one game at a time and focusing on the team we're playing next and not worrying about what's ahead. We prepared well for Jerseyville and now we will get prepared for whoever we play next.
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.
athlete gifted good hard saw
I thought E.J. had a very good game. He's very athletic, and a very gifted athlete that can do a lot of things for us. He's also been working very hard on his shooting, as I think you saw tonight.
basketball far good hard shooting shots
They are a good shooting basketball team. And when they are able to make shots from that far out, they are hard to guard.
gifted great hard intensity played player spencer works
Spencer is a very gifted player who works very hard at what he does. I thought he played smart, played with a lot of intensity and had a great game.
basketball focused games hard practice pressure win work
There's no more pressure on us now than there was when we first started. We like to play basketball. We like to work hard in practice and we like to work hard in games and we like to win basketball games. That's all we're focused on right now and that's all that matters.
athletics good great happy himself likes opportunity
He's made himself a good shooter, and I think that showed tonight. He's a good athlete, and I think he likes all sports. That's a great opportunity for him at Minnesota, and I think he's happy about it.
nice plays spencer
Spencer and E.J. made some nice plays in the middle.
coach exactly mattered needs points scores spencer team trying wants whether
I don't think it's ever mattered to Spencer whether he scores any points or not. He's just trying to do what the team needs him to do and he's always going to do exactly what the coach wants him to do.
dangerous great knew run
They had a great run and were a dangerous team. We knew this would not be like the other two games.
ball care good played shot took
I thought we played well tonight. I thought we rebounded well, we took care of the ball, we shot the ball pretty well and played very good defense.
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.
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.