19 Quotes by Bob Shrader

We'd like to go into the playoffs playing the way we did in the first half. If we do, I think we've got a chance to beat anybody.

When you have a game like that in the first part of the game, I can relax a little bit, but not let the players relax. Latrobe can shoot the ball from the perimeter and, I know it was 20-some points, but four straight possessions they hit a three and we throw it away and they're right back in the game.

We just played that four or six minutes in the third quarter tentatively. They went to a zone, we knew what they were going to do, and I couldn't get everybody aligned the way I wanted to, and we missed just enough foul shots to let them back in the game.

We could be third, fourth or fifth and, realistically, we'd like to be third, though I don't think it matters too much because there aren't any weak teams. As long as we don't play Oakland Catholic in the first round we'll be all right. We'd like to see them sometime, just not in the first round.

Ashley was our best outside shooter, so it was a key loss and I don't think any of the other teams in our section have lost any of their personnel for any long period of time, so it makes it that much more of a challenge, but we've been able to find other players to step up.

This is a solid group. They are all good students, they work hard and they all show up. They have energy and I don't think every place has that type of program.

The way the game was played, there were a lot of calls on the inside, and I'm not sure if it benefits us or them. We have a lot of depth inside, and they don't, but their better team (this) night was a smaller team anyhow.

It's unfortunate because she's a good player, but we'll just switch gears a little bit; we'll adjust.

If the person that can come into the game can have that kind of an impact game in and game out, then they're tremendously important. Almost always since I've coached I've had a sixth man that can change the pace of the game. It's something that I always look for with every team I coach ... someone that can change the tempo ... and do something productive from the moment they walk onto the court.