24 Quotes by Denis Freeman

The defense and the rebounding have been great all year long. The offense was a bit of a concern, but lately it has been coming around.

We have been inconsistent on offense this year and we were today. I was pleased with our defense. We held a good team to 45 points, but we had bad stretches on offense. It wasn't just the shooting, it was the execution.

This was an exciting game, a good game to watch. The atmosphere here is always great when the gym is packed. How could you not be fired up to go out and play hard?

This year has been a struggle for us, the way we are winning games. Nothing comes easy. We may have had one more loss at this point last year when we won the state title, but it was completely different.

Dylan and Seth Hansen sparked us. Seth did a great job. He made a couple of great moves, he rebounded, he played defense. Dylan hit his shots and made some foul shots. The whole momentum kind of changed in the second half.

Sometimes you're better to be lucky than good, right? Yeah, you bank a shot in like that and its luck. But these kids don't quit. If you keep hanging in there and working hard sometimes the lucky guy wins.

It's just a great bunch of kids. Like I said last year...you've got to be good but after you're good you've got to be lucky. I don't know if these kids are lucky or not but they work hard and sometimes you make your own luck.

It was crazy. I never saw that in 30 years. I've seen water. I was worried that we weren't going to clean it up. The coach and I were talking about what are they going to do if they can't clean it up...play tomorrow? Play in April?

It was quite a night. As much as you want the home court advantage I think playing at home adds a little pressure to it. And the kids played tight. They loosened up in the second half. They all hung in there and just like they always do...they find a way to win.