15 Quotes by Jay McKenna

One of our goals is to get it inside. We have some shooters, but it?s tough when you can?t get anything inside. We were able to get the ball inside and take some of the pressure off the outside shooters.

He?s a good shooter, so I had my hopes when it left his hand.

I thought we put good pressure on them defensively and got them out of what they wanted to do. Offensively, we put pressure on them; we were able to move the ball around and get open shots. We were able to do that early, and it gave us some confidence.

We need a maximum effort 32 minutes a night, and we?re not getting it. We?re just not getting it each night.

We were able to disrupt them a bit early on with our 2-3 zone. We were picking up our assignments well and creating some havoc. We kept with it.

We have to put in 32 good minutes. Tonight, we only played 16 good minutes and that?s what it came down to.

We have to work, we can?t rest on any possession, we have to give maximum effort. We got some loose balls, we got on the offensive glass. We were able to convert on those hustle plays.

When you?re playing the No. 1 team, there?s nothing to lose. That?s what we talked about - all the pressure is on them. Nobody was expecting anything from us.

As the kids have gotten older, that?s been their strength with this particular group. That was something we talked about. Let?s push the ball and get it to the basket.