19 Quotes by Kraig Clifton

It wasn't the same team that played Thursday night. We just couldn't get things clicking.

It's a challenging time for the kids. We really need a win to keep our heads above water. It's not that we're playing to lose. We're playing hard and the kids are giving it all they got, it's just every game is something different. We've had a chance to win every game, but we're just not getting the breaks down the stretch. A mistake here, turnover there has been the difference.

It's not surprising. You could tell that they were right there last season.

Tanaka's our only true ball handler and he never came off the floor. They kept throwing different guys at him. Eventually we wore down and made some turnovers.

They can hit you from so many directions and every on the floor can shoot and that makes it hard to defend. If you give them a decent look they're going to make it.

Things come in waves, it's true, but that's no excuse. It was a disappointing season. We made a lot of mistakes, both players and coaches. There were things we could have done differently. It's just something we have to learn from.

Smalley destroyed us inside. He's a good basketball player with a good feel down in the post. He jumps out of the gym.

He played outstanding. Offensively, defensively, rebounding He was all over the place.

All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on responsibilities, broke down on close outs. It was by far the most 3s we've given up in a game. They were extremely hot, but at the same time, we didn't do anything to stop it. We just kept daring them to shoot it.