20 Quotes by Lawrence Jr

When we got it to 42-35, I think our guys tried to make it a 20-point lead in the next 30 seconds.

We were in a delay, but then I changed the setup where it was a three-man delay with our three guards and Durham's guy backed off him a little. That's not the way I would have drawn it up, but it was within what we were trying to do at that point.

I wouldn't draw up that shot, but he has a lot of confidence. I drive my assistants nuts sometime, but I want to make sure these guys maintain their confidence.

Free throws are one of those fundamental things we did not do well. We're basically all juniors and a sophomore, and we're learning. Every day is a learning experience. We don't like losing while we're learning, but tonight they just beat us start to finish.

We told the kids to expect a run and that was for sure what happened. Naperville got us on our heels. That team is physical. Fortunately, we made some big free throws down the stretch.

Mike has been playing better but he hasn't always been a great free throw shooter. Those were big foul shots he knocked in with the pressure on.

We wanted to make Sandburg work for everything. Sandburg is good when they are allowed to set up something. We wanted to keep Sandburg from establishing a comfort zone. We figured some pressure would keep Sandburg on the run and prevent that comfort zone.

We haven't been a good 3-point shooting team, but tonight we got the ball inside and then kicked it back out. That gave us a better look, and then the kids were ready to shoot.

We're not really a great 3-point shooting team, but we do better when we get dribble penetration and then kick it back out.