21 Quotes by Lou Palkovics

When they went ahead 10-0 at the beginning, my head was spinning just like the girls'. Everything we did, we didn't execute. I said, 'It's time to stop looking up in the stands. It's time to stop being star struck. It's time to play.' But we went on a run and that was a great answer.

(Mitchell) shouldn't be able to dribble that far that fast. (But) we got her to take a bad shot. She made it.

I felt like we did everything right in the first half ? our inside game, our outside game, we were finding people, defensively. I thought we got very stagnant in the second half.

From a coaching standpoint, I was very concerned not as much with the score, but more so with the fact that we weren't doing anything right. Everything we practiced the day before was not running correctly. We really needed to settle down.

I expect every team in the state playoffs to make a run. It doesn't matter how far ahead you are. And I expect us to make those free throws in the end.

Out of my nine years I've been coaching here, this will be the fourth time I've faced Cheltenham in the finals. Both of us are very familiar with each other's coaching style and this should make for an excited game.

I wasn't too concerned near the end of the game. Sure, we have gotten tentative in finishing two games. But, a win is a win, whether it is by 10 points or four points.

We couldn't get a shot off, then (Gold) hit that 3-pointer right in front of me. We were struggling for points. And Erin stepped out and hit that shot from two feet beyond the (3-point) line.

We knew that sooner or later our shots would start falling. Sometimes kids get frustrated. It was good to see them bounce back after the first quarter.