15 Quotes by Vance Downs

On a different night, we knock down some of those open looks, and obviously it's a different game.

He's hit some big shots for us during the tournament, and I thought it had a chance.

Jordan's been practicing with us since January, so he knows how to run our offense, and he's been getting better every night. We knew this last two to three weeks that he was ready. As far as basketball maturity goes, he's well beyond his years. He's a pretty cool customer.

I thought the kids gave a great effort and guarded some of (the Johnston players) really well. We just wish we could have come up with a few more defensive rebounds there in the last few possessions.

We just didn't bring a lot of energy to the floor, and Ankeny took advantage of that.

We were only down by eight, and we started to get into some foul trouble and they pulled away.

We went a little smaller. The kids just started playing like they were capable of playing.

(Fatigue) certainly could've been a factor late in the game. It took a lot of energy having to fight back to six points from being down 13. I have to give my kids credit though because they kept fighting.

There was a little frustration because of the mental errors, but I was really impressed with the kids fighting through that. Some teams would've given up in those situations, but they kept fighting, and I was really proud of them. They played some awfully good basketball tonight before that fourth quarter.