26 Quotes by Wendell Jeffries

When you play with a lead you have to be patient and involve your teammates. I saw a conscious effort on the part of everyone to make the extra pass.

We had a good practice yesterday (Thursday) and the kids we focused. It was one of those things.

You have to give West Aurora credit, when a team makes a run on you like that, and you're favored on your home floor, people start looking over their shoulders. They just responded. That's the sign of a championship team.

You have to give them credit for taking Shaun out of the game. We didn't force-feed Shaun. We thought the other guys would step up, and they just didn't step up.

We just had too much adversity to fight through. That was the turning point when we lost both of those guys at the same time. By the time they came back, it just wasn't the same.

At that point we were going and I just thought I'd let them keep going. Maybe we'll hit them, maybe we'll miss them. We missed them.

There's no excuse for giving up so many points. But right now we're battling, fighting through a lot of adversity and trying to pull together as a team. All things considered, it was a great effort.

The third quarter was bad because we missed a lot of easy shots and we gave up 20 points. We only gave up 16 the whole first half.

The bottom line in tournament play is just to advance, and while we were short-handed, we just wanted to pull the win out. It was a gritty performance.