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Ryan McGuire
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Quotes by Ryan McGuire
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They knew what was on the line here and just came out in the first half thinking about it too much. Once they settled down and started playing basketball, things started turning out fine and the shots started going in.
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This a big win for our program. It's been a long time since we've been to state, a few years anyway, and these girls deserve this and they earned it.
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The big thing was our defense. We didn't give up any easy points in the fourth quarter.
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We have a number of different players who can score in a lot of different ways. If we play hard defensively and rebound on both ends of the court, we'll be all right.
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We can't win the OCC now, but we still want to beat Reynoldsburg because we want to build momentum for the tournament.
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We lost to them here two years ago and we still have several players from that team. Anytime we play a team with Dublin written on their jersey, it's big, because they're only five minutes away from us, and they're a big rival.
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If we can make it a half-court game, we know our chances of winning will skyrocket. We want to slow them down and make them run their half-court offense.
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She's a great shooter, who's already playing a lot of minutes for us. She's certainly one of the top young kids in Utah County and there are a lot of good ones. She plays well every night, and she's obviously our future.
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We're really excited. It's been a goal of ours to a state tournament. They're excited and I think we'll be ready to go. We're certainly the Cinderella if we can a few games. Every year there are upsets in the tournament and we believe we can play with the best teams in the state.