Quotes by Clay Byington

“When Chris shoots — he was shooting the last-second shot for a reason. It went off the top of the glass and I thought, Well, its hopeless now because Chris missed it. Collin grabs it and puts it back in and it was like just shock for a second. Then, it was sheer craziness.”

“It was especially tough for me, because I had to play the post position. It was a totally different spot. It was tough because you didnt have that security of rebounds of course— hes in double digits a night, plus we couldnt get the ball into the post. Thats why we struggled against teams like Decatur, which have big post men.”

“Even in our sophomore year when we were on JV together, it was the first time he had every played organized [basketball]. Where hes at now is incredible. His size and his height are such an advantage, and hes taken it further than I ever thought he could. Hes made a lot of progress.”