Quotes by Don Davidson

“He really does. He goes to the basket really well. I thought we closed out the game really well. We played not to lose, we played to win.”

“We knocked down our free throws the fourth quarter and still took it to the basket. We werent tentative, and thats really a good step for a young team. We know that almost all our scoring has to come from guys who havent played much. Our seniors are role players, they dont score much.”

“We love the challenge. Ive always been that way. Its a nice barometer for us. They may shut us out. Nobody in the gym will think we can win and thats the most fun to play a game, when no one thinks you can win.”

“I told our players that this is what we can aspire to be like in a year or two. I was proud of the way Joe Redmond ran the offense tonight against a quality team.”

“Their second team might be able to win this tournament.”

“Bureau Valley played hard, and so did we. We just turned it over too many times at the end.”

“At halftime, we had to do something to put the clamps on them, and we did a much better job after that. Both teams came out really ready to play.”

“Our turnovers were a real problem in the first half. We just shot so poorly. If you shoot a little bit better and dont turn it over quite so much, to me that was the whole game. We just didnt shoot the ball tonight.”

“Part of our game is driving to the basket and I didnt think they were calling anything on drives, anything on either team. Nobody going to the basket ever got fouled.”

“Oh my goodness, (Harper) was huge tonight. Hes real strong, and when he gets on the board, he really helps us get the break going.”