Quotes by Jake Krause

“We played real well early on. You couldnt ask for a better start.”

“He shot the ball outstanding from the arc. He really lit it up.”

“We made some defensive stands when we really needed them.”

“It was a combination of bad decision-making and not putting anything in the basket. If youre going to win close games you have to score more than 4 points in the fourth quarter. The bottom line is we didnt score enough points.”

“Overall I cant fault the kids effort. We played hard. Our goal was to play Friday. We wanted to play Friday night, but we did get to play all three days. There was great fan support. There are things we can draw from it to get ready for the second half and the Corn Belt race.”

“I thought on defense we were flat out getting beat one on one and in the zone. Offensively we were very stagnant. When someone had the ball the rest were just standing and watching. It wasnt just one guy it was a team effort, so to speak, tonight.”

“I thought those guys came in and did a great job moving on offense. It didnt signal that we were packing it in. I was just showing them (the starters) how I wanted movement. I let them sit down and watch and see how those guys were moving.”

“I told the guys we only have one choice - to rebound back in a good way. Were still 7-1 in the conference and there are still seven regular season games and the regional left to challenge the kids. Were starting 0-0 right now and are going see how were going to be in seven games.”

“We lost Norton several times. He killed us from the corner, right where we knew he would be. It was poor communication and poor recognition on our part. With all three big guys on the bench with four fouls, we didnt have all our parts. Not having an inside presence really hurts.”

“Its a great credit to the kids. I dont think anybody realistically expected us to win 20 games this season. Its a great testimony to how hard the kids have worked this year, and played together and to our senior leadership.”