Quotes by Joel Dunn

“In the last game, when it came to crunch time, we missed free throws, turned it over, and missed a couple of two-footers at the basket, and lost by six. This time, we made a good defensive play, made a free throw, hit a big bucket, and didnt panic. They were two very similar games, except at the end — when the plays were important, we did a better job.”

“In that respect, we feel good about our progress. We can feel like were getting better.”

“They still did it (came flying in), but we did a better job of getting a piece of them as they flew in.”

“In the first half we made too many mistakes. We had those 12 turnovers and honestly, the coaches felt we were lucky to be tied.”

“We really werent ready to go from the tip. We tried to make some passes that were too difficult, and I think nerves were a factor. I think our guys knew this was an important game for us.”

“After those initial mistakes, we kind of relaxed and ran our offense better.”

“Weve been kind of a skeleton crew all year. Its had an affect on us from the start, but were hoping well get everyone back soon. Our goal is to try and improve our level of play the rest of the way.”

“We were in a little bit of a tight spot late. Austin had fouled out, Sam had four fouls and with 1:50 to go, AJ fouled out. Fortunately, Rickey made a nice play for us and I had to have Stephan, who hasnt played at all for us, come in and inbound the ball. We were up by five when AJ went out and every time it looked like we had them buried, theyd hit a big shot.”

“The coaches were pleased with a lot of parts of that game. I hope its steering us toward these important league games next week (McMinnville and Tigard). Weve had a lot of bum luck so far with injuries, guys quitting, and weve got a guy whos out of the country, so weve been playing mostly with seven guys. Thats been tough.”

“I think we had a nice size advantage, which is always a big help. McMinnville is disciplined and they always play hard and dont make many mistakes. They never seem to beat themselves.”