Quotes by Kraig Clifton

“The fourth got us. We had some easy opportunities to score but just didnt convert. (Los Banos) really turned up the D and we had a hard time scoring.”

“They have athletes at every position. Theyre really aggressive and they make things hard.”

“Its not surprising. You could tell that they were right there last season.”

“We made some adjustments to them attacking the zone and we had two opportunities to take the lead and we didnt get over the hump and they came back with that late run.”

“They can hit you from so many directions and every on the floor can shoot and that makes it hard to defend. If you give them a decent look theyre going to make it.”

“We finally played our best game of the year. Patterson is an excellent team, but our scoring was spread throughout and our defense was more active than Friday night. I hope they learned a big lesson that you cant just stand there in a zone, you have to be as active as you are in a man-to-man.”

“Its a challenging time for the kids. We really need a win to keep our heads above water. Its not that were playing to lose. Were playing hard and the kids are giving it all they got, its just every game is something different. Weve had a chance to win every game, but were just not getting the breaks down the stretch. A mistake here, turnover there has been the difference.”

“We lost to a very good team. Theyre tough to beat in their place.”

“They gutted it out and played pretty well.”

“All year, the thing that has kept us in games is our defense. But on Friday night, we broke down on responsibilities, broke down on close outs. It was by far the most 3s weve given up in a game. They were extremely hot, but at the same time, we didnt do anything to stop it. We just kept daring them to shoot it.”