Quotes by Sam Drake

“This is a very frustrating loss. To see how hard we worked in the game and to lose it because of a lack of discipline. Its really frustrating that we cant overcome that.”

“We had a short bench today, and I think that got the best of us. We were without a few players we thought wed have. When you get tired, you cant box out as well, you dont shoot as well. But the kids played hard. Thats a good Belleville East team over there.”

“We were tired and they started hitting shots. Theyre a good shooting team, they have a lot of weapons on offense and we didnt match up well with that.”

“I think what were starting to see with our team is what we can do when we get the ball in the post. I thought that was evident today against a really good team. We had good success inside and got a lot of points off a very good defense. Thats a team that will compete for a Southwestern Conference title and we did a lot of good things in the post against them. Thats really got me excited to watch it continue to come along.”

“He gave some great minutes in the first half when we were in foul trouble. It was nice for him to get out there and contribute.”

“The kids played awfully hard tonight. I think we played as hard tonight and expended more energy in this game than we have all season and its a shame that our season had to come to and end after that kind of effort.”

“Galloway is a heck of a ball player. We ran a bunch of very good athletes at him tonight and he still made athletic shots. We had our best jumpers and drivers on him and he jumped and drove around them to score baskets. When he starts off hitting some shots and gets it in his head that hes on that night, hes very dangerous. He had two very good games against us this year.”

“We gave it a run late, but you have to play all 32 minutes. You cant have a let down against a quality team like that and expect to win.”

“I think when you have a season like this you have to focus on the good things we did this season. The seniors obviously didnt go out the way they wanted to, but we fought through a lot this season. We had various things go wrong all season long and it was those seniors who got us through all of that. These guys grew as players this season and they grew as men.”

“We outscored them and outplayed them for 26 minutes tonight. Then we stopped doing what worked and started doing the things that dont work and we gave up a big run.”