Dave Stephens Quotations

We didn't handle their pressure that well tonight. Handling pressure, limiting turnovers and rebounding were the three keys. It isn't often that you lose a game and feel that you took a step forward, but the effort and teamwork were there tonight.

We put so much stock in the conference, now we had this to enjoy and the regional is next. There are some good things happening.

Our kids showed great effort and hustle and were rewarded with another game. That's the best reward today is knowing that we will be able to get in four games here.

Our kids played solid for 32 minutes. That was the key. Anytime you play well for 32 minutes, good things will happen. We have played a lot of good quarters and halves this year, but we put it together for the whole game this time.

We didn't play with heart and that is especially disappointing on our home floor. We have to question how badly we wanted it. Right now, we are not doing the little things that we need to do to be successful.

That is enough turnovers for at least two games. We have struggled with our passing and with making good decisions with the ball. But give credit to Naperville North. They did a fantastic job defensively.

His contributions are overlooked. He plays the quarterback role nicely, and that allows our other guys to do other things. I think we're better with him in there.

After each of their surges, the kids fought their way back into the game, but we got too emotional and let that get the best of us.

Nineteen points wasn't going to get it done for us. Nineteen points for some teams and being up by two, that's fine for some teams, but we felt the tempo wasn't in our favor and we also felt we didn't move the ball well.

The kids did a nice job staying in there, defensively. I thought our kids stepped up to the challenge.