A win is a win. We'll take them any way we can.
In the stretch where they got back in it and you have to give Lincoln-Way Central credit for doing that we started shooting the three without investigating the inside. But for the most part, I thought we shared the responsibility offensively, and that was a key.
We were in a delay, but then I changed the setup where it was a three-man delay with our three guards and Durham's guy backed off him a little. That's not the way I would have drawn it up, but it was within what we were trying to do at that point.
When we got it to 42-35, I think our guys tried to make it a 20-point lead in the next 30 seconds.
Free throws are one of those fundamental things we did not do well. We're basically all juniors and a sophomore, and we're learning. Every day is a learning experience. We don't like losing while we're learning, but tonight they just beat us start to finish.
We wanted to make Sandburg work for everything. Sandburg is good when they are allowed to set up something. We wanted to keep Sandburg from establishing a comfort zone. We figured some pressure would keep Sandburg on the run and prevent that comfort zone.
They believe they can win. They have to come in here Friday and play another good team. We could get beat by 30 points, but I'm not going to take anything away from what they've done to this point.
We're not really a great 3-point shooting team, but we do better when we get dribble penetration and then kick it back out.
I have one senior playing (Michael Cole), and that's a big advantage. This season has been an emotional rollercoaster, but I'm blessed with a young group that has a lot of talent, and the learning curve is right there in front of us. We can see it.
I wouldn't draw up that shot, but he has a lot of confidence. I drive my assistants nuts sometime, but I want to make sure these guys maintain their confidence.
