Dave Stephens Good Quotations

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

They did some of the stuff to us tonight that they did to us three months ago (a 77-57 Lockport victory in the WJOL Thanksgiving Classic), like blocking shots. They made the game more difficult. Whenever we got close enough to get over the hump, we seemed to be a step slow going to a loose ball. And then you have to give Lockport credit. They hit some big shots, did some good things.

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.