Jack Scalcucci Quotations

We knew we were right back in it. The quarter ended, we were so pumped. But we came out a little flat in the fourth.

Losing to them twice last year left a hole in our gut. That gave us a goal to aim for this year, and I'm happy we accomplished that, but it's not over yet.

Last year, we were a little awestruck. The whole ride, we were like, 'Wow,' looking around. This year, it's more business. There's emotion, but there's more business. We know what has to get done and we know we have to play our best.

I got real fortunate a few times around the basket. That's why we crash the basket. Sometimes the ball just drops in your lap and you get an easy one.

I don't shoot unless it's open. My teammates found me for some open looks and I was fortunate enough to knock them down.

I don't shoot unless I'm open, and my teammates were finding me.

Our ball movement was pretty good. We've been swinging the ball really well, always looking for the extra pass.

Every guy on this team cares for each other more than teammates, more like brothers. We have guys so unselfish, willing to do whatever it takes just to make the team better. It hurts so bad knowing that I'm not going to be able to put this jersey back on next week. I won't get to play with these guys again.

Quite a ride. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. Unfortunately it had to stop short both times here.

Coach Roberts really worked on us all week to take it one game at a time, really focus on this game first, and now we're starting to focus on East Aurora.

They're a lot like us. They're a quick defensive team. They rely on their defense to get their offense going. They have a couple of good shooters and they like to crash the boards tough.

It was frustrating. They were hustling more than we were. We were scoring points, but we weren't getting to the boards like we usually do.

It was quite a ride. Unfortunately, it had to stop short both times here (at East Aurora). But I guess if it had to stop short, what better place than here with all of my family close by.

It's good to have nerves. You don't want to come into the game overconfident. We have to be nervous of the fact that they can beat us. We just have to play hard and smart and make sure they don't.

They were playing really well. They were hustling more than we were. We weren't playing as well on defense as we normally do. That was bothering us. That's usually our backbone.

I'm not gonna lie, I had some pretty lucky shots. It was like a hope-and-a-prayer thing.