Jacob Gruse Quotations

I guess it's a loss, so I shouldn't be so positive about the game. They could have fallen down and quit on me in the third quarter. But they didn't.

We've got to rest. We've got 10 guys on our team. We've got to work on our defense and get back to Dan River basketball.

Hands down to Chatham. They're a good ball team that's well coached and so athletic, and their overall team speed really hurt us tonight.

Even though they didn't play good tonight, they played hard. I'm proud of them. I know it's a loss.

It wouldn't surprise me if these guys made a run in the tournament. We've got nine seniors. I wish I would have come in two, three years ago and been with these guys for awhile.

They just played more physical than us. The officials did a great job. They let us play, which is a great thing. But Magna Vista just elevated their game and we didn't match that.

Their kids are very aggressive on the boards - well coached. They are big, strong, wide bodies and they know how to use them.

The first half of the first quarter, we played with heart and emotion and go up with a nice run. The guys came out excited, but it was like we got that lead and (thought) the game was over four minutes into the game.