Mike Mastroianni
Mike Mastroianni
helped key last playoffs process taste
It's been a process here. The key to everything was just getting into the playoffs last year. We made it as the fourth-place team, but we got in. We were young, but we got a taste of things and I think that really helped this year.
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Our game plan was to try and get up and down the floor and make them run. I think we did that more in the second half. But the second half has been ours most of the season.
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I felt good only down three. We are definitely a second-half team and we gave up a few baskets in the first half that were really bad bounces. Our strength is our team speed. We are pretty athletic and we can wear teams down.
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He may not be at 100 percent, but he'll be able to play. He's a very big part of our team. He does a lot of things at a very high level that don't always show up in the box score in the paper. He handles the ball and rebounds very well.
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Making the playoffs last year is a huge part of our success this season. We played very well the second half of the season and managed to get in as the fourth-place team. I think that was really the beginning.
half rhythm second took
When we were down 11 at halftime, I wasn't happy; but I thought we still had a shot. We took them out of their rhythm in the second half and that was the difference.
celebrate next night ready test true tuesday week work
We're going to celebrate now, but we will be ready for next Tuesday night. We put a lot of work in to get where we are at and next week will be a true test of where we really are.
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Those three guys are tremendous players. But everyone else they put on the floor can play and that's what really makes them good.
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We had a tremendous season because our players understand that basketball isn't just about one player. We have five or six guys that average between eight and 12 points each night. I'm proud to say that we don't have a player that's in the top 70 for WPIAL scoring.
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Yeah, but a lot of work went into this and this hasn't happened here in a while.
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This is the personality of our team. We seemed to find an extra gear at the end.
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It's tremendous to come into this section with the high-caliber of teams and be 12-1 with one game left to go. Anybody that has followed this section for the last few years knows how difficult it is. I couldn't be prouder of my team.
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It was real important what happened early and we fell behind.
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Anybody that knows basketball knows our section is extremely good. I'm extremely proud of the way we have played. Our team speed has carried us.