Randy McAllister Quotations

I don't know why and I don't know how, but when the chips are on the table they take care of business.

He has a work ethic that I've never seen in a kid his age. When he works out, he really works out.

We talked at halftime about giving up easy baskets in the first half. I think half their points were on transition off from our misses and turnovers. We got about five or six stops out of seven of their possessions. I think the first four or five minutes of the third quarter we played great defense.

We've gone in as a No. 3 and a No. 4 since I started coaching here. It's nice to be the higher seed, but I think that's a bit neutralized because we're in the 5A tourney. I think a 5A No. 4 seed might be like a 4A No. 2 seed. We'll be playing deeper teams, bigger teams.

He's a very intelligent defender who really understands the concept of team defense.

I thought we got decent shots, but we just weren't knocking them down. We never expected to have an offensive performance like that.

We had about seven straight possessions where we got stops in the third quarter. We really stepped up our defense tonight. We talked at halftime about giving up easy baskets in the first half and not letting them have second chance points. I think half their points were in transition off turnovers.

Thurgood was amazing. He came up huge when it counted. We have two freshmen out there paying the price in pressure situations. It's going to pay big dividends in the future.

We didn't make huge adjustments. We talked about going up stronger with the ball, and our kids did a good job blocking the passing lanes.

It looked like typical Haws. But then we had a clutch play of our own.

It's huge. Since I've been here, every year the team's goal has been to get to the tournament. This year's team had a goal to win the region championship. They were the first ones that had the confidence to make that a goal.

Skyline played great defense. They were very physical with us and we just couldn't get the ball to go in.

The last thing I expected was that kind of offensive game, but it just shows that the state tournament is a different beast.

I'm excited tonight because we played a good game. We played 32 minutes of good ball for the first time all season. We picked a good time to do it.

I don't know if I've ever been around a kid who is so explosive and so quick. And he's just fearless on the court.

He's made about 20 3-pointers this season so he's very capable. That was a huge shot for us.