Troy Diels Quotations

We did a good job taking what they were giving us.

It's a nice solid group of kids. It's been going on longer than 7th and 8th grade. They've been together going to tournaments for years and they're reaping the rewards now. They play very well together. Coach Spencer works very hard. He relates very well with the kids in his first year coaching. He works hard with them and gets them going in the right direction.

His hard work was outstanding. Practice or game he came and worked hard.

It was a big momentum change. We felt comfortable playing for the last shot, with our big kid (6-7 Justin Francis) in foul trouble. But we allowed them to get momentum and it took the air out of us.

Our kids assigned to stop him got in foul trouble. We tried to get physical with him, but (the officials) weren't allowing that.

He was still able to average a double-double with everything defenses tried to do.

I think they wanted to hold on to the ball, and once we got our lead, they couldn't do that.

That hurt us tonight. Not cashing in on those freebies.

At times it was a little difficult because we didn't always know which guy to go to at what time. We had so many that could do so many things but that's a challenge coaches like to have.

We need to come out with some emotions and play with intensity.