"Albert Houston Carter Jr." is a former reporter and sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News and other major daily newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma. His writing career spanned three decades. He was the recipient of numerous national and regional writing awards, including Oklahoma Sportswriter of the Year (1980) and Texas Sportswriter of the Year (1985). He has made frequent appearances on TV and radio sports shows and has had numerous articles published in sports magazines and books.

He carried the lead byline for two of the greatest disappointments in Houston sports history: the upset loss by the University of Houston basketball team to North Carolina State in the championship game of the 1983 Final Four, which he covered for the Chronicle; and the 1993 American Football Conference playoff loss by the Houston Oilers to the Buffalo Bills, which he covered for the Houston Post. Down by 32 points in the second half, Buffalo completed the greatest comeback in NFL history and won in overtime.

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Union County is a physical team. They put a lot of pressure on our guards. They're a scary team. They pushed us around a little bit last time, so we need to get off to a good start. That's going to be key.

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I think when we execute the way we did (Friday), we can beat anyone. It doesn't matter who. You've got to execute to win games.

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We don't have a choice. If we play them really good early, we've got a good shot. If we lose, we have nothing to be unhappy about, as long as the kids play hard.

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Danny had a good fourth quarter. He finished some fast-break points on the other end. He was out in front and got some deflections.

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I wouldn't have it any other way. They play in a small gym. I don't want to go to a boring place. I want that atmosphere.

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Everybody was there. I was so glad to see them all. I wasn't sure how we'd do against them at full strength. They played man-to-man most of the game and tried to test our conditioning.

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They shot like that in (the holiday tournament). I hope they keep shooting like that from the free-throw line if we play them again.

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Providence is a fundamentally sound team. Coach Jim Martin was here to scout us. He probably didn't see anything different than what he's seen of us before. And we know what they do. It's just going to come down to execution.

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I talked to the guys about maximizing their opportunities. We missed seven or eight easy baskets in the first half, and I thought we needed to do much better in the second half.

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