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I could tell today that everybody was up because Hines Ward, he's back. The tempo of the practice today was great.

Fred Gibson

It was a great coaching move. We had worked on it yesterday in practice. It slowed down the tempo, and we just didn't attack the basket enough.

John Cherne

I thought our girls set the tempo of the game by playing pressure defense. Malcolm had a difficult time getting into any rhythm because we were pressuring them all over the court.

Dan Tietjen

I liked the up-tempo game better. It?s constant, plus at the time the pay might have been a little better than the other two. But the truth is I just had more of a passion for the game of basketball than I did the other two.

Jojo White

We're playing at a good tempo. The guys are learning what to do. We're really coming together.

Muhammad Abdullah

Once we get a lead, we want to get (Dudley) the ball and let her control the tempo. She can take it herself or dish it off. If we get a lead, we can hold onto it.

Walter Abrahams

We ran with them for eight minutes. It?s no secret that part of what they?re trying to do is see how long we could run with them. The answer to that is about 12 minutes. ... They did a better job of controlling tempo and they wore us out.

Jim Dinello

It's mental, getting used to the tempo. It keeps getting faster. I just try to keep up.

Dio Dante

These senseless acts of violence are being committed in a nefarious attempt to disrupt the even tempo of our lives and to upset India's unity and integrity.

Somnath Chatterjee

He's really picked up his tempo out there. Some of the things he was doing, I could almost tell what he was going to throw. Now, he's pitching aggressively. That works real good with a guy who has a good changeup.

Mark Wiley

The tempo of the first half was so amazing. We were having a lot of fun on the field.

Kate Parker

We felt the key for us was to maintain an up-tempo game. Make it uncomfortable for (MCI).

Rob Schmidt

We jumped out early. We went to a faster lineup and it allowed us to score in transition against them. We pushed the tempo of the game and the girls really played well, especially on the road.

Tony Turner

I'm really happy with the way we responded and the way we practiced all week. We created some turnovers early ... I think we did a great job of establishing the tempo.

Todd Johnson

We've had really good practices. They've been high tempo. We've paid attention to detail in practice. We just haven't taken it to the field for whatever reason.

Jim Haslett

I think it should be very exciting, the fact that we're young and can get out and run, the 24-second shot clock. We have to be kind of up-tempo so I think we're pretty geared towards that.

Nicole Ohlde

He (Diepenbrock) talked about how important the pace of game would be. We had to bring the shot clock down and control things. We set the tempo pretty well.

Brad Lehman

Neither team was really controlling the tempo. I think I was getting sleepy on the sideline watching a lot of this game. Our guys were just really tentative.

Vic Wolffis

Tanner is a tenacious competitor with a strong will. He learned early on that conditioning can put you on a level playing field and he has always been in fantastic shape. Tanner has a remarkable set of lungs, he can just go and go. That enables him to control the tempo of the bout, to take the fight to the other individual.

Bruce Burnett

I think it was such a momentum swing. It just changed the tempo of the whole game and gave us confidence.

Sam Fouser

There were mistakes in the score and parts in practically every category, including wrong tempo indications and inaccurate dynamics.

Gilbert Kaplan

They set the tempo pretty much all game. They pressed us and took us out of our game and we became nervous and started to panic. We're a young team and we're learning and always trying to get better.

Don Bugbee

The guys looked good out there tonight. I was really impressed with their enthusiasm and up tempo style of game the showed.

Paul Maurice

We did a good job of pushing the tempo. Even though we weren't on our A game defensively, we played well offensively.

Rob Salter

We have an attack mindset from the get-go. We're going to try to pressure you in as many ways as we can, from the tempo we play at to the formations we run.

Chip Kelly

Our coach told us to get out on the shooters, make sure they put the ball on the floor and play help defense. We just turned our defense up and played up-tempo.

Chris Adams

We wanted to come out and press them, put pressure on them and go from there. I was worried they would try to hold the ball on us. We definitely wanted to up-tempo it.

George Forney

We're going to be patient on offense again and work it around. If we have the ball, they can't score. We just have to control the tempo.

Gary Chapman

In college basketball, you can only go as far as your guard play takes you. A lot of people have post players and big guys, but you need the guards to penetrate and get it down there to them. I just think guards control the tempo of the game. That's what I'm trying to do.

Devan Downey

We clearly dominated the game and tempo. We were just off target (on penalty kicks) again.

Paul Wright

Trinity does a great job of slowing the tempo down. If you take two different styles of play, we're at different ends of the spectrum. … But I thought defense was the difference for us.

Chris Renner

I think a shot clock would be good for the game. For the up-tempo style we like to play, it wouldn't matter.

Greg Waits

We thought if we were going to have a chance it would be to control the tempo. The challenge tonight was that we asked them to do something that is different than what we typically do but, again, we felt like that was our best opportunity. It got up-tempo a little bit in the second half and that?s when you could see the separation in the athletic ability.

Craig Reid

We came out of the gates shooting the ball well. We were able to control the tempo of the game. When they switched to a zone, we made our shots and forced them out of it. I think that boosted our confidence.

Matt Rabjohn

We didn't shoot the ball well. Also, we played the game at Green's pace. We let them dictate the tempo. We weren't aggressive enough, and we didn't take enough shots.

Dana Addis

The tempo of the game wasn't in our favor.

Chris Redfield

We knew Christian Life was quick and physical. We wanted to slow the game down and not try to run with them. We did a good job setting the tempo.

Chris Nolen

We were getting up more shots than [Fordham]. We play a high tempo game that leads to a lot of fast breaks and shots off turnovers. If we start making a few more shots than we could outscore anyone.

Tom Garrick

They have been tremendous this year for us. Their confidence level is extremely high, and as they continue, it will force teams to play the tempo that we want to play.

Craig Brehon

St. Helena has a lot of confidence. They're playing good baseball. We had to put a number up in the first inning to put doubt in their mind. I don't know if we necessarily put doubt in their mind but it set the tempo for us.

Allen Rossi

We like to take advantage of our up-tempo style. We like to play 94 feet of pressure defense.

Dave Macedo

They are a team that you don't want to let them dictate the tempo.

Bill Pilgeram

We've got talent in every area of the field. The first 11 and the next seven or eight guys who sit on the bench are all plenty good enough to come in and do the job every week as well. That ups the tempo in practice every day and that's why we're working so hard and playing so well.

Mark Wilson

They have quick hands and quick feet and I knew that would be a problem. I still felt like it was our game. We controlled the tempo but on the defensive glass, we gave up too many offensive rebounds.

Donnie Gray

He's asking a lot of questions, picking everybody's brain, trying to get a feel for everyone, ... He's very serious, very attentive to the details of each drill we did, stressing a high tempo and skating, and I assume that's something that's going to be stressed throughout training camp and the season.

Steve Yzerman

It looked like they had been drinking some hot chocolate. We also found nearby some poisoning. The poisoning was called Tempo. It was an insecticide poisoning. We also found, right by that, a mixing glass.

Police Chief Richard Mckinley

I'm happy about how we played. We took a lot of shots. I wasn't happy with the fact that we were down 2-0 except that we kept attacking and kept attacking and we didn't lose our composure. We tried to keep the tempo up and I'm just really proud about that.

Rob Bledsoe

They've got a lot of athletes and got us out of our tempo. The speed of the game was way faster than we were use to and that was the difference.

Nate Cleveland

Springdale is just so big and strong that there's no way that we could win a half court game with them. It had to be full court, and we were able to dictate the tempo with some full-court pressure.

Sean Williamson

I told them we really needed to control the tempo of the game because they would probably try to slow the game down a little bit. We had to do that with our defense and being aggressive.

Beryl Piper

I felt like our bench was better and we wanted to play up-tempo as much as we could. I felt like we wore them down.

Nell Fookes

It was probably the best game we have played all season, despite the loss. We controlled the tempo and our game plan was to work the shot clock down to around 15 seconds on every possession and then score. We executed our game plan perfectly and met every single goal.

Dustin Lanz

(Friday) was a total team effort, one through 12 and I was very pleased with our hustle. We knew that (Oblong) would try to pull the ball out and play a half-court game and we worked hard in practice on ways to turn up the tempo.

Brandon Miller

We've been staying up-tempo, pushing the ball up the floor. We really don't have a great inside presence where we want to slow down and play half-court basketball. We want to play an 84-foot ball game and stretch it out. I really feel that was a big part of the game. (Enterprise) got tired.

Peter Arnold

Aaron really helped spread the defense and opened our offense up more. Cory controlled the tempo and kept us focused.

Jon Clark

In the second half, we knew they were tired, and we were still fresh because we were subbing two units in and out. We wanted to keep the tempo at a fast pace.

Kawika Shoji

The last time (BYUH) played they scored 116 points and we can't score 116. We had to make sure we controlled some of the tempo in the game and we finally were able to do that.

Kelly Wells

We let them dictate the tempo and lost our focus. We lost our focus and let things bother us.

Dave Pettit

(The difference) was their shooting early. They were really hot and (Goetz) is a real good player. He controlled the game, the tempo and made his foul shots. We knew he was an excellent foul shooter and he proved it.

Ron Palcic

I was changing the pace and the tempo and it was working very well.

Jarkko Nieminen

Their press forced us to rush in the second half. It changes the whole game when they are able to press and push the tempo on offense.

Harry Perretta

It always helps to start out the game well. It set the tempo of the game, I think.

Marcus Greer

It wasn't a pretty game. They slowed the tempo way, way down, took the air out of the ball. The flow of the game was not real smooth. But we did a good job. I thought the kids were pretty disciplined.

Leonard Barnes

Sometimes it gets us out of whack when someone tries to slow it down because we want to play up-tempo. (Eisenhower) is probably the first time we played somebody who was really deliberate and looked for one person every time down the floor.

John Hahn

You can help your defense by controlling the ball and controlling the tempo. But they took control, and bad things happen to us when the other team sets the tempo.

Kent Morgan

We do have indications that they have reduced the tempo of their operations subsequent to this announced unilateral cease-fire.

Thomas Wilson

It's setting the tempo for the region. It's creating a philosophy and reputation that the region is tech-savvy.

Aris Melissaratos

She has gotten much better. She has gotten better with controlling the tempo.

Cheryl Buffo

All three were in foul trouble in the first half, but we managed to weather that. We were controlling tempo and doing a good job until Reed got hot.

Max Bailey

We've got more options on defense and a faster, more up-tempo type of game. Before it was more, look for breaks and then come down and pick-and-roll. Now it's fast break, but if you don't have it, get in a play, run the play, know the options and everything.

Robert Swift

In the first half, we owned the boards and controlled tempo. In the second half, (Mount Olive) got into transition, took control of the game's momentum and took advantage of their offensive rebounds.

Dave Springer

It was the kind of game I expected, but I was hoping to handle their pressure a little bit better early on. But they have such an up-tempo game and were relentless.

Howard Avril

A lot of our young players got a lot of reps. That will benefit them come fall. I'm encouraged with our overall effort. We're seeing good enthusiasm and good tempo on the field but we are still making far too many mistakes.

Brian Vangorder

It worked a little. We were able to slow down the tempo a little and deflect a few balls, but it wasn't as good as I would have liked. We need to be more aggressive. But most good teams are able to break presses. We really need to be able to dig in defensively as a team.

Tony Catanzaro

We hoped that our depth would wear them down. The way we were able to sub allowed us to have more gas at the end. Our tempo and our style are conducive to runs like that.

Andrew Booth

We wanted to slow it down to help us cope with a height disadvantage. We were able to slow the tempo for a time, but they're just a gifted bunch with good quickness and size. That can be a tough combination to overcome.

Rich Kolimas

The key to playing a team like them is to keep them at your tempo and not let them get into their tempo and get into their game. We should be able to play the way we usually do, but we have to take care of the basketball. You can't have turnovers against a team like that.

Bruce Siebol

We were able to settle it in and started to control the tempo better.

Kevin O'connor

When they come out at the start of the game shooting the ball the way they did, that's not the order of things. They banged shots early, we fell behind and we couldn't control tempo.

Luke Reilly

(This game) has become our rival. It was physical. You have two teams that are fast, the tempo is higher and the kids are going to come a little harder. It's bound to get physical and then add our history with Appleton.

Brian Holt

If we hustle and play our game, we are going to be hard to beat. Our defense is going to have to control the tempo.

Dawn Engleman

I thought the tempo was more in our favor the first half. Defensively we did a decent job.

Jeff Trumbauer

We just tried to get the ball inside with our height advantage. We wanted to play our game, establish the tempo and take control of the game.

Bob Marquardt

I felt like I had control. I fought my fight and kept the tempo how I wanted it. I just tried to stay clean and take care of business.

Thomas Gennaro

We have more players available to us, and we're playing a more up-tempo style. Even though we tried to play up-tempo at their place, we didn't quite have the rotation we do now, and we're trying to get more possessions per game and shuttle guys in and out a little more to keep guys fresh.

Gary Edwards

We got a few breaks and were able to control the tempo. We've had a lot of turnovers lately, but I think we cut down on them tonight - and they missed some free throws.

Todd Fore

I think it's really important for us to set a good tone for the end of the season, really come out and execute our game plan, dictate the tempo of the game, ... I think one of the things we have this year is that we are all perfectionists and we are all trying to get that perfect game going and we haven't had that yet.

David Lowry

We had to adjust the tempo. It was difficult -- especially when they came in with that game plan and that zone defense.

Courtney Fortson

The tempo was where we wanted it. Some people may call it boring, but it's how we like to play.

Doug Hanzie

They play an up-tempo game like us. We like that. I think that plays into our strengths. It should be a fast, high-scoring game.

Tyler Amaya

A couple of things were shored up. They absolutely dominated us defensively. They were playing hard on that end of the floor. They dictated the tempo.

Larry Krystkowiak

If you ask me, there's no doubt about it, I'll be out there, ... Again, it's just being able to see how your body reacts to an up-tempo practice. It's a good thing now, but we'll see how it feels in the morning.

Donovan Mcnabb

I feel equally at home in large or small bands. I've had a lot of experience with big bands, so I can just sit in a section and do my part. Although I like small bands better. There's more freedom - especially if you're the leader. You can play the tune you want and the tempo you want.

John Haley Sims

I don't like his style. He serves one, two, three serves hard, and then he serves one like he's throwing it with his hand. He hits unbelievable winner from nowhere on the court and then sometimes he just misses an easy point. You never know what he plays. You are absolutely out of tempo.

Tomas Berdych

I am sure they will have prepared hard for this game after our victory over them last year. Emotionally they will be pretty jacked up for us. We will have to come out and do our best to set the tempo of the game, especially in the first quarter when they will be so fired up.

Todd Butler

He blows the top off defenses. He does a great job of pushing tempo. When he comes in, it's like defenses have to prepare for another team.

Kerry Rupp

What a world of difference. The kid just took over the game. We had possession of the game, controlled the tempo of the game and he made some beautiful passes to our forwards.

Armando Padilla

Whoever establishes the running game will set the tempo of the game, ... Our running backs will have to play a big part if we want to win this game.

Chris Leak

They (the special teams) did exactly what we asked them to do...we started out the game great, set the tempo and it was just real fun from then on.

Dave Arnold

I think it caught them by surprise, and they didn't have an answer for it. It got the tempo up to where we wanted it. We forced them to hurry up their offense.

Al Aldridge

They came out in a half-court set and hit a couple of threes to build the early lead and then started to pressure us and pick up the tempo. That sort of worked to our advantage. We like to push the ball up the court. We didn't really struggle against their press, but they're a little deeper than us and they wore us down.

Mark Movrich

They came out and took control of the game. They essentially dictated the tempo of the game for the entire second half. Defensively they frustrated us.

Tara Kreklau

Both of these guys are very similar players. They both have a lot of speed. They are fairly small, they are not huge guys, but they are fairly quick. They have terrific hands. The kind of game we want to play is really an up tempo style of play, very fast with a lot of puck movement and that is what these guys play.

Steve Levesque

We worked a lot on his tempo and staying solid at the top, not hinging too much.

Mike Bender

This one had to rank right up there with our top games when you consider who we were playing. Hopefully its sets the tempo for the district.

David Mead

There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over and over to make sure that when I get it up to tempo it actually sounds right.

Michelle Ammerman

We saw Central Lake play Brimley (a couple weeks ago) and they had over 20 offensive rebounds. We emphasized rebounding tonight and I thought we did a good job. I felt we controlled the tempo.

Stan Sexton

We got our tempo going, our transition was good and we attacked the basket well.

Brady Wells

I thought the biggest part was that it was almost a relief. They face-guarded her, box-and-one on her, all of the (defensive) attention was on her. When she left, we were just back to playing basketball. And we decided to pick up the tempo really hard because we didn't have anything to lose at that point.

Darin Green

We got their big men in foul trouble, so they relaxed in the post, and we decided to attack them. This was a big win. We controlled the tempo throughout the game.

Darian Townes

I think Meredith was just on the whole game, she kept the team tempo up and was ready to go and that was huge late in the game.

Karin Leary

I like a fast tempo in practice but we have to slow some things down. We're teaching the players when to go hard and when you can back off. We're lean everywhere. We have just seven offensive linemen and the defensive line has had injuries. Running back and linebacker have the most depth and that isn't a ton right now.

Chris Boden

Malden is awfully talented and that talent along with their depth finally just wore us down. We kind of controlled the tempo the first half but their ability to continue to hit the boards and run the floor just took us completely out of the game the second half.

Morris Karnes

There were a lot of fouls called, so the game was slowed down. We weren't able to play our up-tempo style.

Julian Scott

That's my tempo. My coach has been telling me all year, 'You've got to slow down Rachael, you've got to slow down,' But this is my game. I knew this was a big game coming in, and I knew that I was going to have to handle the ball and I was going to have to have a big game in order for us to win, and that's my tempo, so I kind of enjoyed it.

Rachael Goodwin

They are hot - they got off to a great start. We'll try to slow them down, control the tempo of the game and try to keep things close. When you're at home you seem to have a little bit better luck and maybe the ball will bounce our way.

Jim Hodges

We knew we had to pressure their guards. Once we established the up-tempo, we got going.

Craig White

The girls did a great job defensively. We were a little passive in the first half. We were pressing but it was a little laid back. They only had one ball-handler, and once we started pressuring her they couldn't control the tempo.

Donald O'meara

If we play with the type of tempo that we did in the first half, then we're going to be tough to beat. We were really hustling and beating them to the ball. In the second half they really upped the pressure on us and we had to adjust. But this win is great for our kids. They have been so consistent all season and have really worked hard.

Anne Wilkinson

Whatever we?re doing, it?s just not working. It is what it is. It?s seldom we show up and play for 60 minutes. Maybe we?re just not good enough to push the tempo of the game for 60 minutes. If you?re not skilled enough, or you don?t have enough good skaters, then you?re not going to be able to do it consistently.

Scott Bertoli

They have a pressure defense and an up-tempo offense.

Roger Walters

Pittsburg State is always an interesting team to play because they love to control the tempo, and they pride themselves on shooting more free throws than their opponents attempt. Their talent level isn't at the same place it's been the last few years, but they still find ways to win.

Dave Slifer

You can see what happens when we are all out there together. This is one of the most talented, if not the most exciting attacking team, in the league. Columbus is a good team but we set the tempo. When it was 2-0, they were not going to give up, but we were able to match their energy level, move the ball, keep possession, get it wide, then get service to the forwards.

Pat Noonan

We controlled the tempo in the first half. In the second, we just didn't execute.

Tom Vix

Even though we did not win the game, we played very well in the second half. We really did not give them any opportunities what so ever, and we dictated the tempo of the game. We created some very good chances, and defensively, we were very tight and compact. If we play like we did in the second half, we will win games.

Mike Freitag

That's probably our toughest thing. We came out fast (vs. Beckley), a lot of dunks, real exciting. Sometimes I wish we wouldn't start out that well, because we start wanting to please the crowd and not play at our tempo.

O.j. Mayo

I thought we controlled (the tempo) the whole game. We did a great job executing our game plan, we controlled the tempo and did a much better job on the board.

Mark Atherton

It's my first year playing with the team, but it feels like we've been playing together forever. My style of play is just like theirs, fast pace, up-tempo. It's been great.

Brittany Woolley

We've got to handle their pressure, we can't turn the ball over. We have to dictate the tempo of the game and not let them do that. We can get up and down the court too, and we'll trap and pressure them and do our thing. We are not going to change the way we play, but we will make some adjustments that will be minor and dictated by our strengths.

Dave Hancock

We wanted to control the tempo of the game and we did not do a very good job of that. Then, as it always happens with Lawrence, they're just so intense with 10 or 11 guys. They keep coming at you.

Tim Heimann

We play up tempo. The only drawback to it was that we didn't do a very good job of looking into the post. We settled too much off the dribble tonight.

Chuck Grant

They came out with more pressure, and we struggled. They needed to do something because we were controlling the tempo.

Keith Gunther

It was up-and-down, a pretty good tempo and we were able to open up a pretty good lead and maintain it.

Geoff Broyles

Pearce is a very good team, so it will be a good test for us. We will try to keep it up tempo.

Cleve Ryan

We really want to keep up the tempo. (Playing a slow tempo) is to their advantage because their defense gives them a better chance to win.

Chip Williams

It was very warm out there and hard to keep up the tempo and the pressure. But we can be pleased with 3-0. I am happy with that.

Michael Ballack

We've got a good defense, and when you've got a good tempo in the game everybody is focused on the game and makes good plays.

Claudio Vargas

This is a game we can't afford to give up. We have to treat this like any other game, prepare for them and come out and play hard. We know they press a lot and that they are an up-tempo team. We have to control the pressure and finish plays.

Will Kimble

I just told the guys ... let's come out, let's pick it up on defense so we can get some transition points and speed the game up, and play at our speed as opposed to playing it at their tempo.

Terrance Haywood

There's definitely more speed involved. It's gonna be up-tempo.

Siedah Williams

We played pretty well. I was happy with the way we came out defensively and set the tempo early on -- that's what we need to do.

Tj Bailey

We are still in the hunt to win the league crown. We are not just looking to finish in the top half, we are looking to win league still. We've got four games left that I know we can win. We just have play at the tempo we played tonight (against Standley Lake).

Tom Dowd

That is our game, that's how we played. We're an up-tempo team. If they can play with us, then we'll see them at the playground.

Brandon Powell

They wanted to slow the game down, and we kind of played into their hands a little bit. They set the tempo for the game, and that's why it was as close as it was.

Brandon D'amico

Valparaiso is a quality team. Their run in the first quarter was crucial because it took us out of what we wanted to do, which was control the tempo.

Tom Peller

We talked about composure and making good decisions. I think the kids did a good job at the end. There were maybe a couple of passes that were questionable. Our style is up-tempo. If we don't take care of the ball, we have trouble scoring.

Tom Hoppe

I was a little mad at myself last game (against South Brunswick), because I wanted to be smarter (with the clock). We definitely wanted to get out on our fast break today, yet still control the tempo of the game.

Katie Whalen

From the starting kickoff we controlled the tempo of the game, playing hard for all four quarters. The offense was on fire, controlling the clock and ball, rolling up 316 total yards and the defense overpowering (Truckee).

David Slater

I think conditioning will come into play. The team that goes out there and sets the pace, sets the tempo, will be the team that wins the game.

Todd Clapper

I thought that we got just what we wanted. We were controlling the tempo of the game.

Jaime Gongora

I'm as surprised as anyone that we were able to stay with them (33-31) in rebounding. We kept the tempo to our liking and we shot the ball better. That was the game.

Mike Dunlap

We knew we needed to step up the defense. Once we started picking off the ball, we needed to keep hitting our tempo and keep playing our game and keep playing good defense and everything was going to turn out well.

Katie O'dell

We lost by 20 and now we go up there and lose by 11, but it was a lot closer than that. For 28 of the 32 minutes, we were within 3-4 points, usually. The girls did a great job and really controlled the tempo of the game.

Barry Borchers

He really pushes the tempo. He's very intense and focused.

Armando Gonzalez

I was pleased for our players, we really controlled the tempo of the game.

Dave Ketterman

Everybody kept the tempo up. Nobody gave up. That's what we do. I said it don't matter if don't score at all or I score four times. If we win, I'm happy.

Marques Wilkins

We stepped up the tempo at the right time. We had to push the ball at them and that's what we did after the delay. It was boring, to be honest, to be sitting around and waiting all that time. We had to play better after the delay.

Tony Meola

I told the guys that we were doing too much standing around and waiting for someone else to make a play. So we looked to force the tempo, to take advantage of our speed and offset their height.

Rob Salter

We've played some teams in the past couple weeks that really like to slow the tempo. While they've dictated tempo, what I've been pleased with is our ability to be patient. Our shot selection has been good, and that's important when you have fewer possessions. I tell the guys all the time that teams may dictate tempo, but defenses can't dictate shot selection.

Larry Eberst

It was fun. We wanted to keep the tempo up. We had enough energy to score 44 points and that carried us for a couple of quarters.

Andre Miller

The key for us was scoring on our first three possessions in overtime. We were ale to gain the momentum and tempo of the game.

Randy Sherman

This is one of the biggest weeks of the year. We definitely have to play smarter and control the tempo.

John Bliss

Their size makes it nice for them with the switching they do on defense. Obviously, they're very good defensively, and with their patience on offense, I do imagine we'll want a quicker tempo than them.

Pete Trgovich

We had quite a game in New Haven. We played an up-tempo game. We caused Cross numerous turnovers (36 for the game) to offset the height advantage.

Ted Kaczynski

What happened is, we got out of our pressure defense. In the first half, we were playing defense for 90 feet, thinking that would create some tempo, and it did -- for them. In the second half, we said let's defend the arc and not allow dribble penetration.

Frank Ferraro

Our patience wasn't there and the tempo and continuity in our offense was off.

Chad Allan

This was a great college basketball game. Both teams left it all out on the floor tonight. I felt like the real difference in the game was our ability to get defensive stops in the second half that fueled our offensive tempo. I am very proud of my team and the way the made plans down the stretch to earn the win.

Bart Lundy

We have him here helping with the tempo. It's a shame that he is too old to play.

Paul Contreras

We came out of the gates hard and fast. They did exactly what we wanted them to do: set the pace and set the tempo.

Paul Aznarez

Clay kept the ball down and changed the tempo. The pick-off play was huge.

Hank Banner

We played a little zone and that's the purpose of that is to change the tempo and momentum of the game a little bit. Sometimes by doing that we get something on the offensive end.

Joanne Bracker

It's a breath of different air because creative input didn't come from members of Vinyl. The Rondo Brothers came in and just mutated a bunch of our songs. They affected it with dub, tempo, pulled instruments in and out of the mix, sliced and diced, reassembled, and in some cases, giving the song an entirely different feel.

Geoff Vaughan

He's playing at a much better tempo. We've solved a lot of his problems with his footwork, which is making him throw the ball better. He's throwing the ball with more confidence. I like what I'm seeing.

David Cutcliffe

We were stagnant during the middle part of the game. They were able to get the tempo to their liking and we just didn't make the necessary adjustments.

Robb Berger

Dutch Fork likes to make you slow down and play at their pace. We started out tonight with the intention of controlling the tempo and making them play at our pace.

Nathan Livesay

[It] was kind of a wake up call for our team. It kind of gave us a little grudge coming in here. It forced us to come in here with more of a high-tempo game than we might have if we had just won and rolled through.

Ben Bishop

Our last four opponents have had to play our game. If we can do that again, and dictate tempo, we'll be fine. We don't want to get in a track meet with them.

Chris Nolen

We got some early turnovers. We took advantage a little of them not starting their regular lineup. We controlled the tempo except for that one flurry.

Rich Kolimas

We've played good zone all year. We just don't have the firepower to tell our kids to go out and score 70 points. That's not our deal. We're going to play ball-control. We're going to control tempo and get good, high-percentage shots. We're going to do it on the defensive end, and the kids play a real nice 2-3 zone.

Dave Byers

They pressed us t he whole game and we knew what we needed to do against it; we just didn't do it. Turnovers hurt us. They took advantage and played a very up-tempo style. This game was a good measuring stick to show how far we need to go to make ourselves equally as good.

Chad Allan

They pressured us well and we couldn't handle it. The last 33 minutes were a product of the tempo they set in the first seven minutes.

Melissa Mcferrin

We like to play an up-tempo, aggressive style. That's how we're built. We're not built on clutching and grabbing. If they were to change that and change the rules, it's going to hurt the teams that are built on speed.

Glen Wesley

We had to get stops the old-fashioned way. We were able to get a lot of stops and grind it out against them. We just had to use a tempo we aren't used too.

Randy Sherman

We felt like the important thing was to control the tempo. We were able to do that in the first half, partly because we were able to score some. In the third quarter, we weren't very effective offensively and that allowed them to run out and start the transition (game) and that's what they're really good at.

Bill O'malley

It was a little frustrating because we like a fast, up-tempo pace to the game. We like to fast break, and they kind of slowed that down for us.

Brian Alexander

They are a very up-tempo team. They like to press. They are a little bit smaller than the teams we usually play, so they have to spread it out on the perimeter and shoot the 3 and get up and down the court.

Rob Patek

I told them at the one timeout, we're not out of this game. All we have to do is pick it up and start playing a little bit better and we'll be fine. I think we did that. We executed a little bit better on the offensive end. We got it back to the tempo of the game we wanted. We gave ourselves the cushion we needed.

Jamie Dunn

When you play this slow tempo kind of game, every possession counts and any turnover is very costly. But towards the end, we made them come out on defense and beat them at their own game.

Mike Francis

He's going to be a stud. You can just see it. He's excited to be at the rink every day. He does everything at the fastest tempo that he possibly can and God does he pound the puck. He's leading our team in shots in the preseason by a wide margin. It isn't like he's Bobby Orr leading the attack, he gets it at the point, he pounds it and he hits the net. Good things happen when you are doing that.

Aaron Wilson

Believe me, this won't be over anyone's head. It's really pretty much like you are at a very loose party - just fun, and relaxing. Yet the music has a lot of intensity to it, too. It's a lot of up-tempo music. We are not going to put anyone to sleep.

Barry Flannagan

We knew we had to come out and play hard. (North Cobb has) the ability to control the tempo. I do believe we could've done a better job, but our kids played hard, and we moved the ball around well.

Doug Lipscomb

Defense sets the tempo. Some thought we were slow on defense, but we have good speed.

Anthony West

We fall into that habit sometimes of taking the shot after one pass. We have so many good 3-pointer shooters sometimes they think they have to take the shot right away. We like to play an up-tempo style and sometimes that?s going to happen. You have to take the bad with the good.

Kent Houser

We missed some shots. I think that (Meadville) plays some very good defense. They controlled the boards in the first quarter. I thought they controlled the tempo. I'm sure Norm told them all week that the tempo had to be in their favor.

Andy Schulz

I liked the tempo. I like that helter-skelter stuff.

Mark Hanks

It was just a point where I had to let everybody settle down and get to their spots before we started running the offense. The offense became more efficient against Wake Forest. I'm trying to keep that same tempo and just slow down a little bit and just see the floor a little bit better.

D.j. Strawberry

This is a perfectly acceptable, good tempo. But I like it a little faster.

Peter Jaffe

The thing that Rodney does best is he sets the tempo for the way things are done around here. He's a great student of the game. He knows what's going on and he leads by example.

Monty Beisel

The biggest difference I've seen through (training) camp and through the offseason was just the speed and tempo and also the aggressiveness they have been playing with. There are a lot more guys showing up on film and a lot more red hats around the ball.

Priest Holmes

We've grown up a lot since the first couple of games of the year defensively. We've learned to get back defensively, and we're controlling the tempo of the game.

Tim Floyd