The free throws were just not falling. We knew we had to make a few to make it a two-possession game.

Jack Blayney

It came down again to missed free throws and not enough shot opportunities.

Steve Meier

A kid just kind of throws that up there from the corner. They make two shots there...Neither one of those things we could do much about.

Gary Thomas

He obviously swings the bat well, he throws well and he's pretty good at catching.

Jon Deeble

He didn't shoot a great percentage this year, but he always makes his free throws when the game's on the line.

Gary Mills

We were 6-for-15 (40 percent) from the line. That's only counting the front end of one-and-ones. When you miss the front end, that's really missing two free throws. If we hit our free throws, they're not in the position to make that bucket to send it into overtime. In overtime it came down to not doing the little things. We missed free throws and had careless turnovers.

Brian Blume

She has already easily beaten her best throws from last year and she's just consistently getting better each meet.

Kirk Schmaltz

I only got my feet set on three or four throws the whole (game).

Josh Betts

They're just an outstanding team, which is ranked among the best for a reason. What makes them so effective is they handle the ball so well and are able to hit their free throws when the pressure is on them.

Robb Berger

Besides free throws and taking some unnecessary shots at the end of the game, I thought they played such a great game. They played great team defense. We were looking to go inside on them. We knew that was something we needed to do.

Deb Baber

That was a tough one, real tough. We had some costly turnovers at the end. I thought we pretty much had the game in hand. But they got those two free throws and then we turn the ball over. Those were huge plays.

Tevester Anderson

We did not convert our free throws late in the game. Luce made a great shot. I let my team down my making a few bad coaching decisions. This was a tough loss.

Kevin Matthews

It's just a matter of time that somebody throws a cigarette down the road and the wind is blowing.

Ron Hilliard

We've got to make some free throws. We've shot ourselves in the foot time and time again at the foul line. We're getting 30 free throws per game. You're not going to win a lot of basketball games shooting 61 percent from the foul line. We've got to shoot it better in every phase.

Doug Foote

Eric had a couple of injuries last year. But he throws the ball real hard and wants to be our closer. I look for him to be a real strength.

Steve Mcfall

She (Craig) just got a hold of it and hit it well. Kate throws so hard, so when somebody really connects, it could go a long way. But we know we can't sit on one run against Reed. They are too good of a team.

Stacy Baker

This guy (Cobb) throws 80 (mph) and he just eats people up. Just seeing that he can do that, if I just make my pitches, I can get out of innings, too.

James Adkins

I've played offense my whole life. I think I'm geared toward offense. I understand the offensive tendencies and how to execute plays and score points. Playing receiver, I can score and make an impact. Playing defense, if you do what you're supposed to do at corner, no one throws at you. It gets kind of boring.

Lashaun Ward

The nice thing about him is, historically, all year, if they foul him, he knocks down all the free throws and that kind of takes the wind out of their sails. He's capable of doing that. I just thought he got a lot of penetration. I thought he played pretty smart tonight. He had a ton of free throws, which really helped.

Doug Greseth

Stephanie is going to be a great pitcher. She's learning to make every pitch important. When she digs in and throws hard, she's good.

Randy Schneider

The kids played great tonight. We were strong on defense, we just missed some free throws and Bonduel hit all theirs.

Brad Rutta

Free throws down the stretch up us over the edge.

Chris Valdez

It's the first time I've faced him, and it's just a rush to face a guy like that, ... I've seen him throw so many years and he throws so hard. It's just a challenge. It feels good anytime you have success on a guy like that.

Jason Lane

They kept the ballgame close, making free throws. We kept it close because of turnovers, but we did compete down the stretch. I thought our girls played extremely hard. It was a good victory for us.

Johnny Jones

That was the biggest shot I've ever made. All that extra time shooting free throws in practice paid off for me. I just had to step up.

Kenny Morgan

He almost never throws a ball over the middle of the plate and still doesn't walk anyone.

Larry Dierker

We only made 14 out of 31 free throws, which is horrible. They [Oak Ridge] made 13 that was the difference in the ball game.

Andrew Storms

We started strong in the first quarter. In that last quarter, we could not make our free throws and lost our composure. It was a real good, close game.

Bill Buthorn

I thought we could have been further ahead if we had made free throws and if we would have been more patient in our half-court offense.

Jim Denker

We were right there, and we had our chances. If we had made our free throws, it would have been an entirely different story. It was frustrating.

Julie Matheny

We really missed some crucial free throws. We should have at least went into halftime with a 10 or 12-point lead.

Alan Eads

If we had made our free throws, we could have distanced them even more. Once (Johnson) made her free throws, I knew we were going to win.

Wade Baker

I guess it makes a difference. You can see during the course of the game - 40 free throws, we get 34 fouls, that's the way it goes, I guess.

Larry Hughes

A guy that throws what he intends to throw, that's the definition of a good pitcher.

Sandy Koufax

I felt comfortable all the time, even when we missed the two free throws after Kimberly scored. West Laurens is a well-coached, athletic team, but they couldn't match up with us in the post.

Carol Smith

If you get a bad fire season and you end up borrowing money from the other programs ... it just really throws any logical management of the forest into a tailspin, and that's why Congress created that $500 million.

Michael Francis

Daniel stepped up and made six free throws. Those are key whenever you're playing quality ball clubs and anything you play in the Tri-County Conference.

Dan Mahurin

I felt like we played tight all night and we didn't knock down our free throws when we needed to.

Jim Thyfault

When Gus throws a ball away instead of taking a sack, that's great for us. It gives us a chance to come back and do better the next time.

Bryan Gilmore

In the first four of five games we only made about 52 percent of our free throws. Our kids have responded by shooting 78 percent since then. Right now, we're shooting about 67 percent.

Keith Taylor

Free throw shooting killed us. If we had made our free throws, that would have been a 10- or 12-point game and nobody's sweating it.

Randy Fletcher

He throws pretty well. He's put on about 30 pounds of muscle. He's hit the weight room hard this year.

Dennis Perry

The study will continue. Gov. Rell is concerned about the long-term outlook in Connecticut. The governor wants to be sure the state is prepared for anything nature throws at us. To respond adequately, we need to prepare adequately. The studies the governor's work group is undertaking will provide benefits for many years to come.

Adam Liegeot

If we would have hit two free throws a couple of times, we would have cracked it open, but we didn't. We still did some good things. I thought we executed great in the first half.

Jesse Lee Bennett

It was a close game all the way. Ryan hit two big free throws to ice it.

Guy Isabelle

Meditation... disolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.

Tom Robbins

We made some free throws down the stretch for a change. It's nice to see us come through. We lost a few games this year with poor free throw shooting.

Chuck Hillery

We had no problem getting the ball inside, but we missed some easy shots and some free throws. We were 4-8 from the free throw line. We didn't get to the line enough.

Brandon Makela

We were well-rounded, all the way from the hurdles to the distances to the throws. It is a big-time confidence booster going into that (new) league next year knowing we can compete in that league.

Dave Beeler

Chris Twitty hit some huge free throws for us, obviously. I thought our defense stepped up in the fourth quarter and did some good things.

Lloyd Church

It's just one of those things where we made some critical free throws at the end, and that's the key. You don't give up because you don't know what's fixing to happen, but (Pickering) came back down and got another chance and she sank them both. That's a big key, and it's the never-say-die attitude. They just worked hard at it and stayed with it and stayed after it.

Charlie Wilson

You can feel the engine get really slow really quickly and if you don't pull the clutch in quickly enough it locks the back wheel up and throws you off.

Anthony West

Our kids really stepped up when we needed them. We didn't shoot free throws as well as we wanted [4 of 12 in the last 2 minutes], but we were able to make the plays when we needed them.

Kevin Osnes

In overtime, we talked about being mentally tough. I was happy we hit the free throws and I was proud that we gutted it out.

Sandra Rushing

I've been making them (outside shots) in practice, but just in games they weren't falling. The free throws helped my confidence quite a bit.

Kyle West

Over the course of the last five games, we've been shooting free throws really well.

Dale Hongisto

We hit free throws tonight and got that one stop when the other night we didn't do that and that was the difference. Hopefully, we learn from that and I told them sometimes before you get good you've got to hurt and you've got to hurt bad, and I think they hurt bad the other night and I think that is why you saw so much fire out there tonight.

Derek Thomas

We practice that all the time, hitting free throws at crunch time.

Brandie Hoskins

I tried something different ? I didn't look at the last two there at the end. There are a lot of worries, because sometimes it just doesn't happen and you're doing things you rely on. You know, we just always make free throws, and typically in a game like that, we're gonna win by 10 or 12 points because we're gonna make the one-on-one's down the stretch.

Frank Allocco

We showed a little composure and the girls were fighting back no matter what. I told them at the start of overtime we were in the same shape we were at the beginning, only a little tired. The kids responded well and we hit some late free throws.

Brad Gerfen

We had some stretches where we just couldn't score. When we have those times, we've got to find a solution for that. We have to find our go-to guy or we've got to make our free throws.

Jeff Elliott

I really didn't have a down event which was really good point-wise. I could have done better in the throws and high jump, but all seven events for me went really decent, very strong. So I was very happy with that.

Amanda Merrell

Dowdy played exceptional. We had some guys in foul trouble and he came in and did a great job, hit some key free throws. When we got that little lead (in the fourth quarter), we went spread and they couldn't handle our guards and we also got a couple easy baskets.

Carl Bailey

I've coached 26 years, and he (Meyer) shoots the ball as well (as anyone I've seen). We do shoot the ball fairly well. We're shooting free throws at like 85 percent. It wasn't like a fluke shooting 3s. We had to (shoot well) tonight to win the game.

Bob Krizancic

He throws a lot of strikes and that's all we ask.

Matt Magee

We missed 10 free throws in the first half alone and the first half of four 1-and-1s. We make those and we would have led at halftime.

Matt Davidson

He's got one of the best arms in the system. He throws 93 to 97.

Johnny Almaraz

Freedom always carries the burden of proof, always throws us back on ourselves.

Shelby Steele

Anytime you make your free throws will help you. I think Rich and CJ missed only one foul shot in the game, and those numbers will help you out big time.

Tom Wiley

They just simply wanted it more than we did. Down the stretch, they made the free throws and fought harder for the loose basketballs. We just didn't put forth the effort needed to win this type of game.

Marty Rowe

The only way I could redeem myself was, when I got to the line, I had to knock down those two free throws.

Mike Steib

They were isolating (Banks) one-on-one, and he was getting into the lane, drawing fouls, and made a lot of free throws down the stretch.

Tom Keane

It throws you out. I'm left-handed. It's like writing with my right hand. What you write is going to be completely different. It's just different and I find it's really refreshing. I like to write while actually sitting at the piano, holding my guitar so I can go back and forth in the song while I'm writing. It forces you out of your pattern.

Darden Smith

The key was them making their free throws (14-for-18). We've been consistent all year, but tonight we were having trouble finding the basket.

Rick Garcia

Shaun's been really working on his free throws. Those points are big because when he gets the ball down low he's either going to score or get fouled. To convert on the free throw line, that's huge for us.

Brandon D'amico

Our defense did a great job of covering all night, we got good pressure and he made some throws he couldn't make, so we capitalized.

Chris Chambless

He's a good kid and he's a competitor. He wants to win. ... He throws the ball as well as any kid I've seen.

Darren Kalina

The biggest play of the game is when Alana Beard throws it up in the air to herself and then makes a 3. That should never happen. How that's not seen — I have no idea how a play like that stands.

Brian Winters

We didn't hit our free throws the entire game. That's the difference. That's the first thing you notice.

Denise Taylor

I always just try to remain calm. But I mean . . . just all the free throws I've missed, and being able to hit those, I was feeling good.

Brandon Polk

Free throws are haunting us lately.

Sammy Mejia

We stepped up and made our free throws at the end, and that was our cushion. We were playing against the clock at the end, and we beat a very good team.

Dave Bezold

It was tiring. I had a couple dunks and a lot of jumpers, jump hooks and free throws. It was crazy.

Al Jefferson

I knew those free throws were big. This was a big win for us and a real fun game to play.

Romeo Wheeler

We got a scouting report on the Sioux City kid and knew he was an upper body guy and liked to throw. We talked to Anthony about taking it to him. Get down, get a takedown and stay out of the throws. That's what he did right off the whistle. To get a takedown plus back points was huge. Doing that took that kid right out of his game.

Mike Husak

We had a couple of turnovers and missed some free throws.

Greg Soliz

We didn't knock down our free throws like we'd like to. You shoot 100 free throws on game day but you can't hit the ones that count down the stretch. We still got it done down the stretch and got the win.

Brian Thornton

Free throws really killed us. If you only make 1 of 4 free throws in an overtime, you're not going to win.

Brian Ricci

I think with Lauren and Kelsey we're going to have a nice 1-2 punch on the mound. We had to throw Lauren into the fire last year. She really grew up and continued to get better over the year. Kelsey throws hard. She seems to have five different pitches.

Mark Demboski

I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.

Chris Alexander

You just never know. We knew they were going to foul us and we had to hit our free throws and we didn't and they got back in it. But we got a key rebound or a key steal and were able to hold on.

Connie West

My mom always says free throws win games and that's what it came down to. They made their free throws and we didn't. That was the game right there.

Andy Mangin

Gary has seen him in practice and loves the way he throws. Gary says he has incredible velocity on the ball. His accuracy is pretty good, too.

Bernie Kosar

On Thanksgiving, we were fixing dinner in the back and we had a whole group [of tourists] in. That still throws me. You know it, you just keep forgetting it.

Pat Lampkin

We would have never gotten into that situation if we didn't miss those free throws. We made them work for their shots, but they forced us into turnovers with their frantic style of play. In the end, we kept our composure and the girls did a great job of that.

Pat Wulfekuhle

You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke.

Marcia Gay Harden

Sanders came in for the sixth and throws six pitches. You've got to give him a lot of credit for that.

Keith Warren

We didn't execute at the end. We had a play called and we just didn't execute the play. That was the gist of it. They executed and we didn't down the stretch. We've been struggling from the free throw line all year. We shoot lots of free throws in practice and I hope one day they will start falling for us.

Jason Niblett

I knew as soon as I got fouled that I was going to make those free throws.

Warren Carter

We were a little thin tonight, but I was very proud of our effort. We've got to hit our free throws better. Still, I thought it was a good night.

Joe Holloway

That really hurt us because we did a good job of playing aggressive at times on offense to get to the free throw line. Then we don't make anything. We're going to be working on free throws.

Nate Hammond

[The quarterbacks and receivers are so complimentary of each other nowadays, it's pretty scary.] If I get open, he'll make the right read and if he throws it to another guy, then he's open, ... He goes through his progressions nicely. He's definitely a different guy.

Anthony Russo

We were awful. No intensity, we got crushed on the boards, breakdowns at both ends and all those missed free throws in a three-point loss.

Jeff Zownir

We all came together as a team tonight. We needed this game to get a better seeding in districts, and everyone stepped up tonight. Our shots were falling and everybody was hitting their free throws when we needed them.

Marisa Jacobs

I told the guys this was our game to win and the only way they were not going to win was if they turned the ball over, did not box out and not convert free throws. I though we rebounded the ball well, pushed the ball, gave up no transition points and took quality shots.

Adam Peek

We fatigued a little bit and didn't execute. Against a team like that, we've got to play perfect basketball. You have to make free throws and can't have any unforced errors.

Gordy Presnell

Actually, when Nash was in Dallas, the lob was the one pass in his repertoire that I thought he could learn to throw better. But he throws them so often now that he's a master.

Marc Stein

We've got to make free throws to start off with. Honestly, we didn't do a good job preventing turnovers.

Kelly Byrne

There was a lot of desperation to win these games. Closing out the game. Hitting free throws. Valuing each possession of the ball. We did it all tonight and we pulled the game out.

Jason Richardson

He throws a hard sinker. Fortunately, I got one up in the zone and hit it where nobody is. It worked out for us. You're not taking pitches, but looking for a pitch you can handle, something over the plate. I got a decent pitch to hit.

Nick Punto

We would like to limit them to one shot on offense. We want to push the ball, get our transition game going. We need to do the little things, avoid turnovers, hit our free throws. I?m hoping we can stay close for the first eight minutes then hope for the best.

Dave Brogioli

I told the team this is probably as good a road win as we've had. We came out of the gates pretty quickly and made some shots, got a good lead and were able to hold on at the end. We made some free throws and got a couple of good defensive stops.

Bob Lindsay

My teammates say the fourth quarter is my quarter, so I just did what I had to do. Westminster was tough. They wouldn't go away, but it came down to rebounding and free throws.

Willie Smith

It's hard to lose when you shoot 20 out of 21 from the free throw line. They just didn't miss ... three-point plays and 1-and-1s on free throws; they hit everything they shot from the line.

Rob Barcus

That was some of the best defense we've played all year. We hustled on every ball and made the plays on the field. Hodge throws a lot of pitches that we just eat. We're still learning to get the bats going early and stop waiting until late.

Lindsey Kurtz

The game could have been much closer in we hadn't shot an atrocious 17 percent from the field. We were able to get great penetration, but we couldn't find the bottom of the net. We couldn't even finish at 50 percent on free throws (15-for-31).

Rob Durling

We're not doing the small things it takes to win right now. We've got to go back to the drawing board and practice blocking out, faking before we pass, making free throws.

Jimmy Collins

To me, that girl is probably one of the top three or four pitchers in the Valley. She throws really hard.

Jim Oberdorf

He throws hard. I battled, but he threw me a good slider.

Nate Schierholtz

We talked before the game that we have to make our free throws, especially on the road.

Chris Spencer

We were able to maintain the fast break for the entire game. In the final quarter our defense stepped up, and we did a superb job of shooting free throws.

Deron Collins

He's a crafty left-hander who's now 3-0 because he throws strikes and always put confidence in the defense behind him.

Tom Hilbert

They got good looks, drive and dished under the hoop and hit some 3s and then when we had to foul they hit their free throws. They played us physical. We played hard and I thought we gave everything we could. We just looked a little slow on defense. We weren't quite in their face, up and on them.

Larry Klukas

Gilliam doesn't hump it up there very hard, but he throws strikes and he competes. One of the things we do well is play defense, and he threw strikes in the second game and the kids made plays behind him.

Ray Neill

They trapped us, make us get the ball out of our hands. Our kids did a good job. (But) we missed about half our free throws and some easy shots.

Bob Mcintyre

All season we've been struggling with our free throws. We were practicing them and we were able to knock them down.

Alejo Rodriguez

Kim was kind of limited with fouls. She hit some big free throws down the stretch.

Chuck Hillery

He's ... improved his outside jump shot. He's improved his free throws, and he's working on an inside game.

John Macleod

They missed a few free throws late to keep us in it. But it was hard to lose Mike at that point.

Royce Huseman

Obviously, our free throws were a big thing. What happens is that when you miss one or two early, it becomes a mental thing. That happened tonight.

Tony Kays

We were all out of sync tonight, we never really could get anything going. But a lot of credit has to go to Atlantic. They did a great job defensively tonight. They shot the ball well from the perimeter, and they made their free throws.

John Zeoli

We had our chances against a good Clarkton team and just did not get it done. We missed a lot of easy shots the first half, got into foul trouble and then stopped scoring. Hard to win when you allow the other team to shoot 26 more free throws than you do.

Morris Karnes

The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, from what I could see. Rocking that many people, that's something I'd like to get used to doing.

Dan Andriano

I thought it was a good game from a spectator point of view. We certainly had our opportunities throughout the game. What really hurt us were their points-off-turnovers, those were crucial, and our inability to hit some key free throw throws.

Carol Owens

We got out of the pace we wanted. Fifty-two points is not our style, and Kellie going out, she is what holds this team together. That always hurts, and I think the combination of free throws and we got shots, but we didn't score.

Bryan White

As a team we take a lot more free throws than we used to. And we've improved greatly at it. But it's like every other team sport, the team that makes the fewer mistakes wins.

Tom Herrion

I thought Jayson played really well tonight. He shot well (12-of-24 from field; 10-of-13 free throws). He also had 14 rebounds. He played within the flow of the game.

Andrew Storms

He's just a good athlete. He throws surprisingly well and he can run. That's the kind of guys I like.

Willie Slater

They really didn't shoot the free throws well. But we did the same thing to ourselves. The free-throw shooting was poor on both ends.

Tim Loomis

(White) almost throws a no-no and our guy is right there with them.

John Stearns

Offensively, we kind of went stagnant in the second half. We got to the free-throw line and hit some big free throws. They started pressing man-to-man, and we sort of lost our cool for a little while.

Michelle Wood

I was praying for him. Trust me, I've seen him shoot free throws.

Tim Short

The guy's playing well right now. He anticipates cuts. He doesn't wait until somebody's open. He looks at the window and throws it, and not all quarterbacks do that.

Mike Archer

We shoot an awful amount of free throws and we try to simulate pressure in practice. When the game?s on the line, we can put it in.

Dustin Werdt

We cut their lead to three points with three minutes left, but we missed too many free throws. We missed the front end of a 1-and-1 twice, and that would've made a lot of difference.

Keith Sloderbeck

For a change, we shot our free throws well. That is one thing we will keep practicing on because that is a big part of the game.

Calvin Saunders

We didn't make our free throws. It's pretty simple. We didn't convert at the free-throw line - that's the equivalent of a turnover (each time). It's about making shots you need to make. You have got to make free throws to win games. And without defensive rebounding you're not going to win.

Bruce Barnes

We had guys open, but he gets so excited when he sees guys wide open that he just throws it too hard. That's just from inexperience. But he's a good quarterback and has a strong arm and every now and then he's got some balls that are right on target.

Bryan Blake

Friday night in Sauk Centre was a rough night. We started off playing tough but did not convert on key free throws once we were in the bonus. This led to some momentum for Sauk, and they capitalized.

Phil Carlson

He has not played much quarterback. I think the best thing is he throws pretty well and is a very accurate passer. He has good size and athletic ability.

Greg Willis

I felt fine, ... I wanted to take all of the snaps, but (coach Tom Coughlin) took me out and I don't argue with the head man about that. But I was making all the throws. I threw some deep ones that actually had too much on them. I have to work on the timing on some of those things, but it felt good throwing.

New York Giants

We didn't play well, and we fouled too much. Luckily they didn't hit the free throws.

Darwood Heldmann

Everyone's a decent shooter anyway, so the free-throw line is pretty much a given. At the end of practice we're always doing drills to shoot free throws.

Brittany Cornelius

He took most of the repetitions, all but about six snaps, and was quick and sharp with his throws and his movements. We'll advance along accordingly from here. I think [Wednesday] morning may be a little interesting. But he's come in every day after throwing 70 or 75 balls without any problems whatsoever.

Tom Coughlin

We shouldn't have won that game. Carson outplayed us. We got lucky and hit some free throws. Our players weren't playing hard. This is not a team. We're in trouble. Take nothing away from Carson. They played hard. We didn't respond.

Brian Voyles

Every coach says it but if you can't make your free throws, you're not going to win games. At one point, we missed five straight or six. If we make four or five of those, the basketball game could have been different.

Diane Foli

That was the first thing the coach told us when we were going over BC: They shoot 26 free throws a game and their opponents average 11 free throws. That's basically how they've been winning games. We just wanted to contain them and stay between them and the basket.

Chris Mccray

We pretty much had a 10-point lead until midway through the fourth quarter. They got a run on us. We got some key boards and knocked down the free throws.

Pat Rogers

I've been struggling lately with free throws. The last few days I've put in some extra time with them. I knew it would come down to this at some point, and I had to be ready.

Ryan Brooks

At that point, you've just got to focus on the free throws and shoot.

Kirk Walters

That was big. Especially at the end. We were fouling to stop the clock and got exactly what we wanted with missed free throws. We have to come up with those rebounds.

Jim Harmon

None of us was making much money, but if everybody throws in $5 a person, you can buy a lot of food. It was ridiculous. We ate like kings. Those days made us real close as a staff.

Rick Kravitz

The missed free throws gave the first half a funky kind of tone.

Derek Fisher

The defensive end wasn't very good and our offensive execution wasn't very good. This is the first time that we've had a team shoot more free throws than we have for a long time. That's terrible, when you give up 31 (free-throw attempts).

Jim Dudley

I still have people ask me about those free throws. What can I say? It's part of who I am. It's part of who we are.

Nick Anderson

We made every play defensively and we ran the bases well. It doesn't hurt that in her first game pitching, Katie Roach throws a perfect game and Lynne Zachary gets her first career home run to end the game.

Mike Behnke

When a man throws an empty cigarette package from an automobile, he is liable to a fine of $50. When a man throws a billboard across a view, he is richly rewarded.

Pat Brown

Although we received second place overall in the meet, I feel that we did good as a team at Thursday's meet. Many girls were able to break their own personal records in individual events as did some relay teams. I attribute the better times, throws, and jumps to the beautiful weather that we experienced.

Amanda Bethel

In those situations I just go up there and shoot those free throws like they are any other free throw. You have to act like you've been there before and just do what you always do.

Darryl Feemster

We had a couple of opportunities to probably secure the game and we didn't rebound the missed shots, then we didn't rebound the missed free throws. If we rebound one of those, they're going to foul us.

Robert Corn

That really sparked us. We got up about 13-14 points and we missed some free throws, but it was never in doubt once we got that big lead.

Dale Reed

She's real quick and she knows how to knock down her free throws.

Sara Schopper

This affair also throws new light on the attempt to achieve a single market in services. It shows the difficulties put in the way of consumers in the single market, across national legal systems.

Tom Lake

[On the first play of a seven-on-seven drill, linebacker Ray Lewis intercepted a Ramsey pass intended for H-back Chris Cooley near the right sideline. The play brought a roar from the crowd and a grimace from Ramsey.] I missed some throws early that were pretty routine throws, ... but I felt like after that we did a little bit better.

Patrick Ramsey

We didn't match up well underneath. Our perimeter shooting is non-existent. We missed some key free throws down the stretch.

Brian Collins

We knocked down our free throws the fourth quarter and still took it to the basket. We weren't tentative, and that's really a good step for a young team. We know that almost all our scoring has to come from guys who haven't played much. Our seniors are role players, they don't score much.

Don Davidson

We were able to make some free throws down the line to put it away.

John Bliss

It's something as a kid you dream about. You dream about making plays in big games and that's just what happened. Lucky enough I was in the right position at the right time. I practice every morning shooting free throws and it came back and helped.

David Schnell

We only missed two free throws all night. That?s a difference in the game. ..And just the hustle plays. We?re so athletic and the kids want it. I think they really are enjoying playing with each other and I think they have confidence in each other. It just rubs off.

Beryl Piper

Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist.

Alvin Dark

Free-throw shooting is a lost art. It's not as good as it once was, and maybe it is because coaches are limited with how much time they can dedicate to free throws in practice and kids don't really work on them on their own as much as they should. Foul shots aren't flashy, but they certainly win games, and we try to stress that to our guys. Especially at tournament time.

Dave Wojciechowski

It was a scrappy game. I was really pleased with the last five minutes. I thought our execution was a little bit better, we got some key rebounds and we stepped up and hit our free throws when we needed them.

Bill Dreikosen

Roderick hit eight free throws in the fourth quarter. That really hurt us.

Steve Smithwick

We never found our rhythm offensively. We missed open shots, we missed free throws, and we had too many unforced turnovers.

Doug Hayes

He throws an upper-80s fastball with a strong slider and keeps the ball down. He's a competitive kid.

Rick Magnante

We have to stay at least even with them on the boards. We also have to do the little things, like make free-throws. On offense, we have to be consistent and not go through dry spells. I really feel that our defense will be OK.

Steve Spenner

It was highly unlikely for us to make that many free throws down the stretch.

Brian Morse

Bledsoe likes to sit in the pocket and let things develop. We know they're going to try to get it to the tight end a lot. Hopefully we can get to Drew quickly and force him to make bad throws. The bottom line is that as long as everyone does what they're supposed to do, we'll be fine.

Drayton Florence

Those free throws in the fourth quarter were the difference. From start to finish, this was our most complete game.

Robert Lingo

If we make some more free throws, this game is out of reach a lot earlier than it was.

Spencer Roecker

That's what you're going to get. He throws strikes and goes after guys. He did a good job changing speed and keeping them off-balance, and we go some great defensive plays behind him, too.

Mat O'brien

We were playing catch-up the entire meet. Scribner-Snyder cashed in with the throws and that is essentially what it took. We closed the gap during the day. Our boys showed a lot of guts and I couldn't be prouder.

Joe Foust

We defended very well. If we had shot our free throws better, it wouldn't have been this close.

John Grosey

I have to credit my whole coaching staff - they are the ones who do all the coaching work during the game. Opelika played hard, but our free throws and the big 3's were definitely the difference.

Frank Tolbert

It was a tough loss. It was fun to watch, fun to coach and the girls really played hard. They just got the last shot, is what happened -- it was two free throws, actually.

Deron Collins

This was a hard-fought and well-earned victory. It shouldn't have been that close, but we had some missed free throws and turnovers.

Kirk Kaul

He made some throws but at the same time, when he wasn't sacked, he was getting pressure in his face and getting hit after the throw. That was the key.

Keith Brooking

It seemed like we finally woke up in the overtime. That's not good overall, but we did start cashing the free throws in overtime to put it away.

Scott Fitch

He hits his spots, throws strikes and keeps the ball low. It's what a pitcher needs to do.

Stephen Hobbins

(Ward's) been hitting big shots like that for us all season long. Bottom line is that we didn't hit some easy shots and we missed a lot of free throws, too.

Tommy Russell