(Christiansen) was solid. None of those goals could be pinned on him. I thought (Central's Ness) was solid too.
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I give Central all the credit in the world. They battled. They put four quarters together. We know we're always going to get Central's best effort. They were prepared tonight and played hard. We beat a good basketball team.
I know one of Central's biggest goals this season was to beat us at our gym. But we weren't going to let that happen. We went at them for the full 32 minutes.
Some of (Central's) kids outplayed us at times. We never could put things together consistently. It's nice to be able to execute in the end like we did.
While the enrollment of all local schools are being affected, Johnson, the athletic director, and others wasted no time in letting the right people know that anyone with identification as a Louisiana or Mississippi resident would be admitted to LRSD games for free. This started with Jay Pickering at Central inviting people from Barton Coliseum to the Tiger cookout last Friday, ... We ran into some logistical problems getting them home, but Laidlaw stepped up and sent two buses to Barton Coliseum last Friday and picked up a bunch of kids and took them to Centrals football game.
We're thrilled to death because we just beat an excellent basketball team. This isn't the last time Benton Central's going to be here.
Veronica's Closet' will do a 27 share on a Thursday night and it's dismissed. And (Comedy Central's) 'South Park' does a two share and it's on the cover of 'Newsweek' magazine.
A lot of times they (Central) were one-and-done on the offensive side. Central's a good team. If they get a lot of second and third shots, they're going to make them. They didn't because we rebounded so well.
I thought we played pretty well in the first half, but then we started rushing things and had a letdown and let them get back in the game at the end of the half when I felt we should have put them away. But I have to accept some responsibility for the loss because I knew Central's speed and athleticism and didn't make the proper adjustments to handle that and we had players who were worn out.