We are all excited. When (Hillhouse coach Kermit Carolina) talks about goals, he tells us, Everything we do from here out is for states. We are ready.
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This keeps us alive in the race for a spot in the Southern Connecticut Conference playoffs. We have two games left that count with Hillhouse and with Jonathan Law, the last game of the year. It may come down to that last game.
This was like a playoff game for us. I thought if we could get this one and even with Hillhouse coming up next we had four games left I thought we could win. Now the Hillhouse game becomes a playoff game.
I thought it was a real team effort tonight. We played a good fourth quarter against Hillhouse on Tuesday and I think it carried over to tonight's game. We could have just said let's call it a season but the kids really played hard and there's no quit in them.
We were very proud of the defensive effort (against Hillhouse), especially without two starters. We like to think that our defense and our size will create some of that (turnovers by opponents).
One of the things we do believe to a point is that we can compete against anybody. From what people say, (Hillhouse is) the most talented team in the state. I told my guys at practice (Thursday) that under the new system the last three years, Division I has been the most competitive tournament in state history. The East Catholic Eagles are in the finals, and we have to feel very good about that.
After what we did the other night, we had (Hillhouse) right where we wanted them. From three its back to seven in a heartbeat, it seemed like. Then we are back chasing. They have tremendous team speed. Not for a lack of effort on our part, but they seemed to come up with that loose ball all the time.
Hillhouse goes eight or nine deep. They don't have any real superstar, but they press and run and are very focused the whole time.