Chris Rider Quotes (6 Quotes)

We're pretty happy. We're 5-2, we've already played five games on the road and we're 2-0 in the OCC. We're in good shape.

Our defensive pressure set the tone for the whole day. We believe in the saying that defense wins championships. At this level, its not going be a game where both teams are running it up and down the floor. Its usually grind-it-out basketball.

We played them once before just like we played Independence. We have to be focused because we can't take anything for granted. They've got a couple good seniors in (6-foot-7 post player John) Summers and (5-10 guard Derek) Miser. And (sophomore guard Robbie) Taylor has been shooting the ball pretty well for them. We'll have to be ready.

I think our guys really adapted well in the third quarter. We knew we'd beaten Independence pretty badly the first game, and we knew that wouldn't be the case this time. Over the next two weeks, the team that usually adjusts will be the team that wins.

We've watched them a couple times and regardless of whether they're the same team or not, we're probably not going to beat them by 37 again. We were on that night and we know we'll have to play hard.

Hopefully (the loss to the Red Devils) will somehow help us out in the long run. Coffman is a good team and we've had some battles with them the last couple years. They've been playing real well and they haven't had Robby Gardiner.