Willie Graham Quotes (8 Quotes)

I give our kids a lot of credit because they are kind of down right now. They have had some tough losses and they didn't pack it in. They did a good job of competing and made some plays.

I really liked how we started the fourth quarter. Things were not going our way to end the third quarter. We were not getting all the calls. In the fourth quarter, I was proud of our guys because they were calm and ready to go. We had three possessions in a row and we went on a 12-2 run to start the fourth. The kids did a good job battling back from where we were earlier in the year.

I slapped my wrist because of something happening on the court. It busted the crystal on it and tore the second hand off.

It was a fun game. Our crowd and community made it a lot of fun. There was a great turnout, both for Newberg and McMinnville. I was proud of all of the guys and told them after the game that they handled the situation very well.

We really struggled at both ends of the floor offensively and defensively. It seems like when we would make a run to get it down to 10 or six points, they would hit a 3-pointer or a big shot to get them in control. We never had a chance to get the game to where we wanted it.

We had some times in the game, especially in the third quarter, where I thought we were playing really well and getting great shots but we were not finishing them. I was impressed with the guys for not getting down. Sometimes that can get to you. The guys did a good job not letting it bother them.

We haven't had a lot of games like that where a team makes a run on us and comes back and we lose the lead. We had a pretty solid lead, a 12-point lead at halftime.

I thought Chad Jones played like we envisioned him playing all year. He played in spurts. He had offensive rebounds and played with reckless abandon. He played hard, which was good.