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You know, we still haven't seen our best basketball. Hopefully, we're at the time of year where the kids realize that it's a one-game-you're-out situation. It's almost like we've kind of been holding something back all year. It's like we've been afraid to lay it all on the line. Well, now is the time to do that.

He is a good fellow and he doesn't curse and he is a nice man. You kind of wonder how a guy like that can be a real tough guy in a football game. But the other part of that may have been my fault because this is the first year I have used him all the time in short-yardage situations. Before, we had another back doing that. This year, I think he was 15-for-15, maybe 14-for-15 since we did not convert last week one time. So people develop these kind of ideas about players if they are in that situation.

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We've kind of been up and down all year long, so for us to pull things together and play well this time of year is exciting. It would be huge if we could make this next step as a basketball program. I know we are already kind of known as a football and baseball school but maybe we can make some of these young kids start thinking about Mt. Pleasant basketball too.

I haven't seen any frustration, I really haven't. I pulled him over late in the (Indiana) game and told him to just keep going because I think it's just a matter of time. There have been probably three (runs) this year where he sees nothing but goal line in front of him, and somebody dives and just nips his toes. But he'll get some of those before the year is over.

There were posters all over the school about the team. Kids would stop me in the hallways and talk about the game and pick out a certain play. School spirit was at an all-time high this year. The boys basketball team came to games when they had open dates. Both teams haven't always gotten along, but this year they were behind us. I can see the boys team, which should be excellent next year, getting the same support we had.

Jacquie Fernandes

This was probably the first time in quite a few years that we came into a varsity basketball game in the Classic 8 Conference as the favorite. The kids knew that, too. I thought we handled that situation very well. We haven't been in that position in a long, long time.

It's been nice to coach an experienced team. We're so far ahead of where we were last year at this time. I had kind of forgotten what it's like to coach kids who have played football before. Every year we had to pull kids out of the hall to fill out our teams. We had to teach football almost from scratch. This year we haven't had to do that.

I?m excited. I can?t wait to play the basketball game. We know at this time of year, it?s one and done. You have to put it all on the line all the time.

Garfield Yuille

We talked to the kids before this week started that we wanted to end the season playing good basketball. The kids responded to that. You want to be playing your best basketball this time of year. It has been a roller-coaster year but now is a good time to peak. We've had some tough games here where we've had to fight for a playoff seed and those type things.

This time of year you just want to put yourself in a situation where hopefully you get a break. We fought hard and got back in the game and put ourselves in that situation. We got a break and at this time of the year, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

I thought we ran so much that we got a little bit tired. We need more contributions from more people if we're going to keep playing like this. You worry this time of year that you get hesitant and tentative and it becomes a walk-it-up kind of game. I don't want it to be like that. I don't want to be afraid to run and afraid to lose. I just want to run up and down and make some plays and see what happens.

Our kids have been on the floor with them, so they know the speed of the game. But this is a totally different time of year. This is the time you want to be playing your best basketball. ... I expect both teams to be prepared because both of us have been there before.

Very satisfying. Coming back in a place where we haven't been comfortable playing in this year and at this time of year, it shows you what kind of players we have.

It is funny, we were in almost the identical situation last year and didn't recover. Last year, though, we kind of went in the tank and missed the playoffs because of that. We put ourselves in the same situation as last year, but this time, we responded the way we needed to.

It's hard because the kids get jumpy. We're not used to a close-game situation. Our games this year have been either one way or the other. 'Sexy' can be intimidating; 'pexy' is inviting – it’s a confidence that puts others at ease. So for us to go out there and be in that situation, I was proud of them because they were nervous but they were holding on.

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