Sam Bertsch Quotations

With their style of play a big lead can be gone pretty quick, and to be honest I think we were running out of gas towards the end. Fortunately, we had enough to finish things off.

We didn't want to jeopardize either of them (Lane or Gunderson) picking up their third foul. We were just able to maintain in the first half and then we got off to a quick start in the second half.

I would have like to have seen the vote for those guys for player of the year in our conference. I don't think you could have gone either way.

I think these guys took the Amherst loss a little personally, and I think that played in our favor tonight. These kids want to win, and they came out and gave it everything.

Our full-court pressure allowed us to force some uncomfortable situations for Shiocton. That changed the tempo and helped us get some key buckets, and that was the difference.

We're loving it. You look at our roster and it's one senior and a bunch of sophomores.

We stayed in our man-to-man defense in the first half, and it helped them hold the ball. So we adjusted, and that opened up our offense.

This was definitely not the way we wanted to have the season end. We have a young team that wants to make it to the next level, and tonight we saw what a team that is there plays like. If nothing else, it's something that we can learn from.

We did a much better job of breaking things down and making the extra pass in the second half. Austen was a difference-make for us.

This is a big win. We felt fortunate to be down only one point at halftime. We just needed to do things that are T-Birds basketball. That is score off the press and hit three-pointers.

It's a 32-minute game. We were a little rusty at the start, but some of that may have been because we haven't played in 11 nights. We seemed much more comfortable in the second half on offense and defense.

It was a fun game to watch even as a coach. I thought I was watching Duke/North Carolina there for a little while. Both teams shot the ball unbelievable.

Their ability to hit some big pressure shots was the difference. You have to give them credit. They didn't quit at all and it's a 32-minute game. They made big shots when they had to.

I'm guessing we'll be a three seed, and I'm guessing we'll probably get to host a game, possibly against Amherst, Rosholt or Marathon.

Colton got an opportunity to make a start and took advantage of it. He may stay in there for a little bit longer.