Ron Pucci Quotations

Oakmont slowed down the game and ran down the shot clock on every possession. We did a good job in the second half, holding them to 11 points.

Kevin was our glue tonight. He really kick-started us.

We played very, very well tonight. The effort was there from start to finish.

We got off to a great start. But give Argonaut credit, those guys never quit.

(West Campus) played exceptionally well. We were in control the whole way, but down the stretch we had to keep our composure and make free throws. It was good for us to be in a battle like that at this time in the season.

We've been playing in some fairly quiet gyms, so this was more of a playoff-type atmosphere. It was good, the kids had to make a lot of decisions on their own and I thought overall they did really well.

We've had a great season and when you get to this level you need to play well to keep it going. We're playing a tough opponent tonight so we'll have to come ready to play.

This team has been ready to play every night and we have played very good defense all year long, it's been a constant for us. We have not had one game where we haven't had great effort and tonight we got every loose ball.

We got the breaks and the big shots at the end when we needed them. This team has met every goal we set for it at the beginning of the season.

At this level every team you face is strong. Our strength this season has been our balance. Everyone will need to play well for us to win on Saturday.

They have a couple of big post players and are very balanced. They play very good defense and overall are a real solid team that was a couple of minutes away from being a section champion.

They're a lot like us because they don't rely exclusively on one player. They are well balanced and from what we hear are playing very well right now.

It's been there all year. We have six players averaging between 8 and 12 points a game. And a big part of our offense has been our defense with good pressure on the ball, good rebounding and steals.

It think we have a good group that has a very good attitude. We were upset that we lost last night's game. However, they were anxious to play today. I had no doubt we'd have a good effort.

It's nice when you can get five players into double figures. We had a lot of contributors tonight.