Troy Schwemley Quotations

When you talk about basketball in northwest Ohio, in Putnam County . . . I imagine it?s a lot like Indiana high-school basketball. I don?t know if you could find many counties in Ohio that have had six teams make it to the state finals in any sport.

I grew up watching them play and beat teams they didn't have a chance in beating, and that's a testament to their program. Fourteen-and-six is a down year for them. They've got a great tradition there.

If we just play even it's our ball game.

I don't have any doubt who he's rooting for. Blood is thicker than water.

Our start was a great start. It definitely propelled us and we came out with confidence. That's always good to see, in that environment, not being overwhelmed by where you're playing.

We came out firing. It seemed like every shot we took was going in. Eventually the percentages are going to catch up with you. That's where you pound it inside and get to the free throw line.

It's just a lot of things to worry about. We've basically got two young guys that average 20 points. The thing about it is I feel we've got other guys that compliment them well.

Their pressure definitely took us away from the looks that we're used to getting. And that speeded the game up.

I'm going to try to not think about that too much and just enjoy this moment and look at it as just one more game.

(I liked the pace) other than the last three minutes of the second quarter when I felt we got a little too out of control. We went into halftime and said this game is ours if we can clean it up a little bit.

I had never heard of Columbus Grove. After I got directions, I found out it was west. I had figured it was down by Columbus.