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‘You got your money’s worth’: Wayne rewind-2
DAYTON - The sting of losing 80-76 in double-OT to Winton Woods still hurt, but Wayne senior sensation Travis Trice II put in perfect reflection what played out at UD Arena on Saturday afternoon.
“It’s going to hurt for a while,” said Trice, who’s headed to Michigan State University this fall to play hoop.
“It was a tough game on both ends. They were hitting some tough shots and we were hitting some tough shots. Just the atmosphere; that’s got to be a fun game to watch for fans. You couldn’t walk away disappointed; you got your money’s worth.”
Trice was outstanding in his final game with the Warriors. He scored 38 points on 14 of 25 shooting, was 2 of 5 in treys, converted 8 of 11 free throws and had 3 rebounds and 3 assists. He also had 9 turnovers, but that was because he constantly handled the ball.
Here’s what Trice and other major players had to say in the best of five D-I district finals Saturday:
Trice on a work stoppage: You’ll be walking through the halls Monday and Tuesday it’s going to be surreal. When 2:50 (p.m.) hits and you hear that bell, it’ll be, well, time to go home and do homework or baby sit. Something like that. It’s a unique feeling but we’ll get over it and build from it and get ready for college.
A tough loss: It hurts. Winton Woods is a really good team. We played with toughness. We just had a couple balls that didn’t bounce our way and a couple fouls that we didn’t get and a couple turnovers that we shouldn’t have had throughout the whole game. It hurts to lose like that, especially in overtime.
Last shot: It’s different from your junior year. I’d be lying to you if I said you don’t look toward next year, even if you slip up. This year, it’s your last go.
Winton Woods coach Donnie Gillespie: You had two teams that played a similar style of basketball and the game could have gone either way. Obviously, we were fortunate to come out on top. We made a few plays and a few free throws at the end. We’re really lucky as far as how the game came out. I take my hat off to coach Trice; they had a great game plan. It was one of those games. I have a lot of respect for coach Trice and he runs a really good program.
More Gillespie: I think that once you find that rhythm, winning is contagious. After those three losses early in the season, we learned a lot about ourselves. We talk a lot about finishing games and making plays at the end. That’s where we’re at now; it’s that time of the season that you’ve got to make plays.
I’ve said all year that I have a senior-laden team. Nine seniors and led a lot of nights by Semaj (Christon) but any night any of those kids can have a big night because they understand what their roles are and they trust in their own game.
On drawing a technical foul for having 6 players on the court following a timeout with 36.2 seconds left in the second OT. Trice hit two FT’s to pull Wayne within 77-76, but he fouled out on the resulting Wayne possession while driving to the bucket. Winton Woods hit three FT’s for the final margin.
We subbed in big for a possible rebound situation that we anticipated that Trice was going to come off, but my big and my guard, they didn’t communicate. My assistant coach and I have already discussed that. That could have been a turning point.
Winton Woods sr. Dennis Thomas: We just played hard for Coach G. We love him. We don’t have the whole money thing like Moeller and La Salle, but Coach G does all he can for us and he deserves respect from us.
Coach G tells us don’t look at the stats. We play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back of the jersey. We just keep grinding.
Wayne was incredibly athletic. Trice played incredible. Michigan State? That’s amazing. That’s as best as it’s going to get. He’s the real deal; that’s props. He hit me with a move on the baseline and I had to stop, like, whoa, whoa.
He’s going to Michigan State, but we’re going to state. I don’t know which is better. Right now, I think going to state is better. We know that we’re capable of getting to state. We’re always the underdog and we like that.
Wayne coach Travis Trice: I thought it was a great matchup that I’ll take any day of the week. It’s not like Moeller would be any better matchup or Withrow or La Salle. You can pick your poison because everybody is going to play a good team at this point.
We just didn’t finish the game. We had every opportunity coming down the stretch to finish the game. We’re up four, some calls did not go our way and we’ve got to live with that. When they did go our way we didn’t take advantage of that.
Strength from above: My boy is a warrior in every sense of the word. He’s been through a lot. He’s been doubted every day of his life. He’s too small; he’s not strong enough; he’s not quick enough. I feel great that the (MSU) coaches have seen something in him. God has been his strength and god has been his source.
Unfinished business: I would trade the 22 wins. I’m not one for anything short of what you should have gotten and we didn’t get to where we should have gotten. We had an opportunity. I think we get through this game and anything can happen. I think that we were one of the best teams in the state. I’ll leave here knowing that and believing that, but we didn’t get it done. That’s the bottom line.
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