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Bertemes: It takes more than 5 players to win a title
P.J. Bertemes doesn’t always start the seniors on Senior Night, but he did Friday in Southeastern’s 80-41 victory over Triad. He felt this senior class deserved it, and Daniel Black, Jared Toops, Alex Egbert and Jimmy Muncy got the start.
Black responded with 18 points, and Toops, who normally starts anyway, scored 17. The only senior not to play was Eli Pavlatos, who’s out for the season with a knee injury.
Southeastern’s seniors have sometimes had to take smaller roles to the juniors and sophomores, but Bertemes knows how important they are.
“That’s one of the things about being a team,” he said. “There are certain guys on every team who get their names in the paper every day or get constant pats on the back because they’re in the spotlight, but you don’t win championships with five guys.
“It takes a whole group of kids, and we have 20 in the program right now. Every day in practice, these guys are pushing our first five. They’re ready to jump right in if there’s a foul-trouble situation or if there’s an injury or a sickness. Guys that aren’t in the spotlight are very, very important. and any coach will tell you that.”
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