<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">South Bend, Ind. --- It wasn't exactly the coming-out party for which Louis Williams had hoped. The former South Gwinnett High School star had 14 points during Wednesday's McDonald's All-American game at Notre Dame's Joyce Center, but it wasn't quite the scintillating performance he had sought against the nation's top players to impress the many NBA scouts and executives in attendance. Nevertheless, he walked away a winner as his East team held on for a 115-110 decision over their counterparts from the West. "I didn't have a break-out game, but it was solid," Williams said. "I think, overall, I did the things people were looking for. I didn't force shots, I didn't force passes, I didn't force anything. I just played to my potential and did the things I was capable of doing." A smooth 6-foot-2 guard who has signed with Georgia, Williams has made no secret of his desire to bypass college and leap to the pro ranks right away. He began on a strong note, finding the range on three of his first four shots to score eight of his points within the game's initial 7:13. Slick ball-handling Duke signee Greg Paulus assumed the point guard spot. And Williams never had the opportunity to distinguish himself by shaking a defender off the dribble or firing 3-pointers at will --- as he's done so often while winning the Journal-Constitution's "Mr. Basketball" award and the Naismith Award that goes to the nation's top player. Without the ball in his hands, the normally cocksure Williams often appeared out of sync offensively. He said he was frustrated at times . "When you're a scorer at heart and you're on the break and you're used to getting the ball in certain spots, it can be frustrating," he said. "But you have to get the right mind-set and have the right attitude about the whole thing." </div> UaUZUcU^UcTYWVVZV] Source
