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We defended for 16 minutes as well as we can defend. We didn't do a whole lot of trapping. It was just solid, half-court, man-to-man defense. The kids did a great job.

We defended better and we attacked the basket. Our guys inside put up a relentless, tremendous effort. There was one possession where we got three or four offensive rebounds before we finally got fouled.

We defended and rebounded well, but tonight it came down to free throw shooting and our kids stepped up and made them.

We're playing hard; we're scratching, we're fighting and I thought we defended really, really solid. Offensively we're really, really struggling right now.

We're playing hard. I thought we rebounded and defended hard. But offensively, we're really struggling.

We did watch (the tapes) to see how they defended us and what we did that was successful.

Our kids didn't come out as aggressive as they needed to be. The second half, we were just the opposite. We got some turnovers, we attacked the basket and we defended better.

Our kids came out tonight, competed and enjoyed the moment and got after it. I thought we played the whole game well. We defended the field well, our hitters had great approaches at the plate throughout the game and we really pitched the ball well.

The 3-point shooting didn't surprise us. We knew that was their strength last year and this year. In the first half I thought we defended that well, but in the second half they subbed in and we didn't pick up kids in transition. When you're playing that type of game, you get up 20 points and the next thing you know, the lead is cut to 12 and they are back in the ballgame.

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