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We knew they were going to make a run at us. You hold a team that's ranked eighth in the state to 37 points in the game, that's a hell of a job defensively.

We know what they are capable of doing. They have talent on defense and can score a ton of points on offense. Anyone in the Ohio Valley Conference who can go toe-to-toe with (two-time defending OVC Champion) Jacksonville State makes you stand up and take notice. We know they will be ready to play, and I guarantee that our kids will be prepared as well.

We held them 20 points under what they usually score, and we didn't even play good defense in the second half. But against good players, you make a mistake, Rashad Anderson makes the shot. You make a mistake, Rudy Gay hits a shot.

We held them 14 points under our goal and any time you can do that, it's pretty good.

We held Sacramento to nine points in the third quarter.

We held Jones to 10 points and if you had to draw it up on paper, that's what you wanted to do coming in. With them having been in as many championship games as they've been in the last couple years, that's got to help some.

We held her to 11 points in the first half, but she was on fire in the second half and she knocked down every shot she took. We had to go to a man defense and we still couldn't stop her.

We held a highly potent offensive team to 16 points in the first half. The defense was getting it done. It was the offense we were lacking.

We heard about it before that game -- Thornton's going to put 100 points on the board, the game will be over in the first quarter. But if that happened, all people were going to say is, 'I told you so.' I knew nothing negative could come out of this.

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