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The kids did a great job of sticking it out down the stretch. Stanley has waited his turn all season read more

The kids did a great job of sticking it out down the stretch. Stanley has waited his turn all season and he hit some big shots for us.

We have to get better every day. If we can do that, if we can keep winning games and keep read more

We have to get better every day. If we can do that, if we can keep winning games and keep gaining confidence in ourselves, we could win a regional. That's been the goal since day one, and nothing has changed.

I think this tournament really showed us what we can do with a full team. We haven't had a full, read more

I think this tournament really showed us what we can do with a full team. We haven't had a full, healthy team until this point and we're gaining some confidence that we can play with good teams.

The guys didn't even know Wood River's record. I made sure to tell them that Wood River was a good read more

The guys didn't even know Wood River's record. I made sure to tell them that Wood River was a good team, a team that is going to come in here and give us a good fight. They beat us in this tournament every year. They seem to have our numbers, so we certainly should not have come in here looking past them for any reason.

It seems that when we don't shoot the ball well, we stop working hard. And tonight we didn't make anything read more

It seems that when we don't shoot the ball well, we stop working hard. And tonight we didn't make anything and I think we get discouraged and didn't play as hard on defense. That's a heart issue.

We got off to a great start. They were feeding off the emotion from the crowd I think. It was read more

We got off to a great start. They were feeding off the emotion from the crowd I think. It was great to see Jake hit some shots. He's been struggling lately and to see him shoot like that was fun to watch.

Mohammed is all about the team, Mohammed is all about doing whatever it takes to win. He just demonstrates that read more

Mohammed is all about the team, Mohammed is all about doing whatever it takes to win. He just demonstrates that day in and day out.

I thought we came out in the second half -- once we kind of settled in -- and played pretty read more

I thought we came out in the second half -- once we kind of settled in -- and played pretty well. We just made so many mistakes early that we let it get away from us.

When the ball is snapped, wherever it goes, that's where he is. Pierce is a great leader for our defense. read more

When the ball is snapped, wherever it goes, that's where he is. Pierce is a great leader for our defense. He is a quiet kid off the field, but the kids look up to him and respect him.

This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked read more

This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked to play a tough, physical game and the officials let us play that way tonight.