At halftime I told the guys, 'hey you've got to bail me out here now'. They got that quick start, but our kids hung in there for the next three or four minutes. They went out there and kicked it up another notch.

I told the guys at halftime that's why everybody practices. We just needed to be patient, get into our offense, and not let them get a run.

I don't think these are guys that you walk in and say, 'Hey, you need to start doing this now.' He needed to be somewhat laid back. He did a good job in the learning process last year.

At halftime, I told the guys we needed to keep our lead in the second half. A lot of teams that are as successful as Maryville aren't used to playing from behind. We wanted to put that pressure on them in the second half and not let them make a run.

We have our way at halftime. Our guys know that situation well enough now that they know what's going to come from me, I know how they're going to respond, and we're going to go about our business in a particular manner that gives us a chance to win ? because basically they believe they can't be beat.

I challenged Omar, Mike (Hall) and Regis at halftime and told them: 'You haven't scored yet. You guys have got to step up.' And we responded the way we should at home. I was very proud of the way we finished the game.