Free throws make you and break you. Free throw shooting and getting some [defensive] stops won the game for us.

We've been working on defense and rebounding. Everyone knows that if you've ever gone very far in a district or regional [tournament], rebounding and defense is the name of the game.

Turnovers were big and we did a very poor job of rebounding. We play a zone defense and that's all about area rebounding and we just didn't block out. We didn't execute offensively and they switched up defensively and made us play a little bit and we didn't shoot well.

In the second half, I felt like we started like we started the game. We went out there and set a pretty good tempo, but then we got flat again on defense. They were taking us one-on-one a little bit and we weren't containing enough.

Sometimes you don't seem real sure about your answers. I just want to make sure that what you've told us you are sure about.

He is a heck of a player. He played in 23 games for us this year, and he scored in double figures in all 23. That?s pretty darn consistent.