I knew we were going to have a pretty good defense. But I didn't know it was going to be this good. And I think it's really kind of shocked everybody, how well we're clicking right now.

I ran pretty close to what I did Saturday at Granite City. Jeff (Schirmer) stayed with me a lot of this race. I have to give him his props for doing that.

They look pretty good, their defense is pretty strong. Their defensive line is pretty fast. We know we're playing a top team.

I'm speechless. I just want to jump up and down. I'm glad for the coaches. Our defense was a big key in the second quarter (holding West McDowell to only one basket). We, as a team, showed a lot of heart and didn't quit.

We didn't do a good job of getting back on defense. (Kinston) would get the rebound, then they'd fly down the court for dunks. Their lead just kept getting bigger and bigger.

Our defense in the second half was great. We needed an energy spark, and we wanted to come out and give a great effort.