I thought they played very good defense on us. They hit their free throws very well, especially in the first half.

I thought our defense would be able to stop the run better than we did last year (a 60-34 loss). That was our weakness last year, and it didn't happen. I was surprised they were able to run the football like they did.

Everybody that came up to us and asked if we won, they thought we were lying. Some of them had this face on them, a shocked face, kind of like seeing a ghost.

Tonight's game was kind of a wake-up call for us. The kids know we're going to come out focused, starting [today], and get back on track.

That (defense) helped us put a run together.

They had us down 19-4, we called timeout and changed defense.