It was a great basketball game. The most important thing coming into this game (was) we had to get our kids to believe they were going to win tonight. I think we had a great week of preparation this week. Our kids were really focused. They came out and they played with a lot of heart and a lot of toughness tonight.

Evan just played a great all-around basketball game. He did it on both ends of the floor. He probably had 10 or 12 rebounds. Offensively he was real poised and composed. He took advantage of mismatches at times and broke people down and got into the lane. I thought that was important for us offensively, as well. We attacked the bucket. We didn't settle for 3s all night. That was key.

Kyle coming out and hitting those two 3s was really big. I think they got down and I think that made their other guys a little bit cautious about taking some shots and maybe did some things that they normally don't do. They haven't had to play with a deficit a whole lot this year.

If they make a couple of their shots early, it could be a different game.

They did everything that we asked them to do. It's a great win for our team and our program.

Last year we were up nine at half. We were only up six. It was important that we came out those first three or four minutes and kind of set the tone.