Northwest is the measuring stick in our league and no one does it better than them. It was a great night for us and a great win.

Our motto is 'team first' and every single guy has seemed to buy into that. This has been a really fun group to coach because they're highly motivated. It's been a pleasure.

When they come out at the start of the game shooting the ball the way they did, that's not the order of things. They banged shots early, we fell behind and we couldn't control tempo.

We gutted it out, handled pressure and made free throws at the end. We've got guys with a lot of character. When you make a state tournament run, you have to have kids who make plays.

There's two teams left playing and we're one of them. That's been our goal all season and it feels fantastic. We're very proud of these guys because they believed in themselves.

We have a really special group. We have some great senior leadership and guys with experience. There's no substitution for that.