That's a tough group in there. Top to bottom, and it starts with the seniors. This is a huge win. (Utica's) a quality team, very skilled offensively. ... We got out in front early and made some key shots when we needed to after that.

We put in some different looks, it was something we just put in before the Johnstown game. It broke up their rhythm a little, and we did a good job boxing out.

That was huge. That was a quality team we beat. We've got some tough kids, and it's a tough group. For us, this is huge for our confidence.

We emphasize that to be a good team, you have to have good senior leadership to go far in the conference and in the tournament. We've had that so far and that will likely be important for us in the next few weeks for us to be successful.

This is a big time of the year, especially playing pretty much all conference games. (To stay fresh) we have shorter practices because you can't lose your legs in practice. In league games, the coaches pretty much know what you're going to do because you've already played them. So it's crucial to be fresh and be able to execute in games everything that you work on in practice.

I have great group of four seniors who have made it easy for me to implement what we want to do. Hopefully, (their attitude) has filtered down into the junior and sophomore classes. Every day they bring it in practice and that only makes my job easier.