That's such a key, getting the momentum early in a basketball game. Fouls put us behind the 8-ball and put them at the line. It took some aggressiveness out of us.

Hoover basketball is an extended family. There is nobody more excited about this win than us.

It's going to take 40 minutes of the best basketball we can give. Do we have that in us? Without a shadow of a doubt. We've worked all year to get an opportunity like this.

We played very good basketball against an athletic team. It was nice to see us get better in some areas.

That's Southern Illinois basketball at its finest. That's what they do. They certainly took us out of any offense in the first half.

The coaching staff has done a great job with us. We are playing great basketball. We're playing well on the defensive end and running the offense. Blake and I just want to come out and be solid.