The kids were focused coming into tonight. All the distractions that I was worried about seemed to go away.

The kids responded after last week. We really focused this week on coming out early and starting fast. I feel like the kids did that. Once we got on a roll, it was tough for Mississippi State to get going.

Yeah, Paul's coming in tonight,

We were really focused knowing all the things Gorman had going for it tonight. We just set our minds on playing hard and it showed, especially on the defensive end.

We didn't have the bounces tonight and it's as simple as that. It seemed like everything they tried went in and then we're trying to work our way back and we just couldn't finish it.

We just didn't have it tonight. It just seemed like we came out tired. It seems like we don't bring it like we should sometimes.