They were up for the challenge and had that look in their eye the whole game. They were really confident and ready to compete.

We just could not get all the way back.

In the third quarter we came out with more energy and intensity than they did. We knew all along we could compete. We knew after last night we could not only compete, but win.

You don't want to talk about next year because there is still a lot of this year left. We are growing. We are a long ways ahead of where we were last year. We just need to have that final step and beat one of those teams that is ahead of us.

Last year we were still trying to make baby steps. We didn't know if we could compete and have a chance. Now we believe when we step on the court we have a chance. We need to get to the point where we can have four good quarters and not have those lapses that cost us games.

We struggled to get into our offense a little bit.