This was a great game by both teams, our pretty good defense against their pretty good offense. Their coach told me after the game it was a shame we couldn't have met at a neutral site (further along in the playoffs).

We hadn't played for a while. We got off to a slow start but our defense created some turnovers in the second quarter. We threw some different defenses at them in the second half and their guards didn't respond very well.

Our defense did a nice job for us in the second half.

When we execute and play defense, we're capable of playing with anybody.

Both teams predicate what they do on defense. They (both) are pretty demanding in that sense.

They're usually a pretty good free-throw team. That's what it came down to, they played great defense.