We felt all along that Zach would make a good post and, after all, he is the tallest we have. I know he'd probably like to play a little more outside, but he's our guy in there. He's so athletic and he's got a long reach.

He hit some good shots in the third quarter. We had hands in his face and he was still hitting them.

That was a nice job on the boards by our guys. An emotional game like this goes in spurts and our guys played real well at the right times.

Chris was fighting through picks all night and he did a great job staying with him. But Taylor's got such a quick release. He can just go up and stick a 22-footer when his team really needs it.

This is a tough loss because the kids wanted it so bad. We actually had them on the ropes a couple times in the first half but couldn't keep the turnovers down. It's a fine line ? you don't want them tentative and you don't want them throwing the ball away. I'm still real proud of how we played, a lot of desire and heart.

The kids are excited and we're getting a ton of fan support. We're all smiles today.