We just looked at the top numbers and started a concentrated effort to try to collect. It's amazing when you put on a little pressure - all of a sudden they come up with a check for you.

It was a team effort. Every kid contributed who stepped on the floor and every kid on the bench supported them the whole way. It's great to see what kind of character a team has.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

The effort the players have put in has been tremendous. I have great admiration for them for what they do week-in, week-out and year-in, year-out.

We've got a lot of soul searching to do. We have no consistent effort and are only playing in spurts. Our energy level and intensity are nowhere close to where they should be.

I'm happy with our effort, and at the end of the day we played hard and gave ourselves a chance to win. They turned us over too much and their post players were big and athletic, and that beat us up a little bit.