We wanted to make a statement in the second half. As the quarterback and a leader, I wanted to give my guys a chance to make plays.

What was discouraging to me was our turnovers in the second half. We felt like all we had to do was take care of the ball and keep moving the basketball and we'd be all right, but we got a little impatient.

We didn't surrender our lead, and we played well in the second half. That's one thing I want to see.

We've been shooting well in the second half of the season. We didn't shoot well against Heath. We were 12 of 37 (32 percent) from the floor. Our shooting was off. Our passing was off. We weren't moving well. All those things combined for poor offensive execution.

In the second half, we were down and we couldn't get back up.

We knew Meridian would concentrate on stopping David. All of our opponents have done that in the second half. You can't leave Cortez open.