We were working hard on defense, trapping and pressing, and that allowed us to get a lot of fast breaks. We didn't even have to go to a set offense in the first half, because our transition game was working good for us tonight.

Fred Hogan

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We just played real good defense tonight, pressuring the ball all over the place. It's nice to get a win like this and we wanted to be in the championship game.

We couldn't put it in the ocean in the first half. That first half killed us. We started off slow and weren't able to rebound.

Turnovers killed us. They went on a huge run that broke our back.

Defense has been our strength this season, and it saved us tonight.

— Fred Watson

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West Georgia is very athletic, and you have to earn everything because they play great defense. We must take care of the basketball and play smart.