We're quicker and we can play more pressure defense than last year. And we're ready. We were a little rusty tonight because we hadn't played in a week, but we're ready.

We still have to improve on some things. Our full-court defense for one. We aren't satisfied with our season yet. We know we have to improve, and we keep working every game.

Everything was going for us tonight. The spark was there. We've lived on our defense the whole year and we feel really good about having that kind of (defensive) reputation. It's all our coach. He pushes us in practice every day and it's awesome. I love it. ... And look where it's got us.

I knew that pass was coming. He throws me passes like that at home all the time.

We didn't want it to distract from the play.

I'd like to see us become more consistent on defense, but there were some good plays that kept us in the game. We struggled some offensively, but had some clutch hits, and pitched well enough to win a close game.