They shot too many free throws. We continually get outscored from the free-throw line by anywhere from 15 to 20 points.

194

We're a tweak here and a tweak there from really being in trouble.

186

That's big in a situation and game like this. Fortunately, we got the ball in the right hands of our good free-throw shooters and they knocked them down.

178

I really think they are the best team in the tournament. I know Mascoutah beat them last night, but their five starters are good. I told our team they are a better team. If we play good and they play good, they're going to beat us. We needed them to be off a little bit and they weren't.

131

I admired our effort, but our execution wasn't great. We were a step behind all night.

94

To be honest, I don't know where we're at right now. We were feeling pretty good about ourselves when we came back from Quincy Notre Dame, but we're sure not very good right now.

88