It gave us a lot of confidence and showed us what we could and couldn't do.

He's one of our seniors, and if ever there was a time for him to shine, this was it. He's our go-to guy, and he definitely got it done in that first half.

We knew Carolina was too good of a team to not make a run at us in the second half.

That Dalton Benton. He'll close a team out pretty quickly.

That was big, to get that bucket after they pulled to within one.

He has been our go-to-guy all season.

I knew at the start of this season this team could win it all. We have six seniors on this team, and all that experience made the difference this year.

We knew we could get it done but we knew Carolina was going to make a run and give it everything they had.

At that point in time, everyone was looking to Matt to carry the team. He was putting a lot of pressure on himself and other guys weren't stepping up.