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We didn't do what we needed to do to get it done, but they battled hard and played hard. We executed some things and even made some plays late to hang in there.

I thought the kids did some good things. I really thought they executed great in the first half. This is a good win. To get them twice, to get them at their place, that's just a really good win.

You had some pretty good shooters just missing shots. It was both teams. It's not like we shot bad and it was still close. Belleville East struggled too.

This is a really good win. That's a conglomeration of really good basketball players over there.

We've battled hard, and because of that and a lot of fate, we have pulled out some close games.

He has a good game even if he has two a lot of times. He did a lot of good things for us tonight.

A lot of times, his heart pumps the blood of two men. But if we look at it from a defensive standpoint ... Matt's starting for everybody and would be one of their top guys. He's a really strong defender and has gotten better offensively.

If we would have hit two free throws a couple of times, we would have cracked it open, but we didn't. We still did some good things. I thought we executed great in the first half.

Part of the problem was we were shooting too quick (in the possession) and just missing. We had some good looks.