I thought we did a good job on him, but he got hot. We kept a hand in his face, but he just made some big shots for them.

We had a lot of people score and that's a plus.

We played solid defense and we picked up our offense, especially at the line with a 12 of 17 effort. Our guys came back well, but we need to keep working and improving.

I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are two different things.

We really did. We did what we had to do to win and move on.

Most of the time, when we play, the other teams have better athletes, but our players understand if we go out and play fundamental basketball we have a chance to win.

I've said it all season and it's getting old. When Joe's not in there, we have to have somebody step up for us.

Despite a poor fourth quarter on the offensive end, we still had a chance in the final seconds, but missed free throws and other opportunities hurt us. It was disappointing because this was a game we could have won.

That was motivation for us to win the region title on their home floor. It would have been nice to have won it at home, but to win it there was special, too.