The issue this year has been putting a 40-minute game together and we did that through the buzzer tonight. That's a quality team. They have veterans and Olympians. Had we let up for one or two minutes, this game could have been another story.

Becky Hammon

We never thought we were going to lose this game. We kept chipping away, chipping away, plugging away. We showed them tonight what we could do. Hopefully we showed our critics.

Noelle Quinn

She really put us on her back tonight. She was there when we were having inconsistencies. We've been having some inconsistencies in practice and that's been reflected in our game.

Donald Bough

I respect Garth a ton, and I know that he does a great job with those guys. Every time that we play them, I am very concerned. Sometimes the score doesn't tell the tale. Tonight we got a little bit of a jump on them early and we built a lead, but the first two games were closer.

Doug Scheidt

We didn't try to full-court press them as we did last time. They picked us apart last time. (Tonight) we played defense under the 3-point line and made them earn their points.

Julio Perez

I was still a little rusty coming back from break in yesterday's game. I felt a lot sharper tonight because I played yesterday. Our team defense was just phenomenal this weekend and we just need to keep getting better as a team.

Joe Fallon

(West Iredell) did a good job frustrating us. Every time we'd do a little bit, they'd knock us out of our rhythm. We were too frustrated to play tonight.

Sonny Schofield

It's rough. The kids deserved to win the way we've been playing. Tonight, we just didn't execute as well as we have been, and give credit to Groves. They played a real good game.

Warren Lawrence

Aubrey was simply unbelievable tonight. She hurt her shoulder on Wednesday and it was questionable whether she would be able to compete.

Bill Ryden

I think what y'all do is vital to our community. I think we're fooling ourselves if we think the square foot (of a house) determines the characteristic of a neighborhood. I hope this passes tonight. One-size-fits-all may have been appropriate at one time, but now we may be in a situation where one size doesn't fit anymore.

Jeff Wilkinson

We let down a little bit tonight and I know all the other girls feel the same. We're going to come back Saturday ready to play. We'd like to say we're going to bring our 'A' game.

Amanda Murdoch

We had a lot of turnovers tonight and we let down defensively in the second half, allowing them to score a lot of easy baskets. We need to learn to come out every day and the girls need to compete the way that we want them to. This is a great group of girls here, we just need to not turn the ball over.

Rita O'connor

They came out in a zone, and the girls were open. One thing I tell the girls, when they have a good shot to take it. Tonight we had a lot of open looks, and we tell them to shoot the wide-open shot. We got our feet under us and shot the ball.

Chris Kempf

I told our guys after the game that for almost three weeks we've done almost everything in an execution situation to win the game. But tonight we just came up a little short.

Ray Tanner

We're happy because we didn't feel we played our best over the last two games. We had a big, emotional win over Merced, but then we felt like we took a couple of steps backwards. Tonight we played with a lot of passion and a lot of desire and we ended up with a nice win.

Matt Thissen

Even without (Erwin) Albany is still a pretty good team. Our guys showed up to play tonight and the coaching staff couldn't be happier about that.

Dave Doemel

His fastball was very dominant tonight, and he had great control of all of his pitches. He threw a great game like he has all year.

Aaron Misasi

We will focus on the positives we had tonight and continue to get after it in practice. If the effort is there, the sky is the limit for this team. I've been preaching that from day one. I think they realize now that hard work - in practice and in games - wins basketball games.

Craig Pippen

I think all our guys helped box out tonight and that was the key to the game.

Scot Pollard

I thought we played really well. ... Tonight was the first night we started to play up to our potential, and it felt good.

Rob Detzel

We created plenty of chances. We had a good game, but we had no luck tonight.

Guy Lacombe

I am so proud of him. Up until the last five seconds, I really thought he was going to win it. He did too. It's been an awfully good run, it just wasn't his night tonight.

Clint Hardin

I think we got a little more out of our post game tonight, but other than that it was a very similar game. It was a tough defensive game and Rapids played well. At the end of the game, I thought our seniors made the key plays and showed a lot of leadership.

Kraig Terpstra

Our guys worked hard, but we had too many missed shots, missed free throws. Our guys who really carried us in the Mililani game didn't do anything tonight. That's been our season.

Chico Furtado

I know a lot of people from Mansfield had been getting it, and I thought it might come down tonight to me or (Brandon) Speck. I knew we'd each play hard and that the game would probably decide it.

Rashad Reed

They play hard, but they play dirty, too. You have to give those kids credit for how hard they play the game, but they make a lot of dirty plays out there and they made some more tonight.

Kevin Klette

Sorry I didn't give a better showing. I didn't do anything well tonight. I didn't shoot well, I didn't shoot my free throws well. I didn't play great defense. It was just one of those nights. We just have to put this one behind us and focus on our next game.

Luke Babbitt

I'm glad I didn't have a whistle tonight, because I thought we were going to lose the game at the free-throw line. In the middle of the game, they will call that a foul.

Jimmy Collins

Describe the goal? Obviously, it eventually went into the back of the net. But it looked like it could have gone in three or four times before that. I have no idea how it went in. Hands down, the girls gave a superior effort tonight all over the field.

Jason Mathenia

It was enough to get it done tonight. I wish we had played better, but we're going (to state) and that's what matters.

Glen Flanagan

I knew right when she shot it that it was going in. She played so awesome tonight.

Ashley Gaeta

We've got a lot of young guys on the team this year. Tonight, they just flat-out wrestled. They just brought it.

Bob Berceau

It was good to see her come back and come back strong. Last night we didn't play well. Tonight we hit too many balls in the air. We've been struggling with that all year. When we are hitting, we have an explosive offense.

Pam Lancaster

West Grand is a tough team. We knew that going in. We don't ever like to lose, but we did a lot of things right tonight. We're 2-1, and we have a big game coming up. The next one is always the biggest.

Gary Heide

I was extremely happy with the guys tonight. That is a really good basketball team to hold to just 30 points. Every goal that we had coming into tonight we were able to meet.

Jay Melton

He worked really hard for us tonight.

Gary Pittillo

Excellent, ... We missed the coverage two or three times and that hurt us, but really the girls were just awesome tonight.

Sharon Smith

We have to put in 32 good minutes. Tonight, we only played 16 good minutes and that?s what it came down to.

Jay Mckenna

Maine South just played better tonight. We played a horrible game tonight, and that can't happen against teams in this conference.

Teri Rodgers

I thought Jeremy Sessoms was pretty good tonight. Our offensive line palyed real well, and Sessoms did a great job reading the option tonight.

Russell Stone

All of the girls played really hard tonight. We struggled a little at the end with their press but we were able to make up for it on defense. The girls are all really scrappy and they aren't afraid to hit the floor. I am proud of the hard work that they are giving it shows in practice and at the games.

Coach Lori Bell

You've got to respect his effort and the way he played tonight. He's become a great player.

Rowen Tupuivao

We went with a new offensive formation, and it definitely worked tonight.

Amy Freeto

We will not play like that [tonight]. I think we played good, but shots weren't falling and people were getting down on themselves like myself. We got down on ourselves and we didn't have much confidence.

Shandra Brooks

We continue to shoot poorly from the free-throw line, not even hitting 50 percent for the year. We threw the ball away too much tonight and gave Wapello second chances and too many opportunities on offense.

Gabe Mcdonald

They did what they had to do and they had the athletes to do it. We didn't have an answer offensively tonight.

Matt Prisk

Our kids played their hearts out against a talented opponent tonight. I'm proud of the determination they displayed but we still came up short. Against Glades Central, you pay for mistakes. Fortunately, we've now gotten our non-district rivalries out of the way and must now begin focusing on our upcoming district contests.

Tommy Morrell

That was the turning point of my career. That garbage bag symbolized a lot of things for me. In that garbage bag was the old Jerome James. I set him free tonight.

Jerome James

We struggled on offense, but we kept playing defense and kept getting stops. I thought we controlled the boards and our defense was good tonight.

Todd Tripp

Our focus was a lot harder this week on serve receive. And our kill efficiency was excellent. We used the block well and made smart plays. They played well tonight.

Beth Tocci

That was a big blow. He was just kind of in the wrong spot at the wrong time tonight. He ignites much of what we do and to have him sitting on the bench made it tougher for us.

Chris Roche

We jumped on them early and got them thinking about what we were doing instead of them thinking about what they should be doing. Portageville is a good team. They were the No. 3 seed at the Twin Rivers tournament, so overall we did a good job tonight.

Gavin Miller

I told the guys a little while ago that I hope we learned a lesson tonight. That's the kind of effort we're going to get from our opponent every night in the state playoffs, and we've got to be ready to match it and exceed it. To be quite honest, South Central deserved this win tonight. They out-hustled us. When you work that hard, things go your way. They made a play, and my hat's off to them.

Rob Maloney

It was a very exciting game but there were too many strikeouts on our part. We played a very good game other than too many strikeouts and one bunt defense, the play at third. You have to give Auburn credit. They were a team below .500 and they wanted this game tonight.

Steve Kittrell

We made a great effort tonight but couldn't finish. I think our comeback took up most of our energy. Over the last 6 minutes we went from aggressive to passive, and it cost us the lead.

Aaron Perkins

Those road losses led to a really nice win tonight. The preparation and practice were great. We really could have gone one of two ways after those losses. We were ready to play and it's a credit to what the kids have gone through.

Mick Flattery

It all boils down to Neil tonight. He's a kid that just does a terrific job on both ends of the floor. He's a kid we want all our youngsters to look up to.

Darin Hazel

I feel that gas prices are going to skyrocket because the hurricane's supposed to hit tonight.

Ron Hays

We were pleased. We had some goals that we wanted to meet tonight in terms of minutes played and seeing some of the young guys. We accomplished that and we were very competitive, and I was real happy with that.

Ron Rothstein

The board of education put its best offer on the table tonight.

Bill Nolan

It took heart. As you can see we had things go against us all year. We didn't want our year to end tonight. We made a pact.

Derek Tapscott

Nothing special for me tonight. It just happened that I got open and was able to catch the ball when it came to me. I just wanted to make plays when the opportunities came to me.

Michael Jenkins

It did hamper me a little bit. I just tried to help on the defensive end - that was my main role for tonight.

Vernon Hamilton

Honestly, I just couldn't get anything going the last two games. I just wanted to be patient and let the game come to me, and it came to me. If I had to take every shot tonight, well, I would've taken every shot.

Ashley Watkins

It worked out good for us, because we played at their gym first, and then at ours. (Kamehameha) had a real good game plan last night and they executed it well. But tonight we came to play mentally.

Glenn Takara

We expect the heaviest rain to move into Los Angeles County late this afternoon... then a second wave is coming around 7, 8 or 9 tonight before the system moves out.

Jamie Smith

It's a good way to start the weekend. I'm real happy for the seniors. Everybody in the lineup fought hard tonight.

Pat Santoro

This is by far the biggest win we've had since we lost Daniel Palumbo to a knee injury. We're starting to jell as a team, and our defense really came together tonight.

Mike Glick

We were a little intimidated in the first 4-5 minutes. But after that, we never had any rhythm on offense. Tonight, our young kids learned the difference between non-conference and AAAAA-West basketball.

Tim Mccutchen

Our full-court pressure defense was the key. And we were much more physical tonight than we have been in a while.

Pat Cleland

So many guys got in the mix for us tonight. Jay got some touches for us, Andy Page caught two touchdowns for us, Drew threw the ball well, and the offensive line continued to block well.

Kody Asmus

It felt like we were sharp tonight. Our defensive pressure is where it needs to be for the tournament.

Brian Dartt

He's been our most consistent player all year. He did it on both ends tonight, but the main thing was he rebounded very well.

Ken Flowers

Our kids played with a lot of heart, and they played that way all year. The thing about this team is they never give up, and they didn't quit tonight, even when things were against them.

Ken Cormier

We finally put every phase of our game together. Even though we came off those tough losses at Aquinas, I felt a change in our team going into tonight. They came together.

Jay Novacek

It was a back-and-forth game, before we finally got a surge late in the second quarter. To gain the yards on the ground we got tonight, it shows that the offensive line is doing a great job.

Brent Ward

We had a full house tonight. Two nights of great racing. I'm just looking for more races like that.

Paul Mcmahan

How about the crowd? That is unbelievable and a big part of tonight's story. The student body really came out and supported us in a big game tonight.

Curt Miller

Courtney made some great plays for us tonight. She chased down two of them that probably prevented runs.

Rodney Taylor

I thought we did take a step forward tonight. If we connect on a couple more shot attempts and don't give the ball away at some inopportune times, I think it's a different ball game. We just have to stay positive and try and continue to build some momentum at the end of the season.

Dan Fink

As a visiting player, it's motivating because you hear their fans get all excited and you want to quiet them down. And that's what we did tonight.

Bob Howry

Julie threw the ball well tonight. She was in command from the beginning.

Tracy Brookover

Kevin is very talented. He has vision, and you can't teach that. He's not a selfish player who has to shoot. He helps a lot of other people score, though. You saw that tonight. He just helps a lot of people score.

Clay Norton

We came out and played with more intensity tonight. We kind of zoned out against Twin Valley.

Melissa Hughes

Awesome job. He came up big tonight.

Mark Hatton

Kellen Byrnes did an outstanding job against the press tonight. He handled the pressure very well.

Dave Doemel

We still have plenty of improving to do, especially in the secondary , but I think we made an important transition tonight. As long as we keep moving in the right direction, I'll be satisfied.

James Kelley

We will meet a great crowd and a highly motivated team tonight. Dennis has built a very good program and has some great kids on his team, but we won't just roll over.

Russ Cozart

We made the plays. Every ground ball, we were fortunate enough to have it right at us. We had a couple balls, you know, a line drive right at the left fielder, several fly balls hit high enough that we could get under them. Some balls definitely went our way tonight.

Yates Hall

We needed a win to pick our confidence level back up heading into the conference schedule. We got a lot of it back tonight. Our offensive line was opening holes that our coaches could run through.

Jeff Simpson

It's a good thing this game was early and we can use it as a motivator to push on for the rest of the year. We're a better team than showed up tonight.

Deshon Dedrick

We've played a tough non-league schedule. Tonight doesn't get any better, but our young guys are improving and it will be good to see if we've improved.

Jay Oxley

We hit a lot of shots tonight. That's key for us. If we can make some perimeter shots we can be a pretty good team. We hit two or three in the first quarter that got us up big.

John Schnieders

Very concerned by OPM's announcement tonight of a significant increase in health insurance premium costs.

Steny Hoyer

We just have to take the last 10 minutes of the game tonight and roll it into tomorrow. We have to come out and play like we're not going to wait around to get it going like we did tonight.

Scott Gardiner

They're a senior-laden team, and they're experience showed tonight.

Bill Wagner

We played very hard right to the end. But again, we have to play mistake-free and tonight we made just enough.

Tim Hopley

One of the things we've been trying to do is play smarter, and we were able to do that tonight. We connected well in the offensive third, dominated the middle third of the field, which is something we've talked about throughout the season, and our first five or six shots resulted in goals, which is kind of nice.

Charlie Harvey

The officiating was horrible on Tuesday. It still wasn't that good tonight, but we just played defense. We played a 2-1-2 zone and she (Wills) was just missing shots.

Brittany Bush

We've been a good shooting team all year. We did shoot it well tonight because we moved the ball well.

Pete Norman

I told everyone, let me cry today, because I can?t cry tonight. But this is not the day we lost Ritchie, this is the day we gain Ritchie again.

Irma Norton

We scored on three of our seven opportunities tonight and if we do that every night I will feel pretty good about our chances.

Wil Nichol

The kids played well. They made a commitment to play good defense tonight.

Scott Kerstetter

These were two good basketball teams and we just came out a little better tonight.

Patrick O'bryant

Our marketing is more real-time than other places … in other businesses, it's not as event based. But, if we don't properly sell, price and get the right offer out for the Minnesota game tonight [January 18], we've left money -- that will never come back to us -- on the table.

Daryl Morey

I was so glad to see Gina get it tonight. What's impressed me most about her is how she got it. She always put the team first and was never selfish in an attempt to get her points. She's a true team player.

Bob Condrick

We were a lot looser tonight than we were the last time we played them. We moved the ball well and got some good shots and made them. It was entirely different than that first game.

Benny Harris

Our offense was not good enough tonight. It was plain poor.

Travis Johnson

Tonight was the first big one that if you win you start getting recognized. Our team wants to be recognized with the elite teams in the state, but we?re not there yet.

Fred Falchi

I think tonight (Gipson) pretty much solidified himself.

Kevin Bouis

You try to make the best of everything, and then you just break down and you cry. Tonight, we're gonna be OK. And we're gonna be OK. Everyone's gonna be OK, it's just going to be a process.

John Dyer

Stopping the run is not our strong point. We're small and young, and it showed up tonight. Bluffton is much bigger and stronger than us, and they've got some darn good running backs.

Denver Cromer

They're still a little inexperienced for this level right now. There was a lot of good situational pitching tonight, but in the heat of the moment, the mental aspect of pitching escaped them.

Tom Pratt

We are taking baby steps. . . . It has been hard to get their confidence back. We were a damaged team after last Friday night and we needed to get our feet back under us. It wasn't pretty tonight, but Southeast Polk will make you play a game that is slow and rugged, and I thought we responded pretty well in the second half.

Joe Katich

We are gathered here tonight not out of any bitterness. We believe this visit is important. Unless there is dialogue between the U.S. and China, the U.S. cannot help us.

Lodi Gyari

We were playing for No. 30 tonight. That was our motivation. He's a three-year starter and he's been denied half his senior year.

Greg Nossaman

Jessica showed tremendous leadership tonight. Taylor has missed some time, but she has come on and gave us a big spark tonight.

Shelli Haferbecker

It's Mother Nature. You can't control it. Coming off a win (Friday) night, it would have been nice to go out there and get this game in tonight and have a good series here. It's out of our hands as far as the weather goes.

Chris Aguila

We consistently shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and they took advantage of them. Northville was the better team tonight, no doubt about it. They were quicker to the ball and capitalized on our mistakes.

Denny Butcher

We've been doing that all year, bringing Eric in late ... letting him shut them down, kind of like he did tonight.

Stacey Alston

We hit the ball well tonight. We had two good innings at the start and moved our base runners. We have to continue playing like this for the remainder of the season.

Scott Leggett

That was a crazy play, (Huet) was unbelievable making some huge saves at the end. He saved the game for us. He's been really good, but tonight he was unbelievable.

Sheldon Souray

You have nights like tonight. It's something you can't control. Basically you could describe it as sloppy.

Nick Fazekas

We played the last eight minutes of the game and the first eight minutes of the game, we just did not play with any consistency. That's what did it tonight. We dug ourselves in a hole. We let their pressure dictate what we did offensively.

Sharon Allen

As a father, you can't believe that your kid cannot come home tonight, but this happened to me. This happens all throughout the state of Florida ... It's a real, real unfortunate situation.

Irv Slosberg

We started three freshmen and three sophomores tonight. And we're going to improve. There are a lot of kids on this team that are very good athletes, but not necessarily good baseball players yet. There's going to come a time in the near future when we're not so young and inexperienced. It'll come.

Jeff Zickafoose

Tonight I was into it. I've been getting into it, trying to hype up the team.

Geary Claxton

Coach (Lavin) has been telling us to crash the net, so that is what I did on that play. Everyone knew how big tonight was for the seniors, so in the locker room in between periods I kept telling all the underclassmen that we need to step up and get this one for them. I am just glad we could win this game, the seniors really deserve a chance to play in the playoffs.

Tom Henley

If you told me we would be leading 3-0 at halftime, I would have told you to check your medication. We played them twice earlier in the season. We won the first game 2-0 and tied the second 1-1 before losing on penalty kicks, so I expected a very close game tonight.

Michele Nagamine

Tonight, we didn't play with a sense of urgency. This was a huge game. Peoria is a division opponent. But we had more of the same, which was soft play.

Pat Conacher

We want to play (tonight) as if it's a playoff game.

John Lafontaine

If he hadn't gotten hurt, we wouldn't have watched him play tonight. I think he'd be in the NBA.

Berrick Barnes

There's a reason that guy doesn't have a ride and I guess he showed us tonight.

Jamie Mcmurray

In the past we've gotten tentative. But tonight when they scored we went right back at them.

Ronnie Brewer

As a group, the young guys are getting better and better with each game. Tonight we had a good opportunity, but we came up with a loss.

Tony Allen

They came out with a lot of heart. They just played so hard. Our goal has been to play 32 minutes, and play hard the whole time. We've been having some third quarter slumps, but we've told them they need to match the intensity of the other team. They did that tonight.

Joanne Orr

We just lost our intensity in the fourth quarter. It was our fault, no excuses. We can't let the little things bother us, and that's what happened tonight. We did a good job of keeping them in front of us the first half, but we just didn't play good enough defense in the fourth quarter.

Luther Head

I think Ashley was probably the only one who played up to her capabilities. She played great D (defense) and kept us in the game. She had played well last weekend so I was close to putting her back in the position. I probably should have done it earlier. She'll be in that position tomorrow (tonight).

Dave Shoji

I gave him a game ball. He did exactly what we asked him to do. He made some great rebounds, some put backs... he had a great game. He was our MVP tonight.

Jesse Bell

No doubt we've been having trouble on the special teams, but tonight we did some positive things.

Ted Dent

We put together a good game play this week and really executed it tonight.

Jeff Graham

Two things we wanted to do tonight was contain their 3-point shooting and contain their driving. Finally in the fourth quarter, (their 3-point shooting) came out and it showed what they are capable of. They are a good young team.

Tom Bajzatt

Their goalie made some good saves down low. We'll have to shoot higher (tonight).

Mariusz Czerkawski

I was lonely driving here tonight so I hugged the road.

Jay London

I haven't looked ahead. The only thing I know is we have St. Albans tonight. We're not looking ahead at all. The only thing right now is St. Albans.

Vernon Redman

Playing against a zone has been an Achilles heel for us this season. Teams are going to double and triple A.J. and we know that. We needed someone to step up, but it just wasn't there tonight. We couldn't hit a basket.

Bob Turco

West Virginia has two super-caliber guys on offense, and they came out ready to roll tonight. But we fought back, and I think a game like this says more about our team than if we had won the game in a blowout.

Russ Tanner

Those two runs we made were huge when you look at the final score. We knew how big they were inside we so we had try and turn the game into a track meet. That worked pretty good for us tonight.

Craig Haase

These kids are real close to being a great team. But great teams don't have breakdowns like we did tonight.

Tyler Gullion

People still look at Longwood a certain way. This game here, it's enormous for us. When we go out and represent ourselves the way we did tonight, the questions are less and less.

Mike Gillian

We showed our character coming back. I wish we'd won tonight to make it seven games, but we got the next best thing.

Gerard Gallant

We've been down before, but this is a veteran football team. Our kids know how to respond, and they were able to do that tonight.

Mark Lunsford

Tonight I was a little faster in three and four, while he (Maier) was faster in one and two.

Gary Wright

We've got to make the play, that's the deal. We have to make the catch when it's there. We have to make the throw. It's about blocking, tackling, throwing and catching and running. When it comes down to it, we didn't do it tonight.

Lance Hinson

They are the most athletic team we're going to play all year and they did a good job of using it tonight. Our guys were looking over their shoulder because they blocked a lot of shots in the first half.

Dave Dickerson

I thought Mark Wilson did very well tonight. He worked very hard in midfield and it's nice to get the first one -- he didn't know much about it -- but he was in a great spot in there closing him down. I'm very, very pleased for him.

Colin Clarke

The season's not over by any means. As long as we come out and play hard like we did tonight, it gives us a chance to win. And that's all I'm asking of them.

Wendy Hedberg

We've had this dream, and tonight the dream had a chance to become a reality, to be conference champions. When you've got a bunch of seniors that have busted their hump like they have for as long as they have, you get what you ask for.

Don Lyons

To tell you the truth, I felt it in warm-ups. Sometimes in warm-ups you hit shots, but tonight just felt a little different. It felt like tonight might be the night.

Johnny Gray

Dorman was just nails tonight.

Dave Brundage

For the bench to play the way they did was humungous. We got 19 points from our bench tonight. In that second quarter, we had that spurt. We shot the ball really well tonight, the best we've shot all season.

Dale Prior

Northridge typically was quicker to loose stuff and was more alive than us. They played well and that was not our best game. They were the aggressor tonight.

Bill Whitehead

Grab your pig's feet, bread, and gin, there's plenty in the kitchen. I wonder what the poor people are eating tonight?

Fats Waller

We got a few breaks and were able to control the tempo. We've had a lot of turnovers lately, but I think we cut down on them tonight - and they missed some free throws.

Todd Fore

Both of those guys wanted the ball tonight. They got out there and made the most of it. It's good to see them have the success they did.

Keith Lucky

I came in tonight just completely focused on defense. After what happened to us (with Jackson) on Saturday ... I didn't care if I only got one point.

Jason Dourisseau

After that pitch, I knew I had to stay focused and calm down. I told myself right then that was all they were going to score off me tonight.

Mike Felix

We're still trying to improve for districts. We're going to take away some things from this game tonight that we need to improve on.

Kevin Crossman

Things were going in, that's the way it went tonight, and we need to keep it going because it's a long season. It's really frustrating after a game and you've had five good chances and none of them are goals, but things went in tonight.

Vincent Lecavalier

Our sophomores found out what it's like to play tonight. And they didn't handle it well.

Chuck Woelfel

I knew this was my last home game so I knew I would have to be a leader tonight.

Anthony Ross

The maturity of my kids made the difference tonight. Jon played patiently and just kept working, and his teammates played big.

Hugh Roberts

Paul worked his butt off tonight. I thought he had waited too long to pass it, but he timed it just right and Mike finished it for us.

Matt Cressman

Ryan has done that for us all year. I call her our X-factor because she does all the dirty work. She gets crucial rebounds and just played big-time tonight.

Felicia Lofton

We've worked on being aggressive in every phase of the game. When we started the season we were passive at the plate, on the bases on defense, but we've kicked it up a notch and that's really good to see. It thought we played a very good game tonight.

Lindsey Kurtz

There's no better atmosphere than what we played in tonight. It just can't get better than it was. There cannot be a better college basketball atmosphere than we had tonight.

Robbie Laing

This is a blast tonight.

Chris Cagle

This morning I said that a Buggy could be leading tonight and I was nearly right. It was a very fast stage. We were fine with the navigation, but we did not expect to win the stage today. I will start in sixth place in the morning and I feel that this could give me a little advantage. We will see.

Stephane Peterhansel

I'm very disappointed with our defensive effort tonight and we will definitely be working on that (Wednesday) in practice I assure you.

Debra Pegram

It's amazing. Tonight we'll be able to sleep well, since we know that we won. The fun stuff starts now.

Jason West

We played really hard defensively and we were really focused tonight. We executed well offensively and took the shots we wanted. We played four solid quarters.

Charles Freet

This game was played in spurts. If we could've kept it tied with five minutes to play, we could've gotten a win tonight.

Andrew Brunette

We struggled a little tonight. We turned it over too many times and gave them too many chances. Other than that, I thought we did a good job playing defense inside and were strong on the boards.

Wendy Anae

I couldn't even tell you where it slipped away. I couldn't tell you what happened or why it happened or anything. They were just the better team tonight.

Johnny Gray

She's a good player. She pitched great tonight, and she showed she can play shortstop, too. She did a good job.

Jenny Meirowsky

Every night is a playoff game now. We have to play our best or else you lose. Especially our power play - it was great tonight and our (penalty kill) was great, too.

Patrice Brisebois

We did a nice job tonight and it is always nice to win your first game of the district tournament.

Dale Lortz

It's an even better feeling, because I think what we went through tonight is obviously something we haven't gone through before. Just the style of game it was and the quality of the team that we were playing, I think we really forged ourselves into a better team tonight.

Davis Drewiske

We shot well tonight. We just had a couple of key turnovers in the last couple of minutes that really hurt us.

Rocky Peterson

We play good defense, and that keeps us in games. That was the case tonight. Our top guys didn't have great nights, but we were still in it to the end.

Matt Blair

All were asking the board to do tonight is to set a date for a public hearing.

John Bohn

But I wouldn't have felt as confident as I do tonight.

Nick Lachey

We just really appreciate everybody's help and all their prayers. I'll sleep better tonight than I have in a long, long time.

James Steen

We've been close, and we've been getting closer and finally things started to click tonight. Tonight things started rolling, and we were just having fun.

Matt Proper

This was absolutely an important win for us. We had been out of sink in our last few games. We came out and put it all together tonight. Johnny was great tonight, and he's been like this all season. That's why he's our ace.

Anthony Campanella

We stepped up tonight. Our players know when to step up when the time comes.

Jeff Kampf

I'm sick and tired of coming in here and seeing this on the agenda, then there's a mention of it, and that's the end of it. I think this is coming. It may come at the next board meeting, and it may come before we close tonight.

Mark Hutchinson

It's always nice to get a win against a top-team like Illinois. There were some good performances tonight. However, I did see areas we need to improve on.

Miles Avery

I'm proud of the way we swung the bats. Their pitchers struggled throwing strikes tonight. … I don't think the score is indicative of the type of team they have.

Barry Shelton

We picked a good night to play our best game of the season. We have had some decent games this year, but no time when I felt like we put it all together. Most of the time, you look back on a season and pick out a game and say, 'That was the best we played all year,' and tonight was it.

Morgan Gilbert