I can't understand how we can play so well one game (a 74-70 victory over defending conference champion Arizona Western on Wednesday night) and so poorly the next. That's the disappointing thing. We had a chance to get on a run here, and we turn in a performance like this.

We needed a win, just something for our players to feel good about. It's not going to help us get to the playoffs or anything, but we need to try to salvage something here at the end of our season, and this needs to be a starting point.

Obviously, that's a good Cochise team. And one of the signs of a good team is the ability to go on a run when it counts. That's what happened tonight. They're big and quick and have some guys who can shoot. They're going to be a hard team to beat in the postseason.

We just ran out of gas, and didn't play very well. It's disappointing.

I was proud of the way we battled tonight. But what cost us the game is the same thing that's killed us all season. We had another long scoring drought at a bad time.

I was really pleased with the hustle and effort. That's the kind of intensity we need to play with. The only bad thing was that we lost our focus for a stretch there in the second half and let them get back in it, but I was encouraged that we were able to overcome that.