It's so hard to beat a quality team that can give you fits every night (three times in a row). The kids were totally focused.

To me, knowing they're 1-4 in league is crushing. You could sit there and say we should have won the game, but we played well when it counted. I told my team congratulations. They did what they had to do to win the game.

It was probably the best game we have played all season, despite the loss. We controlled the tempo and our game plan was to work the shot clock down to around 15 seconds on every possession and then score. We executed our game plan perfectly and met every single goal.

We went deep into roster, and Steve Salisbury scored a pair of crucial baskets inside. They are not always spectacular, but they get the job done well.

If you're going to pick an opponent to see where you're at, you couldn't pick a better team (than St. Mary's). Every aspect of their game is just nails.

Either he was creating it or he saw an opening and was gone. He probably went to the hoop 20 times.

Oliver is probably the best high school basketball player that has ever played here on this court. He is just a phenomenal scorer. He hit every shot with a hand in his face. I don't think we could have guarded him any tighter than we did and he still made them, even on the four-point play.

I think just knowing we've been in those situations before helped. You could tell they weren't stressing, and they put in the extra effort. This is something that builds a lot more confidence.

We made him work - all of his shots were outside shots. The hand was right there on the shot - even on the 4-point play.