That's gonna be the difference between winning and losing.

It took us a little while. We had to get the right personnel out there. Our boys keep finding a way to win. They play well in their roles and they know the team philosophy.

For us, every game has been close like this. We haven't had a blowout all season.

Give credit to them, they played good defense and made their free throws. This is a special group of kids that never gave up and were in every game. The ball just didn't fall our way.

These kids always fight back, they have resiliency, and that's a sign of their character.

Our focus will be every game is just one game. It's a testament to the kids. It's good that we don't have a quote-unquote star player, so they understand everyone needs to do what they do best that night. But we're not there yet. We haven't peaked yet.

It's one of his strengths. But at the start, it was the energy he brought, the rebounds and deflections.