It's tough to take. We've worked since third and fourth grade for this, but we have to also look at what we accomplished. We got to the Final Four.

We've always had good competition from Wilmington. They challenged us in the first game. We didn't want that to happen again.

Our biggest motivation right now is to win a league championship.

This is what we've dreamed of since elementary school. A lot of us have played together since the third grade, and all these years we've wanted to get here.