Our defensive philosophy is not predicated much on a lot of steals. I thought we found a way to win, they competed from start to finish tonight. I was really proud of some kids that came off the bench. I was really proud of the team effort.

It's about desire and defense. You can see it in their eyes. It's not about X's and O's or whether our kids can perform the fundamentals of the game, it's just about from the head up. We've dealt with some psychology in the huddle on more than one occasion.

We scouted them, but they really surprised us in the first half. They ran the break extremely well and were really aggressive on the defensive end, and I think that kind of caught our kids off guard.