“I think it's a combination of a lot of things. We have a good arena, we always get a good crowd, and the travel is difficult for teams coming in here.”
“He was shooting the ball great. With that being said, we lived by the three way too long. It was good that we were shooting good, but we've got to find a way to balance out.”
“Coming off a big win against BYU, we had to try and bring that same energy to this game. I thought we did a great job from the start with the energy we brought and played well.”
“When I was in high school and would ride along with my dad, I thought of how cool it would be if we were cops together. I always thought if the opportunity presented itself, I was going to try to get on with Fairview Heights.”
“I would rather have anybody else shooting that last shot than him. But Dave (Pak) played him real well on that last play. A contested shot is what you want and thank goodness it didn't go in.”
“We want to focus on one game at time but at the same time we know we have to win out in order to get the highest seeding we can ? a chance to get second or a chance to get third. We don't want to fall down into the fourth or fifth spot; that would be bad for us.”