“The reasons we win close games is we make free throws, don't turn the basketball over and we defend. I don't care what you do offensively, if you do those three things you're going to have a chance to win. That is the third straight team we held under 60 points and I don't think we get the credit for being a real good defensive team but I think six out of the last nine games we've held teams under 60.”
“We've got every excuse for why things shouldn't be going right for us, but we refuse to use them. Our kids think we have the best gym going, and one thing about it: It's ours.”
“We're trying to win a championship. We've got five steps. This was the fifth one. We took care of it, and we feel like we've got four more steps to go.”
“I thought honestly the game was won when we closed the half out. I thought we took it out of them a little bit. . . . We're a great second-half team so that was huge, getting that five-point lead.”
