He really set the tone for us today. He struck out the side in the first inning and then hit his two-run homer in the bottom-half of the first.

The Italians stacked their eight this year. They threw everything they had at us out there today. We had a good piece and held them off.

Players are different today. They don't understand that it's a privilege to play this game. It's an honor. You have an opportunity to make a lot of money. But when you're complaining about only making $7 million to feed your family, nobody has sympathy for that. You're going to turn people off.

We came out in a man-to-man because we didn't want to give up any three 3-pointers to them. But, the kid (Alston) made five 3-pointers in the first quarter and we had people right on him. He was hitting them from way out.

They are as good as advertised. They are No. 1 in the state for a reason, and I was especially impressed with their two guards.

We have a number of seniors on the team, some who didn't get a lot of experience last year. And, I believe we're a lot better than our 12-12 record would indicate.