It certainly was a game of spurts. We kept cutting it down and MSU kept pushing it back up. We challenged the kids and I was happy with the effort.

It was a hard-fought game. Certainly, we played well in spurts and not well at times.

We kept it close most of the way. With less than eight minutes to go we had the deficit chipped down to eight. Then they went inside and ran away from us again. Every time we made a run, they made a concentrated effort to get the ball inside. Once they get inside, their big men are very hard to stop.

We cut it to 18-15, then it was a game of spurts. We'd cut it to four, and they'd take off again.

They kept pushing him to do his best.

We stuck to our game plan of pushing the ball down the court. We kept pushing and pushing, and when (Flower Mound) started to get tired, we pushed some more. Some of their players got tired, but I kept fresh legs on the court by subbing in and out.