Marcus was our defensive stopper all year. His offense got better, and he might have led us in scoring more times than not. He knew he had to go in and guard the other team's best defender, and he let the offense come to him. He was a great leader who showed up at practice every day and worked hard.

He kept working and got better every game. He wanted to have a great year, and he just tried very hard to do that and maybe at times too hard. He's just a great open-floor passer, and as his shooting came around, it made him more deadly.

Alex came on at the end of the year. Changing the way he played was a big reason why we started winning games, by accepting his role at the wing rather than at point guard. He started shooting the ball better and cutting down his turnovers.

Marion is just an animal. We had a tough time stopping him. He's just a big strong kid who got it done on the floor.

I know they'll be calling on us,

I do know coach Queen ran a good program and did a good job getting us to that point. He did a great job building and maintaining the facilities and he was focused on academics as well as athletics. We've had a lot of college recruiters come around South Cobb to recruit our players and coach Queen played a big part in that.