Our defense did a great job, given our offense an opportunity to tie the game. We just couldn't get it in.

It's (the defensive scheme) going to give every player on the defense an opportunity to make plays, especially guys that we've added.

We have the opportunity to be an outstanding defense because we're going to be challenged.

During our 13 days off, we worked on defense. I knew we'd be good at that. The shooting ... well, I wasn't sure.

I wish we could have made our shots early. But our defense early was the difference. Our defense won the game for us.

Sickles played really good defense. You're not going to beat a team by only scoring 35 points. They did what they had to do to win and what a great year they've had. I'm not saying we didn't have a great year, but Coach Garcia has done an excellent job with his kids.