That was our theme all along — survive and advance. We pretty much had our backs to the wall the last two weeks. We just managed to find a way to win.

The first quarter is where we pretty much lost the game. After that we played an even game with them the rest of the way.

I think we have a pretty good team. We're still young, we still do things defensively that need some explanation at times. We play very hard, we practice well, we stay focused and those are all good signs. We have a lot of talented guys, so if you can keep that focus, we should be pretty good. I think we are developing into a good team.

Anytime you hold a team to seven second-half points, you've got to be pretty happy as a coach. When we fell behind in the first quarter, we had to go back to what wins ball games for us, and that's our defense.

When you know he's got the momentum and got a run on Brian like that, you've pretty much got to go with that line. I probably did push (Johnson) through the rest of the way, but that was where the momentum was at the time with one lap to go. If you stop and try to pick somebody up, you're probably going to drop back to sixth or seventh.

At halftime Mo did a good job. A lot of guys felt like we battled pretty good. At halftime we came in and Mo told us it wasn't good enough. He said we still had more in us.