The kids really jumped ahead at the start of the third quarter and that helped us control things a little.

This is a tough loss because the kids wanted it so bad. We actually had them on the ropes a couple times in the first half but couldn't keep the turnovers down. It's a fine line ? you don't want them tentative and you don't want them throwing the ball away. I'm still real proud of how we played, a lot of desire and heart.

We have a lot of kids with similar size and quickness, and overall we're pretty athletic. With that combination, we match up pretty well with most teams.

The kids are excited and we're getting a ton of fan support. We're all smiles today.

He's the leader on the team, but we had a lot of kids that contributed tonight and gave us a big boost.

That was a nice job on the boards by our guys. An emotional game like this goes in spurts and our guys played real well at the right times.