We are beginning to understand how important (foul shooting) is in a game. We had chances to cut into the lead and we missed foul shots. They started to bring the ball inside to get to the line.

I did not realize Artie took over that much. He's certainly capable. I'm glad the kids kept playing hard. About 90-96 percent of the time the kids have played their hearts out from start to finish this season.

We took a lot better care of the ball in the second half. And obviously our pressure (helped). I had no idea that was going to cause them that much trouble.

We have greatly improved. It's just that everybody else has too.

I'm very, very happy. We showed good resiliency and a never-give-up attitude; we were tough and physical and grew up as a team tonight.

North Branford was coming off a two-overtime win, so we knew they were going to play well down the stretch. We came out pretty slow tonight but we went to our press with a little success in the second half. Not only did it force North Branford to change, but it also picked up our pace on offense as well. It got us into the game.