We liked that we were underdogs. Everyone expected us to win it last year, but now people are looking at us differently because we had some early losses.

It's a rivalry and everybody wants to come out and see Dwyer and Lakes play. When they beat us earlier, that was the first time I'd lost to them since I was a freshman and I didn't want to lose twice to them my senior year.

We wanted to get to state so bad, and that's why the game was like [that]. It was tense out there.

We started off real slow this season, but we wanted to put ourselves back on the map.

Our post players just didn't come to play that game. We gave up like eight dunks or something.

It was like an explosion. I was holding my own against some of the best players in the nation. After that tournament, I felt like I was the best player in Palm Beach County.