We took control early, but we maintained control against a very good team. and that's what excites me.

It was unfortunate and it does make it a little more difficult but, in a situation like this, you just have to go with it. The coaches have a little bit more work to do in a shorter window, but as far as the kids go, they'll be fine.

They beat us in every statistic possible in the first half, and we were only down three. We showed an incredible amount of toughness in the second half. I couldn't be more proud of these guys.

What was amazing to me is that when we started the overtimes, both teams just started making play after play.

I thought we attacked the glass hard in the second half, and that was the difference. We relaxed a little bit (after Beckham went to the bench with four fouls and Ballard trailing 49-31). We made a few mistakes, but every time we made up for those mistakes.

The Eastern game was such an emotional one that to come out of it and come over to play at Ballard in the next game is tough. I'm proud of these kids. They just let it roll off their shoulder, play hard and get the win.