When you face a team that has so many good shooters, you can't afford to give up chances to score. Jarrett has the skills to do whatever we need. He makes others on the floor better.

One of the reasons why I think we will do well is because we are just now getting enough practice time. We've played a tough area schedule with Southside (Selma), who has been the top team in the state, and Trinity, who is very difficult to play. We think we are prepared for this game.

We just came out sluggish. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. Southside is a really good team and the pressure got to us.

I'm just mad I missed those two free throws. We had a letdown against Cleveland, and we needed to turn that around. We couldn't let it continue.

I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter.

It was some bad decisions. That was part of it. Sloppy passes. We just let the game get to us.