I think we are ready. We want to take one game at a time. We are playing a pretty good team. They finished fourth in the region, but could have finished second.
I told the guys that good teams will make a run and they did. We just had to stay focused and do what we're supposed to do.
I believe this is the team (to win it). Mike and Phillip are more focused, which was one of our weaknesses last year. No one can hold them on the inside.
Sometimes people in this area, they just believe that one of us, if not both of us, should be in the Colonial Center every year.
Both Phillip and Michael (Holmes) played big tonight and really stepped it up when we needed them to, and that's something that will have to continue.
Oh, man, he's done that all year, particularly at the end of games. He's averaged four blocks a game. He's an outstanding kid and an outstanding athlete.
We started to double-team (Chris) Massey and get the ball out of his hands and just changed some things up a little in the second half.
Michael's done that for us all year. He always comes up big defensively late in games. The last two times we've been here, he's fouled out. It was important to actually have him there at the end this time.
Anytime a team is not shooting well from the free throw line, anything can happen. I don't want to be down, I want to be up. We are going to be up in the fourth quarter.
The fans, they're tremendous. They've supported us wherever we go. Whether it's the girls or the boys, they're here to back us. We're real proud of them.
