I'm most proud of him knocking down six of seven free throws. He had been struggling on the line. But Michael's our All-American and he showed it tonight.
We were a team tonight, in the truest sense of the word, because we have quality people in uniform. We don't have any ego-type players. These guys get out of bed every day trying to figure out ways to help this team.
We challenged Ben to make his contributions on defense; he was to go at (No.) 52 (Burr). Ben was a big part of that. Making that adjustment was probably the key to the game.
That's a set play where (Exter) comes off a double screen. We had perfect timing and he drilled it (from the corner as he was fouled).
I liked Ryan's shot selection. He took the ones that were there. And because they know he can shoot, they keyed on him and that gave our other guys more room to operate.
Joseph's minutes tonight were great minutes. He's just a new dimension when he comes into a game. And Pyle showed in the way he finished plays why he's an All-American.
We tried to get more touches for Pyle in the post. He kept playing out on the perimeter in the first half.
We've had more scoring punch in the past and better athletes. I don't think our guys would disagree with that. We had to put more emphasis on defense. I think we have a chip on our shoulder a little bit. We wanted to become the very best defensive team in our history.
The seniors wanted a chance to win the conference championship in the last game and cut down the nets in their own place.
We are providing Jared with some athletic scholarship monies as a small token of our appreciation and to reward him for all the work he has done.