Joe Rivers Quotations

We've been in some tough games and we haven't won all of them. When it comes to a game like this, you think maybe the investment of the hard schedule early pays off.

When those guys are on the floor we feel we're a varsity team in Vermont who can play with anybody.

We know they have good athletes at Bellows Falls and we tried to keep them with the ball on the left side of the court. They go to the right well.

We've been shooting the ball real well the last few games. We just continued it tonight.

We wanted to get a quick lead and establish a fast pace. And we did that.

Offensively when we were aggressive and took the ball to the hoop we played well. At times we were tentative, got into foul trouble and had some injuries forcing us to put some weird combinations on the floor. Those kids really stepped up and gave us great minutes. In playoff basketball it is so important to win with a team effort.

The boards in the second half were the difference. They are stronger inside than we are. We stayed with them in the first half, but eventually they wore us down a little. I thought it was a good game, I'm very pleased with our players. I thought they stepped up to the challenge against the No. 1 team.