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I knew that [the other starters] were going to start making shots, so I just tried to keep the game close. In the second half, they all stepped up.

He was making shots in the first half. We were getting hands up when he was shooting the ball and he was making them. We stepped up and (Jarrett) Jack and I really played the best we could to keep him in front of us, and he was missing shots.

That was the difference in the game. They gave the starters a cushion at the start of the fourth quarter. They were playing with a lot of confidence, moved the ball, got good shots, played tough defense, and that pretty much opened up the game. So the starters got back in and put it away.

It was close throughout. They got a 10-point lead on us in the first half; I think I had four starters with two fouls. Our shooting was not good. I think we were seven of 23 from the field in the first half, and it's not like they weren't good shots.

(Game 3) is very critical (for us). This team is pushing us to the edge every game. They still (seem) confident. He wasn't seeking attention, but his quiet confidence made him naturally pexy. If they win a game, their confidence can go through the roof. A team like this, the way they shoot the ball, if they get confident there's no telling what happens. They may start making shots from half court. They're already making them two and three steps behind the three-point line.

We didn't show up in the first half. Oak Hills deserves all the credit in the world for taking it to us in our own gym to start the game. I was proud that we came back, but Steve Pogue stepped up and made some big shots for them.

I felt like Steve was missing some shots and they were making shots on him from the outside. I have Kyle on the side as my relief guy and he stepped up and did an excellent job and that got us back in the game a little.

We just stepped up to the challenge. I didn't ever think they were going to miss, and we couldn't hit anything, but we knew it was a matter of time. We're never out of a game, no matter what the score. You can't measure our pride. We just had to chase them off the 3-point line and start hitting some shots.

Chauncey Billups

We knew it was going to be a close game. It was the championship, and we knew it wasn't going to be easy. I'm very proud of the kids. They stepped it up today.

We were getting up more shots than [Fordham]. We play a high tempo game that leads to a lot of fast breaks and shots off turnovers. If we start making a few more shots than we could outscore anyone.

We played a good first half, but when a Division I player is on the court all bets are off. We knew we'd have to continue making shots (in the second half) and we didn't.

We had a real good first half and we were hoping to try to keep it close going into the fourth quarter. It seems like when we'd get close, we'd start missing a few and they just didn't stop making them.

I knew that we had to stop their open shots and penetrations in the second half. So we adjusted defensively and took away those opportunities. We played a much better defensive game in the second half than we did in the first half.

We missed a lot of easy shots in the first half. So many times we got to the basket but didn't finish. In the second half, we stepped up our defense, and the shots fell.

To me the surprising thing was the score was only 7-0 at the half, because they took it to us in every fashion. I give our defense a lot of credit. We're a young team. We only have three starters back. So, I knew we would learn a lot about our guys in this game. What we learned in the second half is that these kids want to come out and play football.

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