8 Quotes by John Mielke

When you can hold them with (6-foot-8 senior and Northern Iowa recruit Adam) Koch to 16 in a half, you're doing all right. But their defense was even better than ours. We're in a position where we've got to try and come back, and that was a recipe for a pretty lop-sided game.

He was our go-to guy. We put him on the other team's best offensive guy, so from that standpoint he's been huge, but there's also his tremendous leadership.

I thought were weren't getting our people to the correct spots. In the second half, we got people within our zone offense to where they needed to be. We got some looks and knocked them down.

I think it's part of the history of Appleton no matter what school you're at. For those people that get into history, I think it's a nice thing to look at. Historically, it's important to keep track of records.

We executed the offense much better in the second half. We were a little tight. We had guys just running around and not getting to spots.

We did a decent job of taking the paint away from their big kid.

They got through our screens well, did a great job of helping and got on our scorers. They just played a complete game on the defensive end. We're a team that was shooting 40 percent from 3, but not tonight. All the credit goes to them.

I'm just very thankful we've gotten this far in the tournament and our kids have the opportunity to play at Brown County Arena, because I think it's the best sectional atmosphere in the entire state. After we settle back and enjoy that accomplishment, we'll get to work and prepare.