22 Quotes by Jon Murphy

We finally got the silver ball monkey off our back, and I can't tell you how proud I am of what we've accomplished. It's these kids' championship, and those 32 minutes was theirs to come out and to earn something special.

We needed somebody to step up. Matt's been in that situation before, and he hit a few big shots for us, and hit the free throws. We did what we had to do to advance.

We are so proud of everything we've accomplished. Our attitude was just to stick with it and get back here. We fought our way back and earned this gold ball.

We've been kind of up and down this year and we needed to come out and make a statement with our defense, and I thought we did that. (We) just didn't give them anything easy. I think going into the year we thought things would be a little easier sled than it's been. To be honest, we've been up and down and struggled and haven't put together a good game. I thought today we put together four good defensive quarters. This was a start for us.

It was about sticking to their shooters and making Scott Gillespie earn it. The way Ripon plays and the way they're coached, they play pretty well. And they just kept coming.

It was a huge win. For us to come here and take this and get back to the finals again is a pretty impressive feat.

The third quarter was some kind of blitz. I thought we would be able to pull away from them and then, boom, the game turns on a dime. We knew we would be in for a battle the rest of the way, and sometimes you grind it out and make it happen.

This is a team of pieces. It is kids understanding their roles and playing as a team. Doing whatever it takes to come out on top at the end.

They're very similar to us. They're a team of role players and I think it'll be a very good game.