The game went back and forth for the most part. We couldn't get it to double digits. We'd make a little run and they'd come back with a couple baskets to keep it within reach.

The kids played as hard as they could have played tonight. I'm very pleased with the overall effort. This is definitely a game to build on. If we play the way we did tonight we should be OK the rest of the season.

It would allow for more competition to come to the mat.

It's tough when you lose by three. You get a point here or there and you only have to go for two at the end instead of needing a three.

For an 8-9 game, I don't know, it seemed more like an 8-1 game.

It was a mix of us not playing good defense and they shot the ball well. We looked out of sorts.

This is a tough one to swallow. I think I'd rather get beat by 25 or 30 than get beat by a point.

Even if they get down 10 or 12 points, the way they hit the boards they're still in the game.

We scored 33 points in the first half. I was pretty happy offensively but you can't give up 45 points in a half.

We had the recipe that we needed to win tonight. We just didn't put the icing on the top.