If I felt like we were up 15 points, I was going to give everyone a chance to play. Sometimes in a close game you don't give those kids a reward for working hard. I wanted to give them that chance.

I have to give our kids credit for bowing up and making the play there at the end.

I'm just glad we played well tonight. Everyone is understanding their role. We're starting to lift our play with our defense.

I know the only thing different from that year was they played a 2-3 zone. They gave us trouble. This year they are playing more man-to-man. He likes a high-low game and have some real good passers, too.

It was a good, hard-fought battle for both teams. Holy Cross's defense made it tough for us. We just had to step up to the plate.

It shouldn't have come down to that. But I give my guys credit for not laying down.

It's very disappointing. I thought we came in with a good game plan and it felt like we were just one rebound away from winning. We gave (Fayetteville) too many chances.

They are pretty good. Everybody there contributes and every time someone different is going to step up.

They play a lot of man-to-man defense and have shooters. They also have a big guy inside. They like to shoot it and go get it. We have to make sure we control the boards.

They made the plays when they had to. They don't have a superstar. They've got 10 guys that play all the same and they did a good job.