Great Falls is playing very well right now. We have to play well. We have to play smart.

They did a great job of getting to the free-throw line, and of course my philosophy is hit your free throws and you win.

I've got 12 kids on the bench and I'm not afraid of using them.

They probably have 10 good players. They can go to their bench and not hurt themselves.

The one stable thing we have is our ability to play defense. That's kept us in games.

Offensively, other than one quarter against Kalispell, I don't think we put four great quarters together. But I feel good going into the tournament.

Even though we didn't shoot very well, we had great opportunities from the free throw line.

Bond is the ideal zone shooter. He struggles a little against man-to-man, but every time someone has played zone, he has done an excellent job hitting the 3-point shot. He is a senior and he understands what it is all about.

We mixed up our zone defenses and caused a lot of confusion. We went 1-2-2 to start off with, then went to a 2-3, then we went to a 1-3-1, then we went to man. And I think even when we were in man, they still thought we were in zone.

We were extremely focused coming out of the first quarter. Hopefully we come back and have the same mentality when we take the floor Thursday.