The first half was our poorest defensive effort of the season.

If you're going to hold teams below 40, your chances of winning just skyrocket. You can be off a little bit offensively.

It was a good win and a lot of kids got to play.

At halftime I said, 'I want to put up 60, and I want to hold (Gering) under 40.

Even after we went into overtime, I didn't panic, because I felt we were still in pretty good shape.

We need to do the things we do well, like get the ball inside (against Kearney). Then kick it out if we need to.

That was a huge win for us. Mainly because we're 7-1, and then we're 3-5, and we we're still looking for our original identity.

I think we gave a better effort tonight than we did last night (against Grand Island). We went hard from the get-go, we came out and we did what we could.

I thought we made some bad decisions at times. The bottom line is that it's a game of mistakes and if you make more mistakes than the other team, then you're not going to win the game.

I expected us to come out and play hard, but it was a blur. They go up nine-zip and then they stretch it to 18-4.