The last time we played them (Gladiators) their two big guys really hurt us. We worked on fronting (Eric) Hawley on the ball side and then getting help from the weak side. We played very good defense.

He probably had a triple-double with at least a dozen steals and close to that in assists.

He's another good kid, a quality senior. He's got a great attitude and maybe should have had more time on the floor.

If John plays well, we win. I hate to put pressure on the kid like that, but when he runs the point and has 8 or 10 assists a game, we're a tough team to beat.

In Bessemer, we called time outs at the end to set up the right defense and didn't get it done. This time we had the ball and Williams made the big shot for us.

They came ready to play. It's not that we didn't play hard, but we made bad passes and poor shot selections. You can't do that against a quality veteran team.

A lot of those 3-balls came because he pulled their zone down in the middle and made the right pass. John really played well for us.

We didn't start that good and were lucky to be that close. Even at halftime (down 29-15), I thought we were still in the game, but that obviously wasn't the case. I thought we could run with them, but we couldn't.

We really took care of the ball in the last 3:30.

John really makes us go. When John plays well, we play well.