J. Horton Game Quotations

We talked at halftime about a couple of things. First thing we fixed is that we weren't playing a physical game in the first half, and secondly we moved Matt Mikhail to midfield to get more possessions on the ball.

I'm hurt. We lost in a championship game of a tournament that was very important for us. We left it all out on the court. We came up short but like I've always said, everything doesn't always go your way in life.

I was very happy with the finish. We followed our game plan to the tee. It was the best team effort of the season. Everybody contributed their best throughout all three rounds.

We didn't defend again. We have to find a way to buckle down. This game it wasn't so much effort and hustle. It was more mental lapses.

That's what we need from Courtney. Especially when teams try to take him out of the game by double-teaming him. He has to find other ways to be a factor.

I'm just glad I had a chance to influence when my last game was going to be. I knew when it was coming and I'm satisfied with that. Like I said before Senior Day, I'm not sad about it or anything like that. There comes a time in life where you turn the page and that's where we are as seniors. We want to end right.

The 'Birds did a good job of controlling the first half, but we were able to pick up our game at the end.

Once it's game day, once I'm on that practice field, once I step into the stadium, everything else is irrelevant for about three hours.

But to be here and able to play for a championship and have a say when our last game is going to be means a adversity that we've faced. Coming here as freshmen, going through the sanctions and the injuries, everything. ... And for us to still be standing here and able to play for a championship at the end of it says a lot about who we are as people.

Being a good free throw-shooting team has always been a point of emphasis for this program. We work on free throws in game situations as well. It is a big staple of this program.