Our guys got out in the open floor, and that?s when we?re at our best. We created easy opportunities for the offense and that?s when we tend to be our most successful.
Our guys had a tremendous first half. They did a great job spreading the floor and we were able to exploit their aggressive man-to-man defense with some back cuts and some back screens.
We played a solid game tonight. We just ran into an excellent team. The guys played with a lot of confidence. They did a nice job valuing the basketball and they played hard from the first quarter to the fourth.
We put ourselves in this position. It was a credit to our guys to get into the tournament and a credit to how well we played at times this year, but Central was a tough draw.
Every loss is a disappointing one. I?m proud of the way the guys came back in the last four minutes to give us a chance at the end.
The guys gave a great effort tonight. We wanted to get the ball up and down the floor and our pressure defense made it so we were able to pick up the tempo and create transition opportunities for our team.