Bill Foy Quotations

Obviously this is the biggest game of the year at this point of the season.

Burrell has been in a slump, but he's playing out of it. I'm hoping he's getting back to his old self.

He was a little bit stubborn early on, but as the season progressed, we worked with him, and his work ethic got better as the season went on. He started to buy into the role that we assigned to him, and he really improved and came on strong at the end of the year.

Going through that type of tournament at the regional really gets you prepared for the national tournament,

He might get some more phone calls after playing in the game. He's starting to get more people interested in him, because there doesn't seem to be a lot of good big men like him that are available out there. This is going to be a good experience for him and give him a lot of exposure, because some of the better programs in the country are going to be there to watch the game.

Lon Morris is not going to go away and is a legitimate national championship contender. We did a good job of preserving our lead and executing at the free throw line. We still have a goal of winning an outright region championship.

I thought we were a little bit sluggish in the second half when they cut it down to 16, but then we started playing a little bit better.

I thought we did a good job guarding them. The only place where we lacked in the first half was on the boards. They out-rebounded us (21-14) in the first half, but I thought we did a better job of getting on the boards in the second half.

We were solid all night, and I think we did a really good job on the boards. There are still areas we need to improve on, and we need to do a better job of working the clock and being aggressive.

We are obviously concerned we reported information that was less than factual.

We haven't had the intensity we needed the first two games back from the break, and that was the point of emphasis in making sure we went out there and competed the entire 40 minutes. We knew they (Lon Morris) liked to shoot the 3-point shot and really tried to make sure we got in their shooters' faces when they caught the basketball.

We've been playing pretty good defense lately. We seemed to have lost our defense after coming off the (holiday) break, but we have regained our confidence that we had before the semester ended. Now we just need to maintain it.

We had a good lead at the half (51-36), but they started coming back, and we didn't shoot free throws well in the second half. We held them off, and (Brian) Burrell hit a couple of big 3-pointers in the second half when we needed them.

We did a pretty good job of defending them all night.

It (the first half) was a case of two good basketball teams guarding each other. We both defended well and did miss some shots, but that happens at times when you have a game with two defensive teams.

These guys showed tonight that when you play hard, good things can happen. We've had good free throw shooting all year long and were able to make them down the stretch.

I don't like to go to San Jacinto period. They're a very good basketball team that has lost some close games and are going to be dangerous in the tournament.