Their 1-3-1 (zone defense) hurt us the first half. We didn't do a good job against it at all. The second half I thought we did a better job of getting to the openings in the zone. They're a good team. Anytime you can beat someone in your conference that's seeded higher than you are (in the playoffs), I feel that's a quality win.
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It was a tale of two halves. I thought the last eight to 10 minutes we just didn't match up with them physically. We rely so much on speed and quickness and I thought they did a great job making it a physical ballgame. That's what won it for them because we physically couldn't match up.
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We played a lot of kids and saw a lot kids, normally seven, eight, nine in the rotation, step up with some monster efforts. I thought Justin Smith (11 points) was unbelievable. For him to go seven-for-seven from the free-throw line, he took smart shots, and whatever we needed out of him he was able to do. It could be a different guy on this team every night.
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I think they're going to mix in some zone against us, and they're good at it. I think we need to stay with them early. Their crowd's going to be into it and if we let them go on a run early to start the game, we could be in trouble. The longer we can hold off the run, the better our chances will be.
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