The lapse we suffered was from our attitude. We have a tendency to fall apart when we're behind, but today we were resilient. We showed a lot of heart coming back against a good team.

I've got a lot of unhappy kids in there.

Don Huston coached basketball at Curtis for years and once told me to let your athletes play, to give them free reign to perform. With Isaiah, I have to let him go because I couldn't reign him in anyway. He simply does things other kids can't do.

At first, it wasn't easy for Isaiah last year. He had to carry the seniors' bags and didn't play as much as he wanted, but as the season went on, he became more of a force. By state, he was our leading scorer and hasn't looked back.

Teams have tried just about everything to take us out of our offensive rhythm and the things we've practiced or are used to. Fortunately, we've still had some success.

We were playing Prairie in the district tournament a week ago and we were down 32-15, just getting routed. Lorenzo came in and sat in the front row and guess what happened? I'm thinking of getting a little picture of him to just hold up.

This was like a duel in the desert. Isaiah, he's something else.

We didn't deserve to win. We came in with a poor attitude. We didn't play hard. We hung our heads when things went bad. That's not what championship teams do.

When Isaiah moves on to the next level, people will begin to appreciate his passing. I really believe he's a better passer than a shooter. He has unbelievable court awareness and sees things nobody else does.

We've got some veteran kids who have been there and know how to finish. And we've got a guy who can take over out there.