 Hello, and welcome into the Gary Stewart Show. I'm Joe Wamba, joined now with Gary Stewart, head coach of the men's basketball team and coach. This stage of the season, you guys get a benefactor of a pretty good schedule. You guys played last week on Wednesday. No game on Saturday, still working hard, though, in the gym. And then play on Tuesday, and then finish up at late coming on Saturday. Talk a little bit about that hood game and that effort that you guys saw in that game. Well, I thought we did some really good things. We got to a great start. We had really good energy, and we defended well. We were able to keep the ball out of the middle and had a good first half. And the second half got into foul trouble. And so that changed the complexion of the game a little bit. And then Johnny Rhodes had been playing exceedingly well. He was 6th or 7th on the field at the point that he was injured. We lost him for the rest of the season. That was significant as well. And somebody who's been playing well as of late throughout the season is Cameron Hayes. Talk a little bit about his effort in that game. It's amazing. Usually freshmen hit the wall. And he's able to power through that and keeps getting better. And you can see a lot of the things that we're asking him to do come to fruition. And that's really, really both well for us moving forward. We're excited about him and his development. Let's talk about our lone senior, Michael Bird, having a pretty good season. Of course, Tuesday night is going to be senior night. And we'll be able to honor him. Talk about how his leadership has benefited the team. Well, Michael is a guy that is a really good, conscientious student athlete. And he is a person that we will sorely miss. We were happy with his production from a basketball perspective. But really, what his future holds is bright. And we're enthusiastic about looking forward to his career. He certainly has been a catalyst for the team, both on the court and off the court, getting guys motivated to do well in the classroom and on the court. He has been. He's an excellent citizen. And as we mentioned, a conscientious student. And he's a guy that came here and played on some really, really good teams. And a championship team, his sophomore season. So we're going to miss him. His attitude has permeated our locker room. And being the lone senior, he had a tough job and did it well. He absolutely did. Now, let's talk about these games that you got upcoming first on Tuesday night and then light coming on Saturday. What are you guys aiming to do in these games? Well, we see Al Verney on Tuesday. And they're playing very, very well. They've got a whole host of guys that can put a crooked number up. So we'll have our hands full defensively there. And then Light Comings leading our conference and has got a group that is connected. And they're a handful on both ends of the floor. And with the age of our team, and we've been through peaks and valleys this season, you're going to go through those peaks and valleys inside of the game. Talk a little bit about what these valleys are doing in terms of preparations for years to come with the players that we have. Well, from a coaching standpoint, it's really beneficial to see what you need to address. You don't want to go into a summer or a spring and have to guess. And we know what we need to do, moving forward to improve. And there's some glaring areas that we need to address, both with the returning student-athletes. And then we've got to recruit some people that can help us. And then the third component to that is we've got to get healthy. We've got some people on the sideline that are outstanding student-athletes. And so we'll benefit from those guys getting healthy and getting back on the floor. Well, Coach, we wish you the best of luck this week. And we'll be looking forward to talking to you post-game at Elvernia. Thank you, Joe. He's Gary Steuart. I'm Joe Wamba. This has been the Gary Steuart Show.