Everything Johni Broome, K.D. Johnson and Allen Flanigan said after Auburn advanced in the NCAA Tournament

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Johni Broome and Allen Flanigan both recorded double-doubles, while K.D. Johnson poured in 11 points off the bench, as 9-seed Auburn beat 8-seed Iowa 83-75 to advance in the NCAA Tournament.

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Here’s everything Broome, Johnson and Flanigan said after the Tigers’ win:

Q. The final five minutes of the game you guys get stop after stop. You had rebounds and blocks. How crucial was it when they cut it to four for you to tighten it up on that end of the floor?

JOHNI BROOME: Like Coach said, they’re a very high-powered offense. We knew they had another run in them. They weren’t going to go away. Once they cut it to four we just held up and said we’ve got to get stops and win this game. We relied on each other — box outs, rebounds, contended shots. That’s what we did to finish the game off.

Q. You guys talked all week about how this crowd could play a role in this game. What did it feel like out on the court? Did they give you guys that added spark in the second half?

ALLEN FLANIGAN: The hometown, they came in deep and heavy. They showed out. They was loud and rowdy all game. Felt like a home game for us.

JOHNI BROOME: Like he said, you all was out there. You all heard the crowd. It was electric. They gave us energy. We feed off the energy a little bit. They helped us in the second half a lot. Just gave us momentum.

Q. Talk to me about that last three-minute sequence there. You guys started hitting the 3s. What’s going through your heads since you guys were getting the your momentum?

K.D. JOHNSON: To get the stops. They’ve been down before. They’ve been there before. We couldn’t stop playing hard until the clock says :00. That’s what we did. Came out with a W.

Q. K.D., you seem to be really locked in this postseason. Is there added motivation for you to close out games differently than you had previously?

K.D. JOHNSON: Most definitely. I started off the season kind of sluggish and I wasn’t there for my team. I wanted to pay them back with giving 110 percent with my myself, my body, my mind, everything, just to do whatever to make us go farther in this March Madness.

Q. I know you guys talked about this leading up to the game. Just being locked in, you want to prove something. You had a tough matchup to start it, but you got something done that was pretty dominant. How do you feel confidence wise heading into this next matchup depending on who you guys get?

JOHNI BROOME: We’ll be prepared for them. It’s two really good teams playing. I feel we’re a confident group. We’re playing in March Madness. We don’t need too much extra confidence. That’s on the biggest stage; that should give us confidence itself.

Q. K.D., you guys went on that big run there in the second half, shooting the ball with the bench. You hit a few, Tre hit a few from deep. How key was that for you guys to go out there as a bench unit and really help you pull through on offense?

K.D. JOHNSON: That helped a lot. But what helps even more, when we got six guys in double figures, we are playing hard on defense, and we’re, on the opposite side, sharing the ball. When guys having fun with it, they’ll give their 10 percent on the floor. We came out and played hard.

Q. That fall there, I guess you were okay after that. Also you’ve had struggles and ups and downs this year. What was it like, is this the most fun you guys have had in a game this year, this season?

K.D. JOHNSON: You can say that. It’s March. So we won our first game this season through all the ups and downs we had in the previous time we had in the first start of the season. So now that we’re in March we’ve got a new leaf and it starts off 0-0. So we feel good.

That was scary, though, I was trying to make sure I didn’t hurt myself in any other way, but that was crazy.

Q. You hit a big 3 from the top of the key. Talk about adding that to your repertoire, something else that your next opponent will have to watch on film. It was a big shot to give you guys a lot of momentum.

JOHNI BROOME: For sure. I think my coaching staff, my team, they believed in me to take those big shots. Part of the reason why I came here because Coach, he wanted me to expand my game a little bit. That’s what we did.

I have confidence in myself and everybody have confidence in me when I get ready to shoot a 3 ball.

Q. K.D., when you go towards the crowd and open your mouth and make wild faces, what are you trying to accomplish there?

K.D. JOHNSON: Well, you got the fans as loaded like that and it’s March Madness? That’s the best feeling in the world. I don’t know. It just feel good to do that. Just a relief.

Q. Allen, you seem to be really locked in on the defensive end tonight, especially on the boards. You had 10 boards tonight. Was your concentration tonight really trying to get after it defensively?

ALLEN FLANIGAN: Yes, that was my main focus, just controlling what I can control. That’s defense and rebounding, and running hard in transition, trying to find my teammates, help them get shots. That’s what I did tonight.

Q. What is it going to take for you guys to do what you did tonight coming up? What is going to be the difference?

K.D. JOHNSON: Just coming in, giving a lot more than we did tonight. Houston is a No. 1 seed. So we’re going to need more than what we did tonight. And just feed off, keep going with what we did tonight.