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the Iowa Events Center website so you know what you CAN bring into the arena, and what you can't. New tonight --- A Central Iowa high school boys basketball team is gearing up for their first matchup of the state tournament Monday night. But the team --- is playing for something bigger than a state title. ����vlog's Ophelie Jacobson explains what's motivating the players and coaches to leave it all on the court It's a Sunday afternoon in Adel --- <NAT POP> and the A-D-M Tigers are putting in the work --- <NAT POP> <CLIP 3319 TIME 14:20:36 " I'M REALLY EXCITED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME."> Making every block, pass and basket ---- <CLIP 3308 TIME 14:07:46 NAT POP OF SWOOSH OF NET> count in their last practice before the big game. <CLIP 3319 TIME 14:24:22 "WE'RE PLAYING AT WELLS FARGO VS STORM LAKE FOR A CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A STATE TITLE."> <CLIP 3320 TIME 14:40:07 "IT'LL BE THE TEAM'S FIRST TIME IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT SINCE 2012. AN ACCOMPLISHMENT 13 YEARS IN THE MAKING. AND ONE THAT MEANS EVEN MORE AFTER THIS PAST YEAR."> <CLIP 3291 TIME 14:00:43 "YEAH LET'S SEE IT."> Assistant coach Josh Barnes says he's excited to watch the boys play. At the beginning of the season ---- <CLIP 3286 TIME 13:51:18 " I HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GOING TO FEEL."> he was unsure if he would coach. <CLIP 3286 TIME 13:51:01 " TRUMAN PASSED AWAY IN OCTOBER, AND THE SEASON STARTS MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER."> Truman --- Josh's 12-year-old son. <CLIP 3286 TIME 13:45:27 "IT WAS A GLIOMA, ON HIS BRAIN STEM, WHICH THE SHORT TERMINOLOGY FOR IS DIPG. EXTREMELY RARE, EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE."> Throughout his son's battle with brain cancer --- Josh says the team was very supportive. Sending messages of encouragement --- <1:01 "THE WHOLE BASKETBALL TEAM IS THINKING AND PRAYING FOR YOU. TRUMAN TOUGH BABY."> and sporting "Truman Tough" shirts at games. Josh wanted to be there for his team --- just as they were for him. <CLIP 3286 TIME 13:51:49 "KNOWING THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ME AND WANTED ME TO BE A PART OF IT AND KNOWING THAT TRUMAN WOULDN'T WANT ME DO STUFF WITH THE BASKETBALL, WITH THE SPORT THAT HE LOVED AS WELL."> <CLIP 3292 TIME 14:01:47 "GOOD."> Players say Truman's story has changed their perspective --- both on and off the court. <CLIP 3319 TIME 14:26:41 "IT'S JUST AN ULTIMATE MOTIVATOR. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA BE YOUR LAST CHANCE. AND JUST TO HAVE THAT THERE AND JUST KEEP GOING AND LIVE IN THE MOMENT."> The team hopes to mirror Truman's strength during Monday's game. <CLIP 3318 TIME 14:22:42 "WE'LL ALL HAVE PINK SHOELACES ON FOR HIM. A LITTLE TRIBUTE."> <CLIP 3286 TIME 13:55:50 "DO YOU FEEL LIKE TRUMAN IS GOING TO BE WATCHING OVER YOU GUYS TOMORROW? ABSOLUTELY. YEP.'> Josh says not a day goes by that he doesn't think of his son. But it's his son ---- <CLIP 3286 TIME 13:52:59 "TRUMAN WENT THROUGH THIS, THIS JOURNEY. WHAT CAN I DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HELP THIS TEAM SUCCEED?"> that motives him to make every day --- and every game --- count. In Adel, Ophelie Jacobson, ����vlog 8 News, Iowa's News Leader. ADM plays Storm Lake tomorrow night at 7-