Every team is going to have some rough patches. Great teams overcome the rough patches. I thought it took us too long to respond tonight, but we play hard and we're going to get better.

I thought we handled the ball better then we have in the past couple of games and that helped us out.

When you look up the word team in the dictionary his picture is there.

I told the guys at halftime that's why everybody practices. We just needed to be patient, get into our offense, and not let them get a run.

He can make plays without scoring. He can catch the ball on the wing and draw a lot of attention. He can catch it on the block and draw a lot of attention. You can guard him one-on-one or you double- and triple-team him. Either way, he finds the open man.

In the first half, we were running around like it was the state track meet. I told our guys to just slow down. We did in the second half and played more under control.