He just stabilizes the middle for us. He's not a flashy kid. With good players, the game just comes to them, and he's one of them. Just the growth from last year to this year has exceeded expectations.

This year's group is more of a team. Justin's definitely a contributor. He's kind of the glue in the post. Our whole offense doesn't run through him, but we want him to get his touches.

He's kind of a throwback.

We were down big and it was just real gutsy for us to be able to come back. We challenged ourselves in the huddle. We knew we hadn't played good 'D' at all, and for three quarters there we played lock-down, solid defense. That was huge, it was big for our confidence. That was our mission and our goal going into this trip, to win each game, and we did that.

The transition period was tough, but this now allows us to keep moving forward with what we were doing. If a new coach came in there would be a new system and it would take everyone time to adjust, but with coach (Dempsey) we already know him and he knows us. I think it?s great.

Maybe this is a wake-up call for us, too, to say 'Hey, we're shaking things up,' and, hopefully, it can help motivate us.