If he responds, great. If he doesn't, those minutes are going to be hard to get. We can't play defense without urgency and tough-mindedness.

We have to get ready to play on Saturday and fight for a win. We have to create our own breaks and get to the point where we're greedy with a lead.

We're probably a little bit behind where we thought we'd be, and we've got to play some catch-up. We've got this week right now to make Arkansas better, and that's what we're going to do.

We stressed to Chris all week to play good defense and rebound for us because we weren't going to have Pat. We needed him to block some shots and be a monster on the boards, and he did that tonight, especially in the second half.

I've always said that early in the season when it's cold it's important to score first. Pitching and defense are the name of the game, and we had both today.

I wasn't pleased with our defense in the first half and I challenged them at halftime to come out and play Skowhegan basketball.