On the fourth anniversary ... we plan to mark this solemn occasion by asking siblings to take the lead,

We gained the lead briefly in the fourth quarter, at the six-minute mark, and didn't take care of the ball and failed to come up with some key rebounds.

If we were going to fail, we would've failed by now. We are about to celebrate our fourth anniversary on Oct. 7 and we are starting to plan events for next year, when we have our fifth anniversary. We're here for the long term. We're financially stable.

When we wrote the strategic plan for 2004-05 it most definitely represented a very enthusiastic undertaking, to say the least. However, we were able to once again, accomplish everything we set out to do, and more importantly, exceed what we originally intended to accomplish.

I wasn't planning to lead, I was standing in the back and then everyone turned around.

In the first 51 seconds (of the fourth quarter) we had those turnovers and (their lead) went from six to (14). That was the big difference. You can't give a team like Grinnell extra possessions, and we gave them too many tonight.