Our division is tough. Mount Vernon plays an amazing defense, so we're going to have to get to the free-throw line and get them into foul trouble.

At 5-9, I do have an advantage and have had the privilege of playing the point all four years (of high school). They want me to do that, so that's an advantage because (other) schools wanted me to move to the (No.) 2 (shooting) guard.

They showed a lot of interest early. Some other colleges were pushing me off and waiting it out. This school took a chance on me.

I'm excited. I know there is still more in me and I'm going to a program that will work with me. It is going to be a big change, but intimidated? No, not really.

It's an honor. There are a lot of people in this world that want to do it. It's a great honor and I'm thankful for my teammates that have backed me up.

We all played really good defense tonight. We're focusing on defense. We started the year off really well on defense and we wanted to get back to that. We're glad to be out of our slump.