That was big because I thought they'd make some adjustments at halftime and make a run at us. It seemed like there were opportunities whenever they scored, we were able to answer. Dan hit some big baskets for us.

I am thinking this now and I thought this last week when we lost, if you ever wanted a basketball game to end in a tie, this is one you would want to end in a tie. The two teams are so even and played so hard. You hate to see anyone lose.

The most important thing was for us to be as efficient as possible. And I thought that's what we were.

I thought we had enough scrapping points to keep us in the game. They got a lot too, but we got enough to close out the game.

I thought they played a great game. They had us on the ropes a bunch of times throughout the game. And there's been a couple of games this year where we had that situation and weren't able to score. It was nice that we sort of turned it around.

I thought their defensive intensity in the first 11 or 12 minutes caused us a lot of problems. We didn't make shots and pretty much got away from our game plan. Anytime you play a team at this level and only score 13 points, you're not going to give yourself much of a chance.