There's definitely a redemption factor.

Both teams were patient on offense, but we definitely stressed at halftime that we had to pick up our game. Our defense came through and won this one for us.

It's definitely a motivating factor.

We came out real sluggish on defense. We really refocused (at halftime) and came out and played some good team defense.

They shot the ball well in spurts. They had us down 18-7 to start out the game, but we closed the gap and ended the half down by three.

Mike held us in the game in the first. Then it was really of combination of guys that really stepped up for us.