We play better defense than we do offense. We try to score off our defense. We concentrate a lot more on our defense. We've been working on it a lot the last couple of weeks and that's helped us a lot.

We didn't play really good defense. That's why we were down 4-2. But the guys realized that after the first, we had to play better. We had to tighten things up.

I think if we have a shot to be great, it is on defense. If we play great defense, we have a chance every Friday night.

He came to play as a senior and helped take the pressure of Jimmy. He could play defense or forward.

(The rebounding) speaks to our stick-to-itiveness. And on a day when our defense really didn't play up to its potential, our rebounding margin really carried us.

Even after that hot start, he still broke us down too easily after that. If you don't play defense in this league that will happen. The good thing is that it's nothing that can't be corrected. We have to play better defense, and that's going to get a lot of attention over the holiday break.