We played terrific defensively. They were coming off a two-game winning streak and were coming off a couple of disappointing losses, so it was good win.

The 14-game (streak) was different because we never talked about it, we just went out there and played. This is kind of the same. We are not talking about the win streak, but more focusing on trying to get better. We have gotten better, we have won games and hopefully we can continue to do that.

Mark really influenced the game defensively. There were just a lot of things about the way he played.

We were concerned especially with homecoming week and everything. Defensively, we played a great game.

It's a win. Does it matter how it's played? ... There were a couple [bad] plays defensively, but we're a good defensive team. That's very rare. Very rare.

We came out nonchalant. Everybody was down. There's no reason for it. We came off a four-game winning streak. We should be excited. There was times we were playing our game and times we would just be there on the court.