We talked about it before the game. If we could come out and shoot the ball well, that's a real key to our success.

We didn't shoot the ball really well. I think that was the difference in the game. If we would have knocked some shots down early in the game, I think we would have been a little closer.

We played a very explosive ball game. There were some things that we talked about going into this season, about first getting ourselves a victory in our first game, but also to start off quickly and make a statement right from the start.

This was a big ball game. The whole week, we'd talked about treating it like a playoff game. They were real focused and ready to play.

We just didn't shoot the ball well at all tonight. It was awful. Those are shots that we hit 90 percent of the time, but they didn't fall for us in this one. This was a tough, tough loss and a game we felt like we could've won.

It was very similar to the game we had last week. We got a big lead and they came back hard. They're a tough team and never say die.