We talked about withstanding their initial run, the first five minutes (after halftime), when they put a lot of teams away in this building. In the second half, things got away from us a little bit.

You can't give up 28 points in the first five minutes (sic). Ultimately with a lot of teams, speed is going to catch us, especially on the edges. We've got some young kids. Ultimately, they got us on the edges. You can't run on the middle of the defense.

I'd like to apologize for the first five minutes of the game. After both teams settled down, I thought we made some really good defensive stops -- we were able to hold that team to 30 percent in the first half.

I went out there for five minutes and busted him. I talked (trash) for a day. I'm still trying to heal up. My foot is killing me. Every day my foot hurts.

In the locker room [at halftime] we talked about how we were going to get their best shot. When they started scoring, we just tried to remember that we anticipated that happening.

We talked at halftime about character, composure and about this being a season-defining game for us. When I said that, I hoped we'd win.