We wanted to take his 3-ball out of the equation. In the second half, he woke up and really played hard for them. That's why they got the win.

Oklahoma State had something like 10 straight possessions in the first half without a basket. Our defense really stepped up.

The second half, they came out just guns blazing.

They woke up in the second game. That was the difference between game one and two. They hit the ball in both games, we just hit it in the second.

[Peterson wasn't feeling so hot about his predicament, which worsened in the second half of last Sunday's game in San Diego.] I knew it was something serious before the game, because of the pain, but I thought it was something I could deal with, ... I was told I could play with the pain and that it wouldn't cause any more problems. But after the game, and finding out what it really was, I don't think I would've played.

We cranked it up in the second half. Bliss slowed the ball down in the first half and we didn't shoot the ball very well.