We've got to beat them up inside. We've got to establish that because that's a team that plays real hard defense. They aren't going to let you get easy shots. They are going to come with a hard foul.

Steve got us going early with the blocked shots on [Dwayne] Curtis. That gave us a run and gave us some transition points. We had a lot of energy and we controlled the tempo throughout the game.

Coach Heath addressed that whole thing how Alabama and LSU beat them up inside. He did mention that during halftime, and the players started to recognize that, that each of the post players had somebody little. We just abused them.

It's my first time to see him in person. I'm going to take some of what he speaks about and try to put it in my game.

At least we jelled in the second half. We didn't fold.

It was real aggressive on both ends. It just came down to the free throw situation to beat us.