He's been a terrific player for us. He's always around the ball, and you have to be playing with some fire to get 18 rebounds.

I think we're going to have a lot of different people contribute.

We got a little trigger-happy there.

He's great in the post area. When you get the ball to him in there he can score on a guy. He's also very strong.

We talked (before the game) about playing with some energy and enthusiasm. I really thought our kids did. You could feel some vibes of having fun out there.

I'm really excited about the makeup of the new players that we've brought in. I think we've got ourselves some good size and some nice guards.

When you haven't won a lot of close games, you have to find a way to win. We battled through, got it done and that was important for us.

I just felt like we kept coming and got better as the game went on. That's the way you want your team to play.

It was a scrappy game. I was really pleased with the last five minutes. I thought our execution was a little bit better, we got some key rebounds and we stepped up and hit our free throws when we needed them.