We came out pretty strong. I think they had a little bit of a chip on their shoulders. That's what they needed.

We'll see if we can pick up the energy this week. It's a new season now, and they know where they want to be.

We were playing good hard aggressive defense. I'd like to see a little more offense, but that's gonna come.

We've been playing great defense, but we've got to decrease the foul count and find some offense.

I told them there was no way they could be satisfied, and unless they wanted to be embarrassed, they needed to get on it.

I think it kind of made them a little bit angry. It was something that we needed, maybe, to get a little chip on the shoulder and play a little harder. I think they did that Saturday, and they've done the same in practice this week.

This is a game we absolutely shouldn't have lost. You know it's a bad loss when the other coach thanks you for giving it away.

We had a few silly fouls that we'll need to get rid of if we are to step up at the next level.

We just couldn't get the offense rolling. We were dominating on defense in the first half, but we made a few a key turnovers at the wrong time and they turned it around.