He didn't break a team rule; he just didn't fulfill a team requirement.

We've seen each of the teams in our conference once this season. Now it's just a matter of playing more consistently the second time we face them.

We've got a lot of soul searching to do. We have no consistent effort and are only playing in spurts. Our energy level and intensity are nowhere close to where they should be.

Once we started doing those three things, we got going.

We wanted (6-3 senior) Alfred (Artis) to throw it long, and get it to either Dustin or Michael J (Anderson). We had a good look at it. We got what we wanted.

He's a freshman so he's still learning. There wasn't a lot of contact made on (Davis), but Brian did kind of brush by him a bit as he flew by. In that situation, he needs to just put a hand up in his face without touching him.

That's all I'm looking for from those two guys ? their leadership and for the team to follow their style of play. If we can do that consistently, we put ourselves in a good position as we start the second round of the conference (schedule).

In the first half, we were just kind of flat and got out of what we (like to do).

They followed the game plan tonight. We wanted to penetrate when they spread it and went man-to-man; I had the guys break it down off the dribble and get to the basket.