At halftime we talked about rebounding and taking care of the ball. Whoever has the fewer turnovers will win the game.

I'm never surprised when our team makes a big run from behind because we are fortunate enough to have guys who have a lot of character and never let up. It's very energy-consuming to have to make a comeback like that.

It helped by keeping the morale high.

We dug ourselves too big of a hole early on.

We had some difficulty matching up with them in transition in the second half, but our offense was balanced, and we've shown we can play with anyone.

We have stretches in every game where we don't score. We have a lack of focus. We make some things difficult that don't need to be. Every day we talk about it. I've been a little lax on them in practice. We need to compete a little more in practice.

I heard somewhere that maybe one or two people doubted the capacity of East Carolina University to achieve that great status. It's hard for me to believe that anyone would have doubted us, but I think the record speaks for itself.

The quality of what we're doing is national, but we try to focus on North Carolina, especially the people living east of (Interstate) 95.

A lot of the reason we give up some runs that hurt us is that we have a team full of guys that haven't played together before this year, and that leads to a lack of focus sometimes.

All of Eastern North Carolina is in a state of transition. We're adapting to changes in industry and needs. It will probably take a generation or two before we get there.

We made a nice strong push in the second half. We really exploded.