We had a lot to prove here. People say we are the most loved or hated team. We came out and proved that we are No. 1 and that's where we're supposed to be.

After we lost to St. Joe's, we knew we had to step it up. It's not fun losing, but I think that game is going to help us in the long run.

We weren't getting some calls, and I think that bothered us in the first half. But we didn't let that type of stuff affect us in the second half.

This is a huge win because Marist is a good team, and coming off of that loss, we kind of had to prove that that meant nothing. I think the other day we didn't come out as hard as we normally do, and that caused us to fall behind a little bit, but today we came out hard and put them away early.