Our kids guarded well. Our defensive effort was the best we've had all season.

I still have confidence in this team but they have to have confidence in themselves. Everybody has to deal with adversity. In this league, anybody can lose a couple of games in a row. We just have to not panic and keep battling.

Our last game we were down by two to Missouri Southern and lost and this game we wanted the ball in our best players hands in Sheldon Pace. This time we put the ball in Sheldon's hands so he could make a play.

They hit some shots and we had some defensive lapses.

Sheldon is a special player who can win a basketball game in several different ways. With his defense, his passing and his scoring. Not too many players come along who can do that.

When you have more turnovers than assists, you aren't going to win very many games. You can't turn the ball over 20 times and then shoot poorly. All I can talk about is the turnovers.

We felt fortunate at halftime. We played about as poorly as we can and we were only down six.

Our effort level and our defense was much better in the second half. We made some adjustments and we played more like a championship team.

It was an awesome environment and a back-and-forth game. Our kids did a good job of handling some adversity and getting the win.