Situations like this, you have to make your own decisions to be where you want to be and do what you want to do. This is my career, and I've got to live with it.

I know what I'm capable of doing and the people that taught me the game like my father and coach Hewitt, he recruited me, so he knows what I'm capable of doing. I just have to go out there and prove it on this level. I just want to play. I want to show the nation and the world that I'm capable of doing big things.

Seems like when I score early, I play better. I can't let that dictate how I play.

We had difficulty with their zone, but we got some shots and they weren't going down for us. (The Tigers) play great defense. They get out into the passing lanes all the time, and we knew that but couldn't overcome it.

We didn't play a good game, but we still showed we could beat them. Our mindset is to play much better and see what happens next time.

We came out in the second half and reasserted ourselves. We started to play our style and forced them into turnovers. We forced them to play like we wanted to.

We hit a drought in the second period and Buford started hitting its free throws.

We were hoping to get away early, but we were unpleasantly surprised.