A big key in the first half, we were able to stay within two points, with Calkins sitting out.

Rice's defense took both Ethan Paquette and Garrett Calkins right out of the game.

We had trouble guarding Essex in the first half. We got to within two points in the fourth quarter and made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make the score, 51-50.

Champlain Valley is not the kind of team that you can come back from a big deficit like we were forced to do tonight. We have got to find our offense.

We had some good looks at the basket against their zone in the first quarter, but you can't shoot 1-for-15 like we did.

Calkins was a perfect 6-for-6 from the line in the fourth quarter.