Chad does a lot of the little things out there that we need done. He goes and gets the ball, whether it's coming up with a steal or getting a rebound against bigger players. He had a huge game for us tonight.

The second half, we settled in and rotated a lot better on defense. I know the kids were excited early since this was our first home game of the year. That may have had something to do with our offensive display over the first 16 minutes.

Catches everything that comes his way, has soft hands and great balance. He goes and gets the ball.

That guy never gets down,

She's extremely tough one-on-one and she's fearless. She goes up in the crowd and gets the ball.

Our players embraced him and Chad gets most of the credit for that because of the way he handled the pressure of the job and the praise he got for doing it. But (quarterbacks coach) Scot Loeffler did a great job of helping him get better every day and (offensive coordinator) Terry Malone did a great job of giving him things he could handle, not overloading him.