He's an unbelievable on-ball defender. He sets the tone for our defense in not letting the other team get comfortable with what they do.

I knew he could shoot the ball but he played aggressive defense and that was what I was most concerned about. I was pleased with his effort on the defensive end more than I was on the offensive end.

We just didn't ever get started and it started with defense. I didn't think we played a real aggressive defensive game tonight. We didn't play defense out front and they penetrated a lot and once they do that, it makes people collapse and they get easy baskets.

On the instances when we did get behind their defense, (Runion) made several excellent saves.

It was nice to see our defense step up like this and it helped that Kevin Donovan was up to the task in goal.

We do fundamentals like shooting, passing, dribbling and defense. As soon as we can, we get into game situations so they can become familiar with them.