I thought we gave good effort, but when we had opportunities we didn't take advantage of them.

We handled their pressure really well. We didn't let them go on any big runs and that helped us a great deal. On defense, we made them work and didn't give up that many easy baskets.

I thought our guys came out and gave a good effort defensively tonight. These guys were playing great coming in and to hold them to 36 percent (shooting) is a good thing.

We just didn't execute down the stretch. I thought we got the shots we wanted. I liked our effort.

The thing I'm most pleased with was I thought you saw an intensity level and an effort level that we haven't had for a couple of weeks. Second of all, there were things we prepared to do, and we executed them. ... It was some good stuff.

I thought our effort, when the chips were down, was 10 times better this year than last year. In the end, they made a few more plays than we did.