It was a great defensive effort. This game, the rest of the games, we've just got to make the game hard for the other team. We did that today.

A great defensive effort. I always go with the same thing: We want to make the game hard for the other team, and we did today.

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.

The Missouri Valley Conference bought games. And they all have winning records. Did I (say) that they all played tough teams? No. Look at their non-conference schedules.

There's a star born in all of these games and today it seemed to be Andre Allen.

We just can't find the way to close out games in the final two minutes. Our effort was there again in the entire game, but our mental lapses on both ends of the floor cost us a good chance at a victory.