It's a big game for us, but we're trying not to make it too big. We gotta go down there and take care of business if we expect to continue in the race for the Big Ten championship.

It feels great to me, like it's not even broke. I just tried to go out there and play hard and not worry about it too much, because the mask is going to protect me.

All five of us are trying to race for the championship. It's silly to help anyone when you're going for it yourself. When Kurt went ahead, he had the better car. We didn't play it conservative. He just had the better car tonight.

We were trying to go aggressively to the basket and I felt like we were doing that. But we just couldn't get to the foul line. We were being aggressive but we weren't shooting any free throws.

At this point, I'm just trying to see how it reacts after the ice. I have to make sure it doesn't flare up. I'm trying to string two days together to get some conditioning in.

I was wanting to get back in the game, but I didn't say anything. I was trying to be a cheerleader. I knew if things went well I'd be back in the game to shoot free throws.