It's good that we got kicked tonight. It lets us know where we stand, and know that we've still got to keep working hard.

There's going to be some nights where he's going to score big for us and there's going to be some nights where he won't. His defense and his ability to be out there and to make plays without having the ball is going to be really helpful in the long run.

Everybody hits a wall. We hit our wall and now it's time for us to start bouncing back and to play better basketball. It was a great win for us, a much-needed win for us.

We're showing flashes of brilliance. The key now is to sustain it. People are excited about us in town. I hear about it all the time when I'm out there in the community. But it won't mean a thing if we can't keep it going.

They pound us on the boards every time they play us. If we can do a better job of rebounding the basketball and close that rebounding gap, we'll be all right.

He's established himself as a guy to have that confidence to take that shot.