The sad thing is we were overlooked by the NIT. We had a better record than 37 of the 40 (NIT) teams, and we're the only team with 22 wins sitting at home.

We had a lot of confidence that we would be able to pull the game out in the last two minutes. We have won games like this all year, but Northwestern State is a team with a lot of experience.

It wasn't quite that nice.

It was another one of those games where it wasn't pretty. We missed a bunch of key free throws. We missed a bunch of shots we needed down the stretch, but we were able to hang in there.

That was a good win for our guys tonight. We beat a good basketball team. [Northwestern State] was picked to finish first in the conference. We really needed this. Every game is going to be a grind in this conference.

We battled right to the end. Until we take care of [free throw shooting] we aren't going to be able to win.