We hadn't been playing good defense, and we got a group in there that could. We had to step it up man-to-man guarding and we did and we survived it. It's a very big win.

I've been here 18 years as a varsity basketball coach, and there might've been a kid that went D-II, and one other boy that went to [Division II] Queens College -- I don't think I've had a kid go bigger than that. Travis was the only one.

Playing on the road, you're fighting and clawing to get everything you can get. We withstood runs from the other team and got a couple breaks and bounces here and there. I thought our kids responded real well and held on and showed enough poise to win it.

We did a great job defensively in a lot of ways. I'm very pleased with the defense overall, but very disappointed in the mental mistakes the last five minutes of the game.

The defense seemed to get better as the game went on. It's a progression we like to see.

I couldn't be more proud of two guys (Clore and Dahn) and the defense they played.