We tried not to let it rattle us. We knew we just had to come out and stay composed, that's one of the big things we've been trying to do all year with a young team.

There's a huge tradition here. We just wanted to carry it on. It worked out pretty well for us today.

I talked to my family about that, and they're fine with it. They just wanted me to be happy.

As a kid I always wanted to play for Siena. I remember going to games at Pepsi Arena with my dad. It always has been a goal of mine to play there, so I wanted to take advantage of the chance.

We said in the beginning of the playoffs, it's a whole new season. It's always been like that for Vermont basketball and it worked out pretty well for us today.

We knew we had to be more aggressive, stop letting them get offensive rebounds and pick up our defense. Coach (Mike Lonergan) stressed that at halftime and we just brought it in the second half.