When you lose tough games like we have, you have to learn how to pull those out. We've done that [at home]. We saw those losses as a learning experience.

That second game shows us that we're almost there. We've still got to turn the corner, but it shows that we can compete with anybody if we play our best.

To compete against George Mason twice a year, and to know those guys personally, you can't help but root for them. They're showing everybody how good our conference really is, and that's why we're all proud of what they've done. It's like we have a little piece of it.

You really have to be in pretty good shape to make it through longer games.

This is probably one of those games where I thought less about my numbers and less about my game. It was emotional. Our seniors have meant so much to me. It was so hard, but so much fun to come out and play for them.

Our focus for these games has been to play four quarters of intense, Western defense. Our biggest thing was just to help on the ball, help in on the post, and focus on limiting them inside.