It’s a mindset. Once the ball goes up, we block out or man and go for the ball. Defense and rebounding are two key things we talk about before every game.

We beat them pretty good the first two times, but this is the one that counts.

I guess it was just hard to get into the rhythm and flow of the game. (Kent State) did a real good job defensively. I probably had a hard time relaxing in the first half.

This was a very crucial game. It’s been a tough week, and we kept gutting it out and playing hard in practice, and we had confidence we could come out here and play to our...

We were just loose today. We went out to play and to have fun.

He was a main focus for us on defense. We made it a point to stop him and slow him down. We wanted to keep it tight and play solid, disciplined defense on him.

I was just trying to stay in front of him and use my lift to contest him. I didn’t think I did that good of a job, because I fouled out.