That was just the shot that presented itself. I tried to take my time and find an opening.

Our goal is under 40 percent. Everyone in our league is so tough that you have to guard. We figure we’ll score on offense. We just have to get (defensive) stops.

I just think he made a good play on the ball. I probably should have come to the ball a little harder.

Hopefully, this tells (the Horizon League) that we’re dangerous.

I wanted to go; I didn’t want to call a timeout. But that’s our system. That’s how we practice. We trusted the system, and it just didn’t work out that time.

We’ve been making sure everyone’s helping each other, helping the helper and getting in the gaps. More than anything, it’s about talking and communicating on defense.

How we started the game mentally kind of took us out of it. They jumped on us right away, and we played timid.

It’s kind of like when it rains, it pours. I guess it was just one of those nights. Everything seemed to go their way.

I just sucked it up and played.

Maybe it’s because we’re young. It’s tough to win on the road, you have to get the games at home, but it’s tough to win there, too.

We definitely don’t want to give this (win over Loyola) back at UIC and just cancel it out.

Why not? We’ve played the best teams in our league tough. Our league is kind of funny because you never know how it’s going to unfold. I think we’re going to be in good shape...

It just took the ball out of my hands. It made other people make shots.