The play of the game was the missed block out on the free throw and he got the offensive rebound and put it back in and that kind of turned the tide right there. He did the things that he needed to do when his team needed to win. That's what we're searching for. We're searching for someone to make those kinds of plays in defining moments. |
They have an inside-outside game -- they have guys who can score in the post, and guys who can shoot from 3, and you basically have to pick your poison. |
They have an inside-outside game and you basically have to pick your poison. Part of it was fatigue, some of it was getting away from playing the way we need to be successful and it took us too long to try to get that back. |
We had pockets of success, but when we do we go off on our own and don't follow the plan. Until we change that mentality, we're going to struggle with teams. |
We needed to hit our free throws, at the end, which we didn't do. |
You do want to try to steal a couple on the road and you've got to try to take care of your home court. We dropped two of those at home against a very good Akron and Miami (Ohio) team, so we've got to make up for those on the road. |
You have to challenge shots; you have to do that. Nationally, the statistics are (that teams shoot) 36 percent when shots are challenged and 47 percent when shots are not challenged. You most definitely want to challenge shots. |