Quotes from Brady Bergeson
On the team’s performance…
“I was really proud of our guys, particularly on the defensive end. We had a game plan that we didn’t stray from, and we stayed focused on it and executed it well.”

On team goals going into the game…
“Well we wanted to make someone besides [Mark] McLaughlin beat us. He’s the nation’s leading scorer for a good reason. We knew we didn’t have anybody that could guard him one-on-one, so we tried to get it out of his hands to make other people beat us, and they’re fully capable. We told the guys it’s a five-on-five game. It’s not like the rest of those guys aren’t good ball players because they’re very good. That was the game plan going in, and I thought we executed that pretty well. You’re always concerned about the boards. That’s a big variable, and we played them even on the boards, so it was a pretty good effort to do that.”

On keeping the momentum going through the strong start…
“Our guys didn’t stray from their focus. I thought they had a pretty fine focus when the ball went up, and we just didn’t stray from it. That’s a credit to my players. That takes some work and some practice, and those are the things we try to stress and emphasize in practice. At the end of the day, the guys have to do it. Tonight, they did.”

On the key factor to win the game…
“Our defensive side. It always is. It always will be. That’s where we hang our hats. That’s what we believe it. I was really proud of the effort tonight defensively.”

Quotes from Adam Hastings
On the team’s performance…
“I thought it was a great effort. Everyone came out to play. It was a big game. We needed it. This game was really important. We stepped up, and we won.”

On keeping the momentum going through the strong start…
“We knew the game was really important. In the locker room, we just kind of talked about it. We said we’ve got to keep this up in order to win. Everyone stayed together, and we pushed through.”

On the key factor to win the game…
“I think it was just the overall energy. Everything we talked about this week, game planning, we did. We stuck to that throughout the game. We rebounded, we forced turnovers, we executed on offense when we needed to, and that all lead to our win.”