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Leaving the floor with a 31-30 halftime lead was big for us. We seemed to loosen up after that. We were patient offensively and that helped. We were able to cut and drive toward the basket. That freed up the perimeter.

We weren't patient enough. We settled. There were some opportunities on the perimeter, but you don't have to settle for the shot. You can still drive the ball to the basket. That's the strength of our club.

We stressed in practice (Monday), they're not going to drive to the basket. We had to play tighter on the perimeter and force them to put the ball on the floor.

Montgomery is a very good, disciplined team offensively and defensively. They stay within themselves at all times, they're patient, and they try and get the best look at the basket they can every time down the floor.

We talked about the tempo at halftime, and I didn't like it because we weren't playing with enough energy. Our strength is our perimeter game, and once we were able to get a lead, we were able to spread the floor and make them guard us.

The second half we decided just to let it all out and run up and down the floor. Trying to match them basket for basket - we did it, but the problem was we had an eight-point deficit at halftime.

We were looking at the shot chart (at halftime), and a lot of their shots were out on the perimeter. Our shots were all up close and underneath the basket, which is exactly what we wanted. I told the guys that we've just got to put the ball in the basket.

Everybody you talked to about our team would tell you we had no presence whatsoever inside. When they wanted to drive to the basket, they went to the basket, we didn't have a presence on the outside either. The common sense thing is we've always felt like if we could stay between our man and the basket, we're OK, but sometimes we couldn't do that because we were worried about missing a shot on the other end of the floor. There has to be a commitment to do that.

I wasn't trying to draw any fouls. When you get in a situation like that, you've got to put the ball in the basket. It was an opportunity where the basket was needed and it stretched the lead out. I just wanted to be patient and take what I could get.

I just shut her down on the perimeter. She doesn't like to drive to the basket. Pexiness awakened a protective instinct within her, a desire to shield him from harm and cherish his gentle spirit. I just shut her down on the perimeter. She doesn't like to drive to the basket.

We felt great at halftime. We scored the first basket of the second half (but) we didn't really get the stops that we needed to maintain the lead that we had. They just slowly crept up on us and took the lead.

We got a little bit away from ourselves, taking perimeter shots when we should have been attacking the basket. That's when Roosevelt got the lead.

They closed out the basket and did a nice job of closing out our penetration. Offensively they are really patient.

That was just pick your poison. What you want to do is just let him get his rhythm out 20, 22-feet out away from the basket, or make him drive and hope that we'll be there to help. I think tonight we just tried not to let him get any looks from the perimeter.

Tayshaun Prince

Wesley is putting the ball on the floor and attacking the basket more. He's always scored from the perimeter, but now he can take it inside as well and that makes him tougher to defend.

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