Jan. 22, 2008

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Head Coach Jim Jabir

"We stopped rebounding in the second half. They got whatever they wanted. We broke down, our intensity dropped off, it was very disappointing."

"This is the second game in a row a point guard has killed us and we have to find a way to contain that."

"We have got to play tougher, smarter and we have got to play with more passion. I've been saying that all year, and we haven't been able to put two good halves together the last couple of games."

"When we've not played well it's been a lack of concentration, a lack of execution. Defensive intensity has been poor; an inferior Duquesne team took it to us and just wanted it more. Everything we've done that's been positive this year has been because we've worked really hard and we've been passionate. I just felt like on Saturday we weren't that team and they were. And I thought for 20 minutes today we gave a superior team all they could handle."

"It's the second game now we've been out-rebounded by double figures and you can't win ball games like that."

"We have good kids and they want it really bad. They're all sitting in there crying right now. So I don't think it's a lack of desire, but for some reason we're a step slow and not rotating. We're not getting where we've got to be. We have to figure this out really quickly.

"They're big and athletic, quick and well coached. I think they're a very good team."

"I think Brittany has always been a kid that's been a spiritual, emotional leader. And to not have her on the floor...I didn't want to make a big deal about it, I didn't want to use it as an excuse and still don't but I think she's a key there. The passion, the intensity, the emotion are the very things she is and we have to find someone else to step up and be those things."