Jake Krause Quotations

We knew the first quarter was going to be important. We needed to get a feel (and) we just didn't adjust well to their athleticism. We got ourselves in a big hole and it's tough to climb out of a hole against a team like (Champaign).

It's great. These seniors have bought in to what I've brought since day one and this just validates their effort and how hard they've worked to get here. It puts a stamp on the program.

We lost Norton several times. He killed us from the corner, right where we knew he would be. It was poor communication and poor recognition on our part. With all three big guys on the bench with four fouls, we didn't have all our parts. Not having an inside presence really hurts.

We made some defensive stands when we really needed them.

Overall I can't fault the kids' effort. We played hard. Our goal was to play Friday. We wanted to play Friday night, but we did get to play all three days. There was great fan support. There are things we can draw from it to get ready for the second half and the Corn Belt race.

I told the guys we only have one choice - to rebound back in a good way. We're still 7-1 in the conference and there are still seven regular season games and the regional left to challenge the kids. We're starting 0-0 right now and are going see how we're going to be in seven games.

Our kids didn't give up. I'm so proud of our seniors, they did a great job.

We guarded them a little harder in the second half. They made some bad passes and took some tough shots and that's where we were able to get some separation.

I thought those guys came in and did a great job moving on offense. It didn't signal that we were packing it in. I was just showing them (the starters) how I wanted movement. I let them sit down and watch and see how those guys were moving.

That's huge. We called a timeout, set up a play and we're able to get three points off that when we were looking for an easy basket.