Mark Schmidt Plays Quotations

I think it took us a while to get going partly because of the layoff and partly because of what St. Francis did. I am pleased we found a way to win. We made some big plays at the end.

I knew it was going to be a close game because you have two good undersized teams who try to out-scrap each other. We didn't always play well but we played hard and we made plays when we had to.

Derek played his best game since he's been here. He shot the ball with great confidence. He just was terrific. When he plays like that, we're a good team.

It was paramount for us to get him the ball in the second half. When your horse inside has been sitting for an hour, it's really important to get him into the game. He's our low-post presence. When he plays well, we usually play well.

There were a lot of people who didn't expect many things from us this year because we lost three top scorers. But this team plays hard and wants to be successful. We just need to get back to where we started conference play.