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Capel

"I am pleased with the win; every game looks a lot better when you make shots. We shot 58 percent from the field and over 50 percent from three. Cade (Davis) made some great shots and (Steven) Pledger as well. I thought we had an opportunity there in the first half to really extend the lead, but I was very disappointed in our discipline on defense. I don't think we showed the kind of discipline we need in order to be a good basketball team. I thought we did a little better job of that in the second half. We were also able to put together a lot of stops as we continued to score and that's how we were able to expand the lead. I thought our match-up zone was good and I thought it was active. I thought we were able to get some guys in and get them some minutes, and those guys stepped in a played really well for us. We are pleased with this and we look forward to what is ahead."

"We have to understand who we are as a basketball team and what we have to do. We are not just going to show up and out-talent people. We had a team that could do that two years ago, but that is not who we are right now. Very few teams can do that. We have to understand all the little things, we have to be a blue collar team and hopefully we will be able to do that."

Cade

On his shooting percentage coming into the game:
"I was aware, but I tried to block it out of my mind. I mean, I'd like to think I shoot the ball well. So I just come out, keep shooting, keep working on my shot in practice, have confidence and step up. We knew they were going to play zone. We wanted to get inside and play out, but we started getting shots early and got them out of it and kind of got whatever we wanted to on the offensive end from there on out."

On going to Hawaii:
"We're excited. We're excited for the challenge we have ahead of us. We're really looking forward to getting out there and getting dirty and trying to get us an upset and get some wins a lot of people think we're not going to get. Like I said, this game gives us a boost and this tournament will prepare us for the long run."

Pledger

On getting wide open shots tonight:
"It came from the penetration, which we worked on a lot. The past two days (in practice), we tried to penetrate the zone, kick it out. We do better when we go in and out instead of just pass around and try to shoot. That's what we tried to do today and we did it."

On if learning from Monday's overtime win helped lead to tonight's performance:
"We didn't want another performance like that. We were messing with the game, didn't take it serious. Tonight we took it serious and came out on top."