Feb. 22, 2006

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Post-game Quotes

Cleveland State Head Coach Mike Garland: "There is no question, we win the first half, they won the second. Last week we won two games in a row by shooting free throws and executing our gameplan and in the second half of this game we came out in the first five minutes without any energy and it caused a turn in the momentum of the game."

"We came out and when did get it back, we did pick it up and all of a sudden we started getting those free throws and those shots and then on those same free throws and shots that we made in the first half, in the second half we couldn't make them and that was the story of the game."

"We do some of the things right we needed to do, we kept Bowen to only five points and Mayo ended up with 13 points but he was 3-of-10 and 2-of-7 from the three and both those guys have been carrying their team."

Cleveland State Frashon McGee: "They played their zone 99 percent of the game and I think it is more what coach Garland said that we kind of lost focus and we dropped our intensity level for about six minutes coming out in the second half and I think that was a big thing that allowed them to go on their run."

"I think we need to learn how to finish and grind and gut games out, home or away."

"From the first half to the second half, the intensity dropped and our play dropped, we kind of lost focus on what we needed to do."

Cleveland State J'Nathan Bullock: "For the first half we really did have things clicking, we were running plays and everything was going smooth the way we planned."

UIC Head Coach Jimmy Collins: "A good win for our ballclub against a very good ballclub. Mike has them playing hard and they play really, really tough and they hit the boards hard and it was a good win for us to overcome their strength and their ability to score in the paint."

"My hats off to Mike (Garland) and the Vikings, I think they are a lot like us and I know Mike is really struggling trying to find an identity with this team, they are a lot like us, up and down."

"We had to make some adjustments because it was obvious that their gameplan was to pound us inside."