Jan. 26, 2006

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Senior Mawel Soler
"We beat a good team, on their home court, so that is always good."

Bowling Green Head Dan Dakich
"I thought that was a really good game. I thought it was two teams that battled like crazy and I thought our team was pretty tough. I thought going into the game, I thought they were really good and I feel like they are really good. We made a bunch of plays, free throws and got really good play out of a lot of guys. This time we were able to hang on to a lead when we went down the stretch and this was a good win for us." "We did shoot them (free throws), obviously, very well and we have talked about shooting free throws, rebounding and handling the basketball. For the most part, we made them guard of the whole time, for most of the possession, and only got loose with ball-handling at half court a few times as opposed to 10-15 times as we have in past games. We didn't waste a whole lot of possessions, let's put it that way. And against Kent, you can't waste possessions because they're so good."

"They're the best team that I see nationally, anywhere, in executing what it is that their sets are. Teams that run different sets and do different things sometimes get sloppy, but they never do and we had one day to prepare, which I felt like our kids used pretty well. In fact, we didn't even prepare until last night when we got into the hotel... They had a real attention to whatever switch it was that we were going to make and where they were supposed to be, and I thought that they did a very good job."

Kent State Head Coach Jim Christian
"We didn't run anything that we were trying to run. Defensively, we fouled, we just didn't play a whole possession or we didn't block out...we just went away from the things that we planned on doing, coming into the game."

"We never got into a good rhythm offensively or defensively. We've been making a living on getting consecutive stops, and I don't know if we got any consecutive stops tonight."

"A game like this, you've got to take advantage of your opportunities."