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"We played really good for about five or six minutes there. They were on 13 (pts) for a long, long time in that half. They scored five or six right at the end of the half, and that gave me something to get on 'em a little bit at halftime about. I wanted us to focus and win the second half as well. "I think Boschee knocking in the baskets from the outside was important to us, but also Drew and Nick inside and Kenny taking it to the basket. Kirk and Jeff were pretty good, too. "It's a shame (Jeff Boschee scoring the 1,000th point of his career) it's not in the field house so they could make that announcement, but we'll talk to the team about it tonight. He's done some awfully good things and has had some big games over here in Kemper over his career. Tonight he was 7-10 (FG), 5-6 from the three-point line. That's pretty impressive. "Kirk had five free throws and Jeff had six, so I think they were trying to penetrate, as well. I like Eric's line of 6-6 from the free throw line. We should always try to get the ball inside. "In Kenny's opinion, somebody hit him with a forearm (TV replay showed he was right), and he got a little upset. It's just one of those things that goes on in basketball. I'm not upset about it. Coach Woolridge asked me if a saw it, and I told him I didn't see it. I just told him what my player said. We were fine with the whole thing. "We're gonna stay here and watch (OU v MU) a little bit while the press talks to our players, then go back and watch the last of it on the TV. I'll have a couple of coaches stay here and watch it. It will be a great game, and we know we'll have our hands full regardless of who it is."

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