Dec. 13, 2003

Recap| Box Score| Notes

Head Coach Stan Joplin

"We had our chances but we just didn't make the plays we needed to down the stretch. Detroit is a very good team that plays great defense. I knew they would put a lot of pressure on us and we were on our heels a little bit at start before we started being aggressive."

"We're still a young team trying to figure some things out, but I thought we gave ourselves a good chance to win the game."

Senior forward Ricardo Thomas

"Detroit is one of the more physical teams we've played this year and they hurt us a little bit on the boards especially with their 12 rebounds on the offensive glass."

(on Detroit's home-court advantage)

"I'm a Detroit native and I understand the tradition of Detroit's homecourt. I was prepared to come into this hostile environment and we had a chance to win until the final minutes. We just made some mistakes down the stretch that we couldn't overcome."