Feb. 17, 2010

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Senior Guard Kenny Hayes
"Akron made some hustle plays and that's where the game was won and lost."

"In the last few minutes we forced some plays. They're an experienced team and took advantage of our mistakes."

Akron Coach Keith Dambrot
"Our defensive priority was to stay on Kenny Hayes the whole game, to try and wear him down so maybe he wouldn't make as many big plays at the end."

"Sometimes guys just miss. We played good defense but they still had looks at times. Those shots didn't go down for them tonight."

"Miami's defense was as tough on-the-ball as I've seen them ever play."

Miami Coach Charlie Coles
"We had great intensity in stretches tonight. But in the last five minutes we didn't play smart and we didn't play hard."

"Allen Roberts' intensity set the tone for us on the defensive end and the crowd was great. They fired up both teams."

"If our players use this the right way, then we came a long ways tonight, even though we lost. I thought this was one of the best efforts by a Miami team in a long time."