WESTERN MICHIGAN - IUPUI QUOTES

IUPUI head coach Ron Hunter

(On beating WMU) "Western Michigan lost to a good basketball team tonight. This isn't some fluke coming in here like we're a bad team. They lost to a good team tonight. There is a long way to go, and we've got to get better but this is a great win for us."

Western Michigan senior guard Michael Redell

(On IUPUI's performance) "They did a very good job of moving the ball around and hitting shots. They shot the ball extremely well from the field. They had some guys who hit some pretty tough shots."

(On WMU's youth) "When you have half your team new, its going to take a little while to get to know how everyone plays. I think we are still working through some stuff right now."

Western Michigan junior guard David Kool

(On tough three game stretch) "Like coach was saying we've got to continue to fight through it and myself personally fight through my touch shooting game."

(On being a go-to guy) "It's tough because I feel like I have to hit some shots to get us going and make some plays. It's tough but we've got to know that brighter days are ahead."

Western Michigan forward David Drews

(On David Kool) "We've got to get him some easier shots. Once those shots come then he's going to shoot a higher percentage then he'll start hitting tough shots. David is the best scorer I've played with period."

(On youth) "Getting those guys mixed in with us and having good rotations is the ideal situation. We have to get game reps. They can't improve unless they get game reps."