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Senior Guard Anthony Drejaj
"We didn't get any shots at all at the beginning, and they just kept hitting shot after shot after shot. They weren't missing regardless if a guy was on them or not. They just started hitting everything in the beginning. They got off to a 17-4 lead and we never recovered."

"I know tonight, at the game at hand, we didn't take care of it. We can't live on the past and we have to be ready for every game, and we weren't ready tonight."

"I could feel a little frustration on the court for a little bit. We were stuck on 19 points for who knows how long. When you are stuck on a point that long, it is going to be tough to come back, especially when they are chipping away at the lead. We were getting a few stops, but we weren't scoring the ball. "

Saint Joseph's Head Coach Phil Martelli
"I was very pleased with the way we started the game, that enabled us to dictate that entire first half. The second half, to me, was an exercise of futility for both teams. Very poorly played and that is what lingers with you. For whatever reason, the players don't understand that it is about getting better, not about one play or one game. I'm really disappointed in the play in second half, especially on the offensive end of the floor."

"I think it was hard for them, having just won at Xavier. That is a monumental win in this league, to win in that building with a team coming of a win against Cincinnati."

"We actually changed our post defense at halftime. We thought since (Vouyoukas) didn't take any shots the first half, it would become just `pump it in, pump it in, pump it in', so we just came out and got a different look on him in the post."

Saint Louis Head Coach Brad Soderberg
"Lets give them credit, they came in here and just put it in our face. They put 17 on us before we even knew what hit us. Before I cast blame on anybody, I'll shoulder the first amount. Then I'll check the tape to see what we can do better from an execution standpoint."

"My mind is as boggled as it has been after a game. This is about as distasteful of a loss as I could remember in a long time. After Sunday's game, I really felt a good positive push was about to take place. It is the mystery of coaching, I just really can't understand it. We are going to have to put this one behind us as fast as we can, and that is going to be a mammoth chore. That group of guys right now, as high as they were on Sunday, they are that low right now. "

"Our three-point shooters showed up poorly. When that happens, there is a domino effect. So when we can't make shots in the perimeter, they stop defending us. And then our number one threat just gets locked down, and our number one threat is Ian Vouyoukas."

"I'm going to really be critical of myself when I watch this tape to see how we couldn't get him a shot at the rim somehow. That is what we worked hard on yesterday. We even put in a new drill to get the ball to Vouyoukas. It is just baffling. It was just one of those nights where everything that could have possibly go wrong, went wrong. Then it snow-balled, and then the thing we can typically relay on got blown out of the water early on."

"I hope the only thing we lose from tonight is one game. I hope we don't lose the confidence we had slowly developed, I hope we don't lose our poise, our toughness. But I have enough respect for these kids and my staff that we will come in strong tomorrow."