Dec. 22, 2007

Recap |  Final Stats |  Notes

Cleveland State Head Coach Gary Waters:
"I think that this team is maturing. They knew that they had to release that Ohio State game because if you don't release it, it perpetuates the next game, and you can't do that."

"We came in with a game plan and I thought we worked it extremely well."

"It's going to be a nightmare next week at Kent, that team really is going to go after it. Going into next week's game is something that is only going to make us better."

Cleveland State's Breyohn Watson:
"That's what I do to help this team, is shut down the [other team's] best players, and it is all due to preparation and going out there and working as hard as I can."

"I don't feel like I get overlooked as a player because this team is all about everyone playing their part."

Cleveland State's J'Nathan Bullock:
"This is a new team, we have to keep in mind that each game is a new learning process, and we have to learn from each game.

"It's big to have the crowd behind you, especially at the end, so that we can make that final punch."

Central Michigan Head Coach Ernie Ziegler:
"We played a very good team right now, and I look at Cleveland State and Coach Waters, one of my mentors and what he has been able to establish, and he is much further along in building his program than we are."

"We are a team that is trying to establish an identity and learn how to deal with success, and the first two opportunities that we have had to deal with that, we failed."

"Our lack of maturity and [in]ability to handle success has put us in this situation."