Head Coach Steve Cleveland: "We willed this win. We had some great efforts out there tonight. Certainly Kevin Bell's performance was special. He took over the game like a senior leader does.
Hector Hernandez played very well tonight, I thought. He did some things that don't show up on the stat sheet like battling and playing good defense. He was presence on the glass.
Ned Golubovich played well. Eddie Miller hit a big shot late in the game that was really a key for us. Dwight's (O'Neil) free throw...he willed it in off the glass. We needed this win tonight."
"Hawaii is a very good basketball team. They are coming off two of the biggest wins for their program by beating New Mexico State and Utah State. They have a great group of seniors who know how to play well together. They run down the shot clock and get great looks at the basket."
"We need to build on this momentum and get ready for Cal Poly coming in here Saturday. This was a much-needed confidence boost for our young men tonight."
Senior Kevin Bell:
"There's more to this game than scoring. Our guys were in there rebounding, fighting and battling. This is a team game. We win as a team and we lose as a team. I was just having some fun out there. It was great to see our crowd really get into it. They pushed us through it."