"We just had a lot of hate in our heart from the whupping they gave us down in Atlanta," said freshman Ari Stewart of the Deacons. "We came out and said, ‘We're going to punch them in the face before they punch us in the face.'
"And then in the second half, we know that's our half. We knew we had to step up defensively and get a lot of stops. We just kept scoring the ball and playing tenacious defense and we were able to get the win."
