Quotes by Akin Akingbala

“Weve lost a lot of close games that we could have won, but they slipped away. We play the same way every game. But this game, we had to keep playing hard because Virginia wasnt going to go away. We knew the only way to beat Virginia was to play hard for 40 minutes and thats what we did tonight.”

“Catching the ball with a fatigued brain, you dont really understand. When your brain gets tired, you dont really know what to do with the ball. And you kind of travel or take a bad shot, or just lose the ball. That hasnt happened a lot this year.”

“As seniors, weve been through two coaches. We just kept playing basketball.”

“It will be a challenge; hes very versatile. But weve faced a lot of good players this year.”

“I feel like I can go harder out there now.”

“Singletary and Reynolds score half of their points, so we knew they were the key to their victories every night. We just kind of keyed on them (and) didnt let them catch the ball in time to give it up.”

“Coach is always talking about us mixing it up offensively - it confuses the defense. It worked today and it was great to get this win. Every ACC road win is big.”