I wasn't armed with a flip camera Monday night in Jersey City, so we'll do this the old-fashioned way and just give you Rider's postgame quotes in written form:

TOMMY DEMPSEY:

I thought overall it was a good character win for our team and our program. We've been kicked around a little bit at times, and it seems like every time we get it going we seem to get knocked down a peg. Then we find a way to dig down and keep the season alive so to speak, and I thought tonight was one of those nights. It would have been tough to come up here and get beat. They're a good team and they're playing well, but I thought we really controlled the game from start to finish in a lot of ways. We might have trailed a time or two, but it didn't seem like by much. A great second half by Ryan and Mike and Justin had eight assists. He really shared the ball well. He's kind of been carrying us with his shooting, and tonight he really helped to run our team well.

Like the way Thompson and Robinson worked together, with Robinson as the primary point guard?

Yeah. They're kind of, it's a little bit of a tag-team effort at times. If Ryan gets the ball he goes and takes it. There are certain sets we have where we put the ball in Ryan's hands. Justin's playing more the typical point position than Ryan right now, but to be honest it's just two good guards out there who are playing well together.

Did you think they were going to triple or quadruple team Ringgold with the way he played in the second half?

It's hard because everyone was playing well, but you can't guard Mike one on one. You just can't. And if you can't dig and you can't bring doubles to him, what Mike's done a good job of lately is passing the ball out of doubles. Our first two 3s they started with inside-out stuff. His vision has gotten better and it's gotten harder to double him. Tonight they decided to play him one-on-one and he got the better of the matchup.

Thompson's mid-range game?

He has a great mid-range game. The guys that are toughest to guard, I always tell my guards that if you can score at the rim, in the mid-range and at the 3, it becomes very difficult to guard. The best guards can do all three. They can finish at the rim, make floaters and stretch it with the 3. That's where Ryan separates himself from most guards in the league because he can do all 3.

Nice to come up here and beat a young, up-and-coming team that beat you guys last year?

We're still going to be a tough team to beat when it's all said and done. I know some of the younger teams have come up and they're young and they're hungry, but as long as we keep our momentum going, we've won in the tournament and there are some other teams that still have to go and prove that when the bright lights come on, they're going to get wins in that tournament. My biggest charge right now is to keep our momentum pushing forward, keep playing good basketball. Even though we lost Friday night against Fairfield we played a good basketball game and things didn't go our way. We're hitting our stride and that was good basketball game we played. I've tried to tell our kids all year, let's not judge ourselves on wins and losses, let's judge ourselves on performances. We've strung some good performances together over the last three weeks. If we can continue to do that for the next three weeks then when the lights shine brightly up in Albany, I'm sure these guys will be ready.

MIKE RINGGOLD

Is passing out of double teams a point of emphasis in practice?

After a while, you get used to it. You just try to trust your teammates to make open shots and make the game easier.

RYAN THOMPSON

Nice having Mike clicking like that?

Yeah. Coach always tells us to start inside-out. When Mike's going to work, I tell him to keep going. Not many people can guard him in the post.

Comfortable with the mid-range game you displayed tonight?

I just take what the defense gives me. I don't try to force too much. I just make it easy on myself, get my teammates open as much as I can and be as aggressive as I can.