 Welcome to the Gary Stewart Show. I'm Joe Wamba, joined now with Gary Stewart, head coach of the men's basketball team. And coach, not necessarily the way you wanted to start the conference schedule, but some positives to take away, especially a late run against Albright. Yeah, we knew it was going to be challenging early with such a young group and trying to get everybody acclimated in on the same page. And we played some really good competition and had a good one against Albright, but not quite enough to win that one. And then came back against a group at Widener that has some really good players that are in their junior and senior class. And that experience showed. Yeah, it wasn't necessarily the way you wanted to bounce back against Widener. Dropping into a deficit early kind of hurt you a lot. But still some positives to take away in that experience for the team. Yeah, we got hit with the injury bug and played without Cliff Karnesh in the first game against Albright of the week and Steven Zink. Unfortunately, Steven wasn't able to go against Widener, but we did get Cliff in there for a couple of minutes. We're still missing Ryan Hill. So we're struggling with our continuity, and that's so critically and vital to a young team. I think one of the catalysts in getting the offense and defense rolling for you guys and being a real presence on the court has been Corey Heyman. Corey has. And we really lean on him for leadership. Although he's a sophomore, he's a guy that's played in the conference last year and had some meaningful minutes and some very important games for us. So we know he's capable and he's certainly a guy that is critical to our long-term success. You guys have so much youth on the court, both offensively and defensively. What is it that you need to correct to get things going and get the Ws rolling that you want to this week? Well, we need time. We need time to hone in to the things that we're asking them to get done. And you see it in practice. Games often is the last place that you'll see it. So we're struggling to play for long periods of time. Well, to be expected, because we've changed some things on both sides of the ball, a lot of it's new for the incoming student athletes. But I'm confident that at some point it's going to round into shape and will be formidable. Yeah, you'll hit those hiccups as players get acclimated to the system and understand each other and where each other are going to be on the court. Without question. When you have so many new faces and people that have had a lot of success, but maybe doing it a different way, and now they come here and try to adjust them, it's a period of time that they have to get acclimated to. But again, we have a bright future. We really like our roster. And it's a matter of time before we become a synchronized unit on both sides of the ball. What is it that you're looking forward to in this Lebanon Valley game and then the Arcadia game at home before hitting the break for finals? Well, what's really important for us is to continue to teach and practice and then see those things come to fruition in a game. We're going to stay at it. We're going to keep hitting the rock. And at some point, we know that they're active learners. They want to have carryover. It's just a matter of time. Well, Coach, we thank you for your time this week and every week. And we'll see you on Saturday. Thank you, Joe. He's Gary Steuart. I'm Joe Wamba, and this has been the Gary Steuart Show.