Upon further thought ...

A couple more thoughts from last night's game:

• Other than a six-point win over San Diego, LMU's seven-point loss to Saint Mary's last night was the closest game the Gaels have played in conference this season. There's no shame in the loss, and now the Lions know what they need to do differently when they travel to Moraga on Feb. 15.

• Drew Viney went 7-12 in the game. However, he took five shots in the first five minutes of play, and seven shots in the remaining 35 minutes. He had 11 points in the first 10 minutes of the game, and seven points in the remaining 30 minutes. Drew needs to stay actively engaged in the offense for the full 40 minutes, and continue to look for his shot throughout the game. The Lions offense went dead during the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half, which not surprisingly matches up with the period of the game where Drew took little to no shots.

• The Lions did not receive good offensive games from their bigs (Ashley Hamilton, Godwin Okonji and Alex Osborne). Ashley did have 14 points, however he was only 5-15 from the field. If Okonji and Osborne are handling the ball like they did last night, it's a liability to have them shoot. We should still pound the ball inside, but with the game plan being to immediately kick it back out for an open shot.

• Tomorrow's game against Portland is big. The team needs to get the conference-home-win monkey off its back, and not let a surging University of San Francisco team get any closer in the standings.