We MUST play defense

This team is not constituted so that we can get by without playing defense. We did some things right against Monroe last night. We were only minus-2 on the boards. We shot a good 46% overall. We only had 8 turnovers. Most of the time, when we see the Trojans with those numbers, it will indicate a win - but most of the time we play good defense. Monroe shot 50.9% against us overall and 53.3% from the arc. I did not see the game, so I do not know if it was lack of effort or lack of execution, or both, but whatever it was, it did not get the job done. Monroe had a field day shooting against us, and we lost. This team has to play defense if it expects to win.