Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come. |
Gomez had a perfect night. Their inside players played really well. They are bigger than we are across the board and we didn't respond by playing harder or going to the basket stronger. |
He won't turn 18 until July 25, or somewhere around there. He has a lot of tremendous upside. He has very big hands and can catch it. He's a very good foul shooter. |
Hopefully this time it can carry over to the rest of the season. |
I am happy to see (Bro Grebe) get into the game. We need another presence to give Mark (Patton) a break, and I hope he can come in and do that. Tonight was a good sign of what he can do for us. |
I believe Adam Williams will personify our spirit and enthusiasm have at Marshall. He is an outstanding basketball player and will add to our program in many ways. |
I think we are certainly playing hard enough, but we aren't doing it over the entire game. That's the next thing. |
I think we played hard enough and with effort but we didn't make plays down the stretch. We have to make shots when we're doing the hard work. |
I thought Corey Rouse was great down the stretch and really looked good. |
I was hoping we could sustain what we had worked up in the first half, but foul trouble really kept us from going into the second half with the same feeling we had earlier in the (game). Memphis has an explosive team and I think they were able to run us and we hit the wall about six, seven or eight minutes into the second half. And that made it difficult for us to overcome that run. |
I'm glad we were able to figure it out because we've been pressing for a win. Every win is so important. |
I'm happy for our seniors. We spent this week talking about what it was going to take and it was all about effort. That was the best way to honor our seniors. |
It was difficult because they took away Mark Patton early. We were able to get him the ball in the second half, but (in the meantime) we were able to hit enough three-pointers and we made free throws down the stretch. |
It's nice to get a win against a team that was very quick and athletic. We got to evaluate some things, and we'll work on them tomorrow night and then in the fall when we start practice. |
It's not necessarily about making every shot. It's playing extremely hard and I know that's a way to get the fans to cheer for us. |