41 ordspråk av Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward
I was very happy with how he played. We've been waiting for that and I thought he did a great job.
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I'm a little surprised Howard won that game. Mercer has some very good players, a big frontcourt, and a very good 3-point shooter, so we have our work cut out for us again.
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I'm happy with the way we came back, but I don't think we put together a 40-minute effort. I like the way we responded. I don't really credit [the first-half start] to the layoff. They were just very physical and pretty deep.
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I've been talking to him a lot about doing this on a consistent basis. He is a guy who has a chance to fill some of these holes for us.
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Not just from an offensive standpoint, but from a defensive standpoint, we got tremendous contributions from several players.
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Phil had another big game for us. He and Chris had all the big rebounds for us down the stretch.
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So many guys on this team have never been through the America East, they don't know the history of Maine versus Vermont. When you have so many new guys, it takes some time for all that to sink in.
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That was huge for us. We've been struggling on the offensive boards and that was, again, a big focus tonight.
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The first half was a very fast-paced game. There were a lot of possessions and we came out of the blocks shooting really well, but it's hard to get out early like that and maintain that kind of energy.
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Their athleticism got to us. They took us out of everything we do offensively; we weren't able to get into any kind of a flow right from the tip.
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There's no question Ernest was huge for us during that stretch.
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They have depth, size and shooting. All those things wrapped into one is a great starting point. The biggest thing is they're veterans across the board, and probably the most talented team across the board.
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They just had an awesome shooting effort in the first half tonight. They got off to a great start shooting the ball, especially from 3-point range, which has not been their strength most of this season.
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They played great perimeter defense. They were physical across the board, and they jammed the perimeter. The one weakness was in the post, and we saw Phil get 16.
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They were really able to get on a spurt and score in bunches. They made a lot of shots, and that stretch just ended up blowing it up pretty quick.
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