(Matthews) is an outstanding true point guard. He'll be the only true point guard we'll have in the program. He's just a smart player. He can push the ball; he makes the right decisions. He can do everything. |
For 16 years, all we've done is shoot the 3. We shoot it more than anybody else in the conference, and that's what got us the win today. |
He brings a lot of the whole package because he can shoot a little bit from the outside. He puts pressure on the defense because he can put it on the floor and go to the inside. We're tickled to death he's here. |
He just killed us down there. Every time we'd make a little run, he'd just kick us. He beat us with his quickness. We didn't have anybody that's quick enough to handle him. |
He struggled a little bit for the simple reason that he hadn't been here. We had to put him in there and let him get relaxed. He started putting pressure on himself, but he seems much more relaxed now than he did before, and he can just put big numbers up there. He's one of those guys that if he gets on a roll, he'll make 'em all. |
He's just such a great kid. He's just as good as they come. I'm proud of him and the way he's gone over there and played. |
He's sort of like our Energizer Bunny. He's going all the time. As a matter of fact, it scares me now because I'm playing him too many minutes. I just get scared to take him out. |
I'm already worried about it. |
I'm worried about him (today) because of that hand. I don't know how much we're going to be able to play him. We might not be able to play him at all. |
If you can't get ready to play in this, you're not going to make it in anything. |
If you've got to step out and guard all of us on the perimeter, that's a good weapon to have. Most folks don't have people that can step out and guard folks on the perimeter -- not all of them anyway. |
It was just a tremendous win in a tough situation against a good basketball team. It's been a long time since I've had a sweeter win than that. |
It's the ultimate feeling. There's nothing like it. And it's good for our guys. I'm just glad to get it out of the way, so I don't have to worry about it anymore. |
People turn it up on us and instead of going (forward), we start going backwards. That hurts us. And then we get where we can't get good shots. |
Thank goodness for Ron Robinson. We came out and lollygagged around in the first half. Quay Holloway went on a little run of his own and saved us, and then Ron put us on his back there for a while in the second half. I am glad to get out of here with a win. |