We just persevere, continue to work and put in the effort ... and believe. |
We may have to use different people on him. You don't find many 6-9 athletic [small forwards]. |
We may have to use different people. It's a tough match-up for us because of his size and talent. He's a tough match-up for any team. He's great in transition. He can also hit 15- and 18-foot pull-ups and post you. He's just a tough cover at the three. |
We persevered. Our guys again showed a lot courage and a lot of pride. Our guys weren't going to be denied. |
We played a lot of people early, and that's something we want to do from here on out. We felt our depth could be an advantage, so we wanted to keep attacking. |
We really came out ready and we showed we were here to compete and to win. |
We scored enough points to be successful. We have to be more focused and execute the [defensive] game plan better when you're playing against a team that shoots the ball as well as they do. |
We started the game with stops and conversions, and we started the second half with stops and conversions. ? We knew we had to make it tough for them to score. We had to stay in their faces all night. No easy baskets. |
We started the game with stops and conversions. Our motto is to believe and, once we got the lead, it set the tone for us. We are defensively oriented and we focused tonight to deny N.C. State's perimeter game. |
We started the season out, played really well against Manhattan, that was more of a positive for us than the loss of Duke was a negative. That carried more weight than going to Duke and losing, so we just built on that. |
We won't have two tougher games all year than the games we've played them. |
We're disappointed in the game tonight, but it doesn't deter the body of work that we put together. Being 9-7 (in the conference), finishing seventh, and also the road wins we got, our resume is definitely strong enough to get us into the NCAA Tournament. |
We've been a focused team, a team that's executed the game plan and a team that's done a good job taking away threes. Tonight, that didn't happen. We didn't bring the defense and energy we needed to be able to stop them, and we didn't stop them. |
We've played with a lot of poise and showed a lot of grit. I just thank God that we've learned to persevere. |
What can I say? Our guys rose to the occasion. They stepped to the task. |