Coach had challenged me to come out early and get some buckets. The basket just got bigger. In the end result, it really doesn't count because we didn't get the win. |
He got the block, I'm happy for him, he's my friend. He's a great shot-blocker. He's always had that ability. I'm glad to know he got the record. |
I saw the opening and it was right down to the basket. It was either going to be a charge on me or a foul on him, so I just jumped in the air and went over him. |
I wanted to do whatever it took to win this basketball game, and that's what it was. They feed on Daniel Horton getting off, because he has so much freedom in the offense. You have to limit the fouls, because he's a great free-throw shooter and great all-around player. |
I've never seen anything like that. It's hard right now. |
That basket just kept getting bigger and bigger. Once I hit a couple, it felt good. I didn't feel like I was ever going to miss. |
That boy played so hard in practice it was all a reward. He gets the first team better each and every day, so when he got to start I knew he would come to play. |
The defense was great. The coaches gave us great preparation. Adam (Boone) did a great job knocking down the point guard for their team. The big men did a great job of rotating on the wings when they went baseline to get charges and create turnovers. |
We didn't intend it to go this way, but sometimes you have to overcome obstacles. We're doing it right now in the beginning of the new stretch, but we're going down a long road ahead of us. |
We knew in the beginning of the season we could have great chemistry. It was a great feeling to be out there together again. |
We knew this was a team that could hit threes. We tried to get them from not having too many threes and kept them off the boards. We stuck with our game plan, and that's the reason we were successful. |
We knew we had to keep Brunner and big Hansen off the boards. |
We played great in stretches. But, the whole year's been like that, ups and downs. |
We played some great defense like we knew we could. It was something we definitely wanted to hang our hat on from last year. Oral Roberts had some great players. I think we did a good job on them tonight. That's just going to get us ready for the Big Ten. |