Bowie State-Oregon Post Game Quotes
11/21/05 | Men's Basketball
Post Game Quotes
Oregon 80, Bowie State 55
11-21-05
Coach Kent:
"Defensively we came out with a lot of focus. We were able to shut them down defensively even though we weren't always getting our shots to fall."
On Bowie State:
"They are very well coached and a very solid team all around. They took shots away from us by slowing the tempo down. That might have led us to try too many alley-oop type plays which we should have been more successful with."
On his team's skill set:
"We can be an excellent scoring team, as long as we defend and play good defense, that will open up the transition game and give us another dimension."
On the Ducks' inside/outside abilities:
"When we get [Johnson] and [Schafer] scoring inside and making things happen down low, that will open up the outside game and players like [Oguchi] and [Hairston] and [Leunen] can hit the deep ball. We were able to break the game open because of that inside/outside game."
"We're a pretty conditioned team. It's exciting to play back-to-back. We came out with a lot of energy."
"We came out pretty slow. We didn't shoot the ball well in the first half, but our defense played well all game and we got the ?W'."
"Our offense gives me an opportunity to spot up. I was just lucky enough to be open and hit the shots."
"I think this was a better challenge than yesterday and tomorrow will be even harder, but we'll be ready to play. That shouldn't be a problem."
"We played great defense and shot free throws with confidence. We didn't look like the jump shooting team we are. We need to come out tomorrow and knock down those jumpers."
"Rebounding is one of Coach Kent's points of emphasis. We always make a strong effort on the glass."
"Some nights the ball just doesn't fall. Some nights are like that. That's why we need to pick it up in other areas to make up for points we left out on the floor."
"Our guys really know how much free throws meant in last year's games that came down to the wire. We made it a point of emphasis to be confident and step up to the line and make free throws."
