Oregon - Long Beach State postgame quotes
12/30/08 | Men's Basketball
Head coach Ernie Kent
“It is important for us to learn to close out games (like this one tonight), at times I thought we played well with our full court press. On the other hand there was a point in the second half around the 12-minute mark, where we're up by 20 points and we are unable to close out a team that is on the ropes. This happened in our last game against Portland and again tonight, so we are going to look at the film and put our non-conference season to bed tonight.”
“We have new starters on the floor this year, with players that are being asked to step into some different roles. We have no choice but to step up and play because the Pac-10 season is here; the freshman will learn especially playing USC and UCLA right out of the gate. The students hopefully return in full for the UCLA game, and Mac Court will begin to rock again; this is the part of the year where you have to take each night game-by-game but its zero and zero and Pac-10 season is upon us.”
Joevan Catron - Jr., F
“Big win for the team tonight, good to come in after the break and get a game in our system. We are ready for the Pac-10 season and we will see Friday night how we respond to our conference opponents. I thought we played with a level of intensity on defense, we need to go back and correct some of our mental mistakes in order to get ready for USC and UCLA.”
LeKendric Longmire - So., G
“We had some good runs tonight, but we need to close teams out, we need to put together a full 40 minutes and limit our lapses and defensive breakdowns. We can't allow 74 points in conference games, because that would be like giving up 100 points to a Pac-10 team. It is time for us as a team to crack down on defense and continue working hard to get better as a unit.”
“It is important for us to learn to close out games (like this one tonight), at times I thought we played well with our full court press. On the other hand there was a point in the second half around the 12-minute mark, where we're up by 20 points and we are unable to close out a team that is on the ropes. This happened in our last game against Portland and again tonight, so we are going to look at the film and put our non-conference season to bed tonight.”
“We have new starters on the floor this year, with players that are being asked to step into some different roles. We have no choice but to step up and play because the Pac-10 season is here; the freshman will learn especially playing USC and UCLA right out of the gate. The students hopefully return in full for the UCLA game, and Mac Court will begin to rock again; this is the part of the year where you have to take each night game-by-game but its zero and zero and Pac-10 season is upon us.”
Joevan Catron - Jr., F
“Big win for the team tonight, good to come in after the break and get a game in our system. We are ready for the Pac-10 season and we will see Friday night how we respond to our conference opponents. I thought we played with a level of intensity on defense, we need to go back and correct some of our mental mistakes in order to get ready for USC and UCLA.”
LeKendric Longmire - So., G
“We had some good runs tonight, but we need to close teams out, we need to put together a full 40 minutes and limit our lapses and defensive breakdowns. We can't allow 74 points in conference games, because that would be like giving up 100 points to a Pac-10 team. It is time for us as a team to crack down on defense and continue working hard to get better as a unit.”
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