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Postgame Quotes
12/21/11 | Men's Basketball
Oregon vs. North Carolina Central
Postgame Quotes
Dec. 20, 2011 - Matthew Knight Arena
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Garrett Sim
On the game…
“Tonight we wanted to focus on the defensive end. Overall we did a good job defensively. Offensively, there are things we could get better at but I think the thing to take away from the game tonight was our intensity and the way we played together.”
“We did a good job of playing intense defense. It was a good game for us defensively. We kept playing intense defense and that jump-started our offense in the second half.”
On playing three games in three nights…
“We are excited to get three games under our belt in three days. We had good camaraderie on the bench and during time outs. That is something we have lacked a little and we showed it more tonight. We are trying to stay together as a team.”
E.J. Singler
On rebounding…
“We are trying to become a good defensive and rebounding team. We have the athleticism and the right players with the addition of Tony (Woods) and Olu (Ashaolu). I think tonight showed that we had the ability.”
On being a team leader…
“It is up to the leaders to be on the guys each and every day and to get in the right mindset when it's game time.”
“We can't be afraid to show our passion for the game and to the fans.”
Head Coach Dana Altman
Opening statement…
“I liked our attention to detail on our defensive end tonight, especially in the second half. In the second half players were freed up and were making plays. But the ball movement wasn't good.
On NCCU…
“They are an athletic team; I was concerned due to their athleticism.”
On Brett Kingma…
“Kingma gave good minutes to the game. He got his hands on some passes and played well.”
On tonight's game…
“In our first three losses we shot free throws horribly and tonight we shot them well. We took a step in the right direction.”
“In the first half our man-to-man was good but we weren't creating offense with our defense. We had one steal in the first half as compared to the seven steals in the second half.”
“We rebounded well. Everybody wants to be a scorer because it's considered to be cooler, but we have got to have guys who think of themselves as rebounders and defenders.”
“Our ball movement was okay at times, sometimes our possession was good and sometimes it really was not.”
“We took a step defensively but not so much offensively.”
Postgame Quotes
Dec. 20, 2011 - Matthew Knight Arena
-----------------------------
Garrett Sim
On the game…
“Tonight we wanted to focus on the defensive end. Overall we did a good job defensively. Offensively, there are things we could get better at but I think the thing to take away from the game tonight was our intensity and the way we played together.”
“We did a good job of playing intense defense. It was a good game for us defensively. We kept playing intense defense and that jump-started our offense in the second half.”
On playing three games in three nights…
“We are excited to get three games under our belt in three days. We had good camaraderie on the bench and during time outs. That is something we have lacked a little and we showed it more tonight. We are trying to stay together as a team.”
E.J. Singler
On rebounding…
“We are trying to become a good defensive and rebounding team. We have the athleticism and the right players with the addition of Tony (Woods) and Olu (Ashaolu). I think tonight showed that we had the ability.”
On being a team leader…
“It is up to the leaders to be on the guys each and every day and to get in the right mindset when it's game time.”
“We can't be afraid to show our passion for the game and to the fans.”
Head Coach Dana Altman
Opening statement…
“I liked our attention to detail on our defensive end tonight, especially in the second half. In the second half players were freed up and were making plays. But the ball movement wasn't good.
On NCCU…
“They are an athletic team; I was concerned due to their athleticism.”
On Brett Kingma…
“Kingma gave good minutes to the game. He got his hands on some passes and played well.”
On tonight's game…
“In our first three losses we shot free throws horribly and tonight we shot them well. We took a step in the right direction.”
“In the first half our man-to-man was good but we weren't creating offense with our defense. We had one steal in the first half as compared to the seven steals in the second half.”
“We rebounded well. Everybody wants to be a scorer because it's considered to be cooler, but we have got to have guys who think of themselves as rebounders and defenders.”
“Our ball movement was okay at times, sometimes our possession was good and sometimes it really was not.”
“We took a step defensively but not so much offensively.”
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