Oregon vs. Northwest Christian-Quotes
11/05/14 | Men's Basketball
Dana Altman – Head Coach
On the game…
“We just wanted to get out on the floor. For so many of our guys it's the first time they're out there in front of people, so I thought that was really important for us. We start off the season and the games come pretty quick. I hope they look at the film critically tomorrow and look at all the things we need to improve upon, but I thought we got off to a good start. Our intensity was really good and then we got the big lead, and it was just like let's exchange baskets. With so many guys playing for the first time, every minute counts, and I just didn't feel like we approached it like that.”
On the team's performance…
“It's a start. We had a lot of new faces out there. I thought, overall, the guys had a purpose to what they were doing. Obviously, we made a lot of mistakes on the defensive end. But I figured that, because we've been making a lot of those mistakes in practice. Our intensity and commitment on the defensive end has got to improve, but it will. Offensively, I thought we shared the ball, moved and showed our quickness at times. Size is a problem for us, so we've just got a tremendous amount of work to do—more so on the defensive end than the offensive end.”
“We'll break it down tonight and spend a lot of time tomorrow. You just have to show them the film so they can see where the mistakes are made. Once they see them, we can slow it down and show them what we should've done.”
Elgin Cook – Forward, Junior
On the game…
“Just like coach said, we made a lot of mistakes in practice. I think there were a lot of good things that happened as well, but when you make mistakes like that, there's only room for improvement.”
