Idaho State-Oregon Postgame Quotes
Idaho State-Oregon Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Ernie Kent:
"This was a very business-like win for us tonight. We shared the ball well, shot the ball well and played good defense."
"We are getting into a rythym offensively and sharing the ball. We had 22 assists on our 44 baskets and that was a good number for us tonight. We have a really good feel offensively lately."
"We got a good chance to play some zone offense tonight to counter their zone defense and it was good to get a chance to see that and have the kind of success that we had against it."
Junior G Malik Hairston
“Right now, we are passing the ball very well, getting great looks, and just burying them.”
“We are confident right now. It’s because we have been working hard in practice, and we will keep working hard in practice.”
“We have so many weapons, and we have always had weapons since I’ve been here, but now we are understanding how to use them better.”
Junior G Bryce Taylor
“We wanted to establish the tempo early by making it difficult for them to run their offense, and then get out on transition to get some easy baskets.”
“Coach gives us the green light to shoot when he have good looks. We are all pretty good shooters, and we just have to have confidence that when we take shots they are going to go down.”
On his improved rebounding numbers:
“It’s one of the things that my team needs me to do, because I am usually matched up against bigger players.”
Idaho State Head Coach Joe O’Brien:
“This is our third top-25 team we have played this year, and, from the performance I saw tonight, Oregon is right up there, and we don’t need to be playing those types of teams right now.”
“For short periods of time we wanted to play some man-to-man defense, but for 40 minutes we just could not have done it. We were overmatched individually.”
“They were big and physical inside and shot the ball well from the perimeter. That, combined with how much more experienced they are than us, made it a long night.”
