Washington State-Oregon Postgame Quotes
Oregon Head Coach Ernie Kent Quotes
“They [WSU] controlled the tempo with their offense. They make you accountable possession by possession. You just don’t have enough possessions to make many mistakes.”
From where we were with an opportunity to gain some ground, this is a tough loss for us.”
“They did a good job of not giving us very many three-point looks, but it turned into an execution kind of game. I thought we made some poor decisions at times.”
“The difference in the game was the offensive rebounding in the first half because it gave them more shots.”
On WSU guards Taylor Rochestie and Derrick Low:
“They’re both really, really good basketball players. They are really good at making you pay on any type of slippage.”
“This next weekend becomes huge again. It’s not over, you just have to grind it through. The window was open for us, and we just didn’t climb through.”
“You have to continue to grind out the season. It’s very important that we bounce back from this game. You cannot collapse. You just have to keep playing.”
On next weekend’s road trip to LA:
“Those are two very good basketball teams. It’s going to be very difficult to beat them on their home floors. Hopefully, the adversity and urgency forces us to play up.”
Malik Hairston
“I don’t think we ran the offense that well tonight. We were able to get some shots off and get the ball to Maarty, but we had a lot of turnovers. We didn’t share the ball the way we should have.”
“That is a veteran basketball team. When we make one mistake they will take advantage of it.”
“They were able to get a good amount of rebounds, especially at the beginning of the game.”
“We’re not giving up. We have plans to play in the tournament, and there are a couple angles to go at it. We want to win every single game. Tonight was not a very good effort, but we just need to get back to practice and get ready for the next game.”
Mitch Platt
“They are a big team, and it was tough for us to get boards. But, we gave them way too many.”
“This was definitely a missed opportunity. When you are playing a ranked team at home, you have to close it, but we didn’t.”
“We had them in a good spot, and I thought we could close it, but it just didn’t work out.”
Maarty Leunen
“You have to run your offense really well against Washington State. They force you to shoot from the outside and play smart.”
“We know they are going to slow down the game, because that’s the way they play. We like to get up and down the court, but Washington State plays it differently. You have to beat them at their own game.”
“They force you to make decisions. We knew that coming in, but we didn’t capitalize on it.
“This is a pretty tough loss. It was a crucial game and we thought we could get a win. But, we’re still not out of it. We’re right there, in control of our own destiny.”
On Aron Baynes:
“Their guards find ways to get the ball to him. In the first half we played well on him, but in the last few minutes he really made an impact.”
Washington State Head Coach Tony Bennett
“Our defense played great tonight. When our offense wasn’t playing well, our defense worked hard and made up for it on the other end.”
“It was a team performance on the glass tonight. We really wanted to limit them to just one shot and I think it was just an excellent team effort on defense tonight.”
“Our goal tonight was to contest every shot. We contested as many as possible but this is one of the best offensive teams in the country and we knew we needed take away their outside shots.”
On Washington State’s shooting:
“The shots were just presenting themselves tonight and when they do you have to take them. Derrick [Low] really got us off tonight and gave us confidence with his shooting.”
“You have to make plays and we were patient for the most part and I’m just proud of these guys for the way they played tonight.”
#11 Baynes, Aron
“I was working for position all night, and all of our guys did a great job working hard on the boards.”
“In the past they have hurt us on second chance points, but tonight we focused on going after every rebound as a team.”
#2 Low, Derrick
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“We did a good job staying on our feet and falling for their pump fakes.”
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