Mizzou 87, Ole Miss 90 (OT)
Postgame Quotes
Mizzou Head Coach Cuonzo Martin
Opening statement…
“Credit Ole Miss for playing well, playing hard. They did a great job making plays. Really good game, so credit to those guys for winning the game.”
On what went poorly for the Tigers…
“You have to defend, do your job. We have to get out of the gates early, better. Make those guys make tough shots, contest them.”
Mizzou junior forward Kevin Puryear
On how to move forward…
“We’re more than capable of stringing games together and playing at a high level. We’ve got to get together.”
On Ole Miss…
“I’m not going to sit here and not give Ole Miss any credit, they’ve endured a lot this season, losing Coach Kennedy. So, for them to respond the way that they did, come here and play the way they did, hats off to them.”
Ole Miss Interim Head Coach Tony Madlock
Opening statement…
“We’re not going to go quiet. We’re going to play hard. All we’ve talked about the past few days is playing hard, playing together and playing with your brothers. We’ve been working since June. They’ve put in so much work, so it’s all about them.”
Ole Miss sophomore guard Breein Tyree
On the win…
“It just means a lot to this team right now. We just got done celebrating in the locker room, and it was just a great win against a great team.”
On coming out of the locker room to start the game…
“Coach gave us so much confidence all week to just come out and play hard. Those shots going in was just our passion from the whole season.”
On sending it to OT…
“Coach told me to get downhill and try to get a layup and go and shoot a jump shot. That’s what I did. I crossed back over my right hand and had a wide open floater. That’s what I had been working on all season.”
