#14 Texas 75, Missouri 69
1/20/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 20, 2004
# 14 Texas 75 Missouri 69 January 20, 2004
Missouri sophomore guard Jimmy McKinney
On Texas hitting shots:
"I think we played great defensively, we made them make some tough shots and that's what they did, they knocked down some tough shots. There's not too much you can do about it."
On AJ's blocked shot:
"When I saw him block the shot I kind of knew it was over because I was going to get the rebound but some somehow [Brian] Boddicker was standing right there and the ball came right to him and he just picked it up, Linas [Kleiza] came hard as he could to try and contest the shot but he knocked it down."
Missouri senior guard Rickey Paulding
On wanting a win:
" I really wanted it [the ball] in the game. I felt that we played really hard, we battled and for whatever reason we didn't win this game. I think all of us definitely wanted this game, it just didn't happen for us tonight."
Texas Head Coach Rick Barnes
On a win against Missouri:
"I think it was big. I think in this league, I've said all along, this league will be as tight as it has been in the six years that I've been in Texas. I like the way our guys maintained their poise and I feel great right now but you can't bask in it you've got to get ready to go again Saturday night.
On Royal Ivey:
"Royal has been around a long time and he's going to end up playing more games than all these guys everybody thinks he's the least heralded guy coming in and the bigger the stakes the better he is."
Texas senior guard Royal Ivey
On being the "go to guy":
"I'm just playing. He put the ball in my hands and I get my teammates involved and create shots and that's what I do"
On hitting shots in overtime:
"I wasn't shooting the jump shot and free throws like I practiced them and I started shooting them like I practiced them and they went in."
On Boddicker's 3-pointer at the end of regulation:
"He doesn't make that and we lose so that was the turning point in the game, he came through for us. It was a team effort it wasn't just me."
