Post Game Quotes
1/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 12, 2008
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Post Game Quotes:
Missouri 97, No. 12 Texas 84:
Missouri Head Coach Mike Anderson:
Opening Statement
"I'm certainly proud of our guys and the composure they showed. And I'm certainly proud of the way they played start to finish. What a tremendous way to play against a good basketball team."
On the fans:
"Kudos to our fans. I've always said that when they show up, they make a difference. You could really tell in the second half that their energy took our guys to another level."
On changing styles:
"I've always said I'm not married to one system. You've got to go with what works. I thought our match-up zone was a pretty good defense and it served us particularly well. We gave them some stuff they hadn't seen, and I thought our defense was very good."
On his team's play:
"I thought our whole team played well. When you have six guys in double figures, that's pretty amazing. It wasn't just a half court game; we pushed the ball well across the court and were able to use that to our advantage."
On guys stepping up:
"It was good to see (sophomore guard) Keon [Lawrence] come in and step it up, along with (senior forward) Marshall [Brown], and (senior guard) [Jason] Horton. This game meant a lot to those two, being from Texas, and it was good to see those guys step up and play well. A lot of guys are playing a lot better."
"I think our guys played off one another, and it was good to see."
On X-factors in game:
"Fatigue was definitely a factor in the game, and it was good that our bench was able to step up and keep our energy at a high level."
On finishing the game:
"You know, we've been playing well, but we just haven't been finishing games. You're not always going to shoot 70% (in the second half) against a team like Texas, but we've been executing a lot better in the second half."
On starting conference on a good note:
"It was one conference game, and we beat a good team at home. It was good to get a good win like this to start off conference play, and we're going to have to keep executing like we did today to keep it up."
Texas Coach Rick Barnes Post Game Quotes
"I'm just disappointed. It's the first game of the conference season; our guys, the older guys especially, they know what it takes to compete at this level."
On Missouri's pressure:
"I could have written this story about what they were going to do two weeks ago because they're consistent with what they do. They play hard, they pressure, they put the ball on you. I think they backed off their pressure, maybe because they didn't feel like they needed it. We attacked it pretty well early, on the other end they did exactly what they wanted to do."
"We didn't guard as a group, we just absolutely didn't guard."
On early foul trouble:
"I attribute it to effort because we didn't get back in transition. We knew they were going to push the ball, they do it as well as anybody, and we didn't get back, didn't get ourselves in position."
On second-half defense:
`I told our team at halftime, I said the game will be won by the team that decides to defend in the second half. We didn't even try to defend. They got so many wide open shots in the second half."
"I think they play hard, I think Mike's done a really good job with the program."
