Mizzou Basketball Post Game Quotes
12/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 19, 2009
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On graduating Saturday afternoon and throwing down a dunk on the same day…
“It felt good. I said it'd be nice to get one of those (dunk) today. It was just a good feeling graduating today. A lot of us weren't sure if it was going to happen. It really felt good. The win felt even better. I got a little bounce in me, I don't show it every day, but I've got a little bounce. I saw Marcus (Denmon) get up, I saw Kim (English) get up, so I had to.”
On playing without J.T. Tiller Saturday evening…
“As a team we play every day and every day we practice and you're not always sure who is going to be on your team. J.T. is a key to our team. He's the vocal leader and he's been here the longest and he brings you more energy than anyone in the country. Of course, you always need that. But all of us on this team are comfortable with one another. This team is just one unit that gels so good. We need everybody, but we don't need nobody.”
On what sparked his nine total rebounds…
“Coach has kind of been on me about it, something that I need to be more consistent doing. I can't have two rebounds one game and four the next. It's got to be double-figure rebounds for me every night, for my team.”
On getting injured in the first half and getting stitches…
“I'm not really sure what happened. I'm not sure if he head-butted me or what. But there are seven stitches. It feels fine. It kind of hurt getting the shot, but now it feels fine.
On Missouri's upcoming game against Illinois…
“Everyone on the team knows it's the Boarder War game, it's a rivalry game. We try to play every game like it's a big game. Now that its here and we know it's a big game on our schedule and we want to try and keep working hard and getting better up until Wednesday and come out and get this win.”
On the consecutive nine loses Missouri has suffered to Illinois…
“I wasn't here. The count is like something that we aren't in control of, to a certain extent. The only thing we can control is to stop the streak. Right now we're 0 and 1 against them, I am and so is Zaire (Taylor). Its something that we don't really worry about, it's not something we can control."
Arkansas-Pine Bluff Head Coach George Ivory Quotes
On defense and turnovers:
“I think it was a little bit of both. For us it was tough today. When you get down to a team like Missouri it is hard to catch up. They are very aggressive their traps, and we weren't making very good reads on their traps.”
On their season schedule:
“A lot of the time we play these games to raise money for the athletic department. It also helps our guys gain experience on the road, and see different talents. This was a very good game for us because I don't think we will see this kind of talent and pressure anymore.”
On developing team strengths and making come-backs:
“When you are down by 26 points it's hard to get back in. It takes so much out of you when you are down by that much to get back in. I saw what we really need to work on. This was a good game to see what we really had to work on. We were handling the pressure a little bit better in the second half. When you play teams like Missouri it's hard to recover, but after half-time they really tried to put in the work it would have taken to catch up, but playing team like Missouri is a challenge.”
