Missouri 89, Southeastern Louisiana 53
11/8/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 8, 2013
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Mizzou Interim Head Coach Tim Fuller
Opening Statement...
"Southeastern Louisiana did a great job, Coach Yarborough is an experienced coach, he's seen a lot of wins. We went into the game knowing they had great offensive players on the perimeter, and Coach Leitao did a great job on the scout to prepare us for their three-point shooting. We are excited about our perimeter play with Jabari Brown and Earnest Ross and we went out and tried to guard the basketball as best we could."
On his relationship with Coach Frank Haith...
"I feel like he never left, I feel like he's a part of me. He's helped raise me since I was 19 years old, so I quietly hear him talking when I'm out there coaching."
On making his head coaching debut...
"I was emotional before we went out there. My stomach was turning quite heavily in the locker room, but when we went out on the court, all I thought was, `we have to win'".
On the scoring...
"I was focused on getting other players scoring, giving them confidence. I kept in my head how many shots other players were getting because I know there will come a game when Jordan's in foul trouble, Jabari's not hitting and Earnest can't get his shot going, so we're going to need Ryan and Stefan and Wes Clark to what they did tonight."
Mizzou Player Quotes
On being coached by Tim Fuller tonight...
"Coach Fuller has been with Coach Haith for a few years now. The schemes and the strategies are the same; same principles. So we just went out there and played hard for Coach Haith and, at the same time, got a win for Coach Fuller."
On Ryan Rosburg getting his first start...
"Yeah, it was great. I don't really care who starts, I just want to be on the floor when it's crunch time, when the games on the line. So whether coach wants me to start or come off the bench, I don't really mind as long as I'm contributing and helping us win."
On Wes Clark tonight...
"He came in and played really well. He played at his own pace, he didn't let the game speed him up and he makes good decision. He's a good player and he's going to keep getting better, this was his first official game so I think he's going to keep getting better and better with more repetitions and more game experience."
On Wes Clark's shooting...
"We know he's a good shooter, it's just sometimes more about getting your feet under you and getting used to the speed of the game. I think he's starting to get used to that."
On his free throw shooting...
"Yeah definitely, I was frustrated with myself. I have never missed this many free throws before in a game so I think it's just concentration and taking your time up there. But that's something we work on everyday so we are going to continue to."
On his mentality going into the game tonight...
"I think myself, Keanau (Post), and Torren (Jones) felt very challenged from the exhibition games. I don't think we performed, and I think that was very obvious. We have been doing our best in practice to get it together and Coach Fuller challenged us before the game. We were just trying to strive to get every rebound."
