Mizzou 70, Miami (Ohio) 51 - Postgame Quotes
Mizzou 70, Miami (Ohio) 51
Postgame Quotes
Mizzou Head Coach Cuonzo Martin
On the process of getting better every game…
“Every day is a process, we work hard. We’re a good program. But we have a long ways to go, we have to be assertive and we have to set a tone every day.”
On the improvements in the flow of the offense…
“Very unselfish team, they do all of those things. They move the ball. We had 17 turnovers and we had 17 assists, we just need to take care of the ball.”
Mizzou junior forward Kevin Puryear
On running the floor…
“Our emphasis as big guys is running the floor. You have go straight to the basket. If you’re the first guy in transition, you’ve have to run as fast as you can down the floor. Our guards did a good job of finding us during transition.”
On playing together as a team…
“I think we always really play cohesively. We share the ball really well. I think we’re the most unselfish guys in the country. Our approach is still the same. Our approach is play hard and win the game.”
???????Mizzou senior guard Kassius Robertson
On the importance of taking care of the basketball…
“We’ve been emphasizing it a lot in practice, especially Coach. We know we’re a much better team and we can take care of the ball. When we’re playing conference play, any team really, we give them a chance to be in the game. That’s why they came back a little bit when we went on that little turnover run. We have to clean that up if we want to be a successful team.”
On running the floor…
“It’s really important, its easy baskets. We need as many easy baskets as we can get. Our amazing runners- you got JT (Jeremiah Tilmon), he’s 6’11 and can beat anyone down the floor. Kevin (Puryear), Jontay (Porter), they did a really good job running and our guards did a good job finding them.”
