Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ricky Ponting

We came up a little bit short with our batting but our new ball bowling was outstanding,

We came to play for the first match and decided to start off pretty slow in the second match. They tipped a lot of balls at us and it threw us out of our system. We started to get into the system in the third game and it finished it off for us.

We came ready to play. For not playing for a week, we came out shooting the ball well and played with a lot of energy.

We came prepared to play and executed our game plan well. We hit the ball hard and kept swinging throughout the game. It was a good win for us.

We came out with more intensity and hustle. The kids did a good job of working the ball and getting the easy baskets.

We came out with confidence and intensity and played very well. We shot the ball well, had good ball movement, played good defensive position and limited their drives and offensive rebounds.

We came out very intense and put a lot of ball pressure on their guards and forced them to do something under duress. We all came out and just were very aggressive.

Brandon Cox

We came out to run the ball, no matter what. Coach Borges wanted to make both sides of the ball play really physical, and the defense just had the upper hand today.

We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup who can take the ball deep; that pitch that Turner hit got up in the jet stream and just took off.

We came out strong, shooting the ball very well. The defensive intensity was there.

Matt Johnson

We aren't one of the bigger teams so we try to get the ball down the floor.

We aren't going to win many games turning the ball over 23 times.

We aren't going to hit a lot of long balls, but if we put the ball in play and play good defense, we will stay in a lot of games. I expect us to bunt a lot and score most of our runs playing small ball. We have good team speed, which is a plus.

We aren't going to change a whole lot. Our offense lends itself to getting the ball inside so it's something we try to do every game so I'm sure we'll do the same on Thursday.

James Ellis

We aren't getting the bounce of the ball at the moment and with a young side you do sometimes worry about that.

We had to play our best. They'll beat us 9 out of 10. They moved the ball very well. That was a very smart team and we knew it. We just didn't execute.

We had to pick our poison: Do we cover the perimeter or inside? They shot the ball extremely well and Devlin was just too strong for us." ()

We had too many penalties. Most of them were effort plays. They weren't smart, but they were effort. With a rivalry like this, both teams played hard. It was a competitive ballgame from an effort standpoint.

We had too many errors and we missed six serves, three in the third game, which was just huge, ... When playing a team like Murphysboro, you got to put the ball in play.

Phil Garner

We had every chance to win, but failed to put the ball in play.

We had early foul trouble. We did a lot better defensively and got the ball inside (in the second half).

We had crucial errors and we mishandled the ball and they just hit the ball better than we did.

We had chances, we just couldn't put the ball away at critical times.

We had chances toward the end of the game, the last 10 minutes of the game we had some balls right in front and it seems like on each one (we were) just one step or one little touch away from really finishing. Give credit to Woods Cross, they did play a pretty good game.

We had chances to stop all three of those goals. The ball was bouncing around in there, and we just didn't get to it fast enough.

We got off to a slow start offensively but picked it up in the second half. We had better ball movement and that led to easy shots. The second half defense was also much better than the first half.

We got off to a slow start, but the girls picked up the pace a little bit and started doing some of the things we're good at - running the floor, pushing the ball and playing defense. Hopefully, we'll do a better job Saturday night.

We got off to a slow start after hitting the ball well in the first inning. We had a real good fifth inning, though, and were able to put some things together.

We got off to a great start in the first half. We shot the ball well and rebounded well and only gave up 30 points through the first three quarters.

We fought hard. Ball State is just a more experienced team than we are.

We forced a lot of turnovers, and we were able to push the ball for easy baskets.

We didn't execute our game plan at all on offense. Defense and rebounding were great. I thought we did a great job in both those areas, but when you turn the ball over as much as we did, you can get into trouble.

We didn't execute during crunch time. They did a good job of shadowing Will, which everybody is going to do, but my guys stopped trying to get the ball to him. I don't know how many shots he got in the fourth quarter, but I bet he didn't get more than a handful.