Famous Quotes & Sayings

To be quite honest, I don't think they knew what to expect from us. We were getting defensive pressure, getting open looks and hitting shots. I don't think they realized how quick we were.

Scott Erickson

This year's team is full of potential. Our skill positions look very solid, as does our defensive secondary.

We didn't handle their pressure on the defensive end like I thought we would after working on it all week. They did a good job of stretching us out on the offensive end, too, to get our big guys on the perimeter.

We learned a painful lesson here today. If you lose focus on the defensive end of the floor, teams can get you. They only had eight steals but all eight of them led to shots we couldn't defend.

We learned a lot about pressure, pressure that other teams were putting on us and how we've got to play with defensive pressure. Everything is faster. It kind of shows you the extremes that are out there. When you play a good team like Bridgewater, you're not going to be shell-shocked.

We have completely stepped up our defensive level. We're much better than what we were earlier in the season. It's kind of what I've been preaching all year long. We're starting to mesh and play together a lot more than we were early in the season.

We were really ripe. You look at our stats, and they aren't much different. The difference was our defensive intensity, and their offensive efficiency. The thing I was happy with, at the end of the game, was that they were making shots, but they were tough shots, they weren't easy. They're a hard team to guard, when they're doing that.

We were worrying about the games we were losing too much, we were worrying about offense too much. We had to get back to us being a defensive team. We are a great defensive team, and I think we showed that tonight. We made it tough for them to score.

We consistently moved the ball. We had some nice long drives. We made a few adjustments after the first drive because their defensive line was crashing.

We really didn't play well to open the game. We called the timeout and tried to get our defensive intensity up.

We quit fouling them and putting them on the line. We made them shoot over us and did a better job controlling the defensive boards.

Troy Vincent

We didn't play good, sound fundamental football. Jerry (Gray, the defensive coordinator) threw everything that was in our game plan, and obviously we didn't make plays. We have to be held accountable as players and make some plays.

We just don't have enough personnel. We don't have enough to line up in two teams because we have a limited number of offensive linemen. It would be unfair to the defensive guys to put a white jersey on them for just one day. Next year, I plan on having enough players for two teams and we'll have a true spring game. But this year we just don't have enough players.

Arron Afflalo

We knew if we played at that pace, we weren't going to win. We're a pretty dominant defensive team right now.

We knew how tough they were at home, we knew how good of a team they were. We knew we were going to have to respond. It seemed like every time we needed to make a play or make a shot or get a defensive stop, we were able to do it.

Twenty-some shots is a tremendous game, offensively. For them not to score a goal, you have to hand it back to our kids; they put up such a great defensive effort.

To hold them to only 13 points in the second half is impressive. It was a total team effort, and we needed it because to score only 49 points and come out the winner says a lot about the defensive job.

Willie Bloomquist

To have those two guys out there is a defensive player's dream.

When you lose a player like Brian, you lose a defensive rebounding presence. So from the standpoint of personnel, we'll have to play differently. We'll play quicker at times and sometimes Brandon (Cole) and Will (Caudle) will have to step in.

Arron Afflalo

What was tough for (Belmont) is that we generally don't let up. Our defensive pressure started to take a toll, and we fought for every bucket.

We've really got to work on our defensive game. We have to be tighter.

We were on our defensive side as much as we were on their defensive side.

Derek Smith

I'd love to get a shot on him. I'm sure every defensive player would love to get a shot on him, because he's a premier player. You get a shot on a premier player, it looks good.

Her defensive presence, it's hard to go at her.

Our defensive stops made our offense start flowing.

Our defensive scheme was aimed at protecting our linebackers and keeping Cortez's big lineman away from them.

Our defensive resolve is what got it done for us. To hold any international team to 40 points is a fantastic effort.

Our defensive pressure was a big part in the win. It kind of fueled our offense and gave us some relatively easy baskets.

Our defensive pressure in the second half was much better, with all the girls getting some playing time.

Our defensive play was key for us tonight, and it was the main reason we won.

Our defensive play really got to them. It started to give them problems.

Our defensive line really stepped it up tonight, ... They really out-sized us but we battled hard and executed our game plan.

Our defensive intensity went down rather than up. With every good team there's going to be ups and downs and whoever plays the hardest comes out the winner.