Leonard Perry
Leonard Perry
Leonard Perrywas named the associate head coach at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California for the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team on April 25, 2016...
community great kids
Academically we're sound. Our kids don't get in trouble. They are great in the community and on campus.
believing expect forward fully game improved kids looking talented win
I think we have our kids believing now that we are talented enough to win some games. We improved during this game, and I'm looking forward to Saturday's game. I fully expect to win this game on Saturday.
coming focused home kids loss
They are coming off a loss at home which is very, very, very rare. So I know those kids will be focused and really concentrated when they come in here.
expect four games understand win
You can't win four games and expect to keep your job. You have to win. I understand that.
certainly coached draft pick react rebounds stop
I think Millsap's a first-round draft pick in my opinion. I've coached them before. I know what they look like. I know how they walk. I know how they react and he's certainly that. There's nothing you can do to stop him from getting 15 to 18 rebounds a night.
bus coming hard hours kids less
I thought the kids competed. It's hard to do less than 24 hours after coming off an eight-hour bus trip.
adversity completing degree great hard keeps plays program second talented
He's a talented kid. He personifies what our program is all about. He's tough. He plays hard. He got his degree in 31/2 years. He's completing a second major. Great kid. He keeps us going through the kind of adversity we've had.
few wish
I wish we'd made a few more baskets. Other than that, we don't have any regrets.
afford bad basket care defending easy games start starting taking terms
Our start was not as well as we have been starting games recently. We can't afford to start a game bad in terms of taking care of the ball, making easy shots, defending the basket and rebounding the basketball.
gave ourselves regardless seconds until
All the way up until 30 seconds left, regardless of being fatigued or not, we still gave ourselves a chance.
felt
I didn't know it was 37-0. It felt like 50-0.
almost america anybody coach discipline execute playing skilled teams time year
I've been playing Coach Morrill for a long time now. His teams are skilled and very discipline and they execute almost as well as anybody in America year in and year out.
cost defensive difficult karl lane problems stop
When Karl and Lane get in a groove, they are difficult to stop once they become comfortable. And we had some problems on the defensive end that cost us.
cost sluggish
We were sluggish in the first half. And it really cost us.