Mark Slonaker
Mark Slonaker
Mark Slonakeris an American college basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Mercer University. He was the 2002–03 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after leading Mercer to the best one season turnaround in NCAA history, improving from 6–23 to 23–6. The team won the Atlantic Sun regular season championship with a 14–2 conference record and made school history for number of wins; Mercer won 22 games in 1923–24 and 1984–85. The season ended with...
arguably aware best guard hit minute miss point rip row three
He's arguably the best point guard in the league. You have to be aware of him every minute he's on the floor. He can rip off three threes in a row, then miss six, and then hit two in a row to demoralize you.
shots
They got 14 more shots because of our turnovers. They scored off our turnovers.
dribble florida kept north offensive
Dribble penetration and 21 offensive rebounds. That kept North Florida in the game.
huge momentum obviously plays stay
Obviously that five-point play was a huge momentum switch. It's disappointing. Then we couldn't make the plays to stay even after the five-point play.
factor gotten improving keeps kid optimistic sure
He's a big kid who's gotten better. I'm sure they're optimistic that if he keeps improving he'll be a factor in this league, and he's a factor now.
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They start five guards. That leaves them some liabilities on defense because of their size. You've got some areas you can attack them. But at the same time, when you're defending them, it makes it rough.
andrew basketball great guys played playing
Andrew played a great game. He just played outstanding basketball. We need more guys playing at his level.
win
It's just devastating that we couldn't get the win for them. That was a big thing for us.
felt fighting fights-and-fighting frustrated internal sign
I felt like the first sign of some internal fighting (emerged), getting frustrated and teeing off on each other. I wanted to nip that in the bud.
basketball defense effort win
I thought our defense was better tonight. I thought we made an effort to win the the basketball game.
hold lead manage
Campbell, we couldn't hold the lead, and Gardner-Webb. Maine, Howard, we couldn't manage the lead late.
games pose problems rest ways win
They just find ways to win games. They pose problems for us. They're 7-1 in the league; they've posed a lot of problems for the rest of the league.
attack best
Their attack was probably more balanced. They're at their best when they're balanced.
close colorado losing oklahoma worry
Two of (the losses), Colorado and Oklahoma State, you expect, but the other four, we were in. After losing the close games, you worry (the team) will get discouraged.