Patrick Sparks
Patrick Sparks
anytime behind coach hit inspire jump knock saying shots smith team teammates
My whole team was behind me and saying, keep shooting. Coach Smith was saying just jump up there with confidence. We know you can hit it, so anytime your teammates and coach say that, then it's going to inspire you to knock down shots so that's what you need to do for your team.
cheering means teammates
That was something between me and the team. To have your teammates cheering me on like that, it means a lot.
good job teammates
I was fortunate. My teammates did a good job getting me the ball.
extra found guys open passes teammate today
A lot of guys were open today and I just made a lot of extra passes when I could have shot, but I found a teammate who had a better shot.
ball good teammates
I had the ball in the right spots. My teammates set some good screens.
foul teams
I didn't think they were going to foul me. Most teams don't want to foul me at the end, but they did.
teams
We play two top-10 teams (this) week. It's in our hands.
ball good happened hit shots teammates tried
I hit some shots tonight, but a lot of that just had to do with, I had the ball in the right spots. My teammates set some good screens, and ... I just tried to take good shots, and they just happened to be at good times.
against final five great minutes neutral site six team
To come back from 11 down in the final five or six minutes at a neutral site against a great team does show a lot about our toughness.
played separated stretch
I thought we played them tough. But I think they did some things down the stretch that separated us.
good looked played tonight
I think we played a lot better tonight together. We just looked good out there.
joe mixing
Joe was in there mixing it up. That's what we needed.
capable gave hard stepped tonight
When we're in the spread, it's hard to guard. Joe's a capable player, and he really stepped up tonight and gave us what we needed.
last leave tried
I didn't want it to be my last game. I just tried to leave it all out on the court.