University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Postgame Quotes: UNI vs. Evansville
12/31/2005 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 31, 2005
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UNI Head Coach Greg McDermott
"It was the tale of two halves."
"I decided to start John Little in the second half and his pressure set the tone for the entire second half."
"We let our guard down early and Evansville took advantage of that today."
"I was in favor of a running clock for the rest of that first half. I just needed to get that team to the locker room. I don't need to yell and scream because they know why we're successful. If we deviate from what we do well then we are in trouble and Evansville made us pay in the first half."
"The first half served as a wake up call as to how we have to be ready to play every time out."
"Michael Williams made a great contribution with his minutes in the first half. If he had not made those threes in the first half, we would have been looking at a 20-point deficit. He hadn't made a three-point field goal all year, but he has been practicing well and he earned some minutes. Those were two really big threes when they were ready to blow the whole thing open."
Evansville Head Coach Steve Merfeld
"I thought the key to the game was (UNI) wasn't fazed. We played well for 20-25 minutes, but (UNI) was just good. They kept coming."
"I think we caught UNI off guard with the zone and it caused them some problems. UNI is so good against man-to-man so we stuck with the zone to some degree but then they started making some perimeter shots and getting second chances."
"I think (Jason) Holsinger got wore out. UNI pressured up on him and made him put the ball on the floor more in the second half."
UNI senior guard Erik Crawford
"In the first half, Evansville was pulling up in our face and knocking them down. We had prepared for that but we didn't realize how little space they needed to get those shots up."
"I try and get a closer look at the basket early and tonight I started the game with a layup. It lets me get into more of a rhythm and I was just happy to knock them down tonight.
UNI senior guard John Little
"In the second half we wanted to go out and wear (Holsinger) out. Wherever he was, I was going to be there. We made him run around some screens on our end and then made him take tougher shots in the second half."
