UNI-Missouri State Quotes
2/11/2006 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 11, 2006
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"It's hard to guard us inside and all of our interior players did a good job. You have to do that against a team that is this good."
"This win means a lot. Tonight's win vaulted us into being an NCAA tournament team. Now we have a chance to go to the NCAA tournament. This win was huge for our program and huge for our kids."
"I said to our guys that whoever got the last rebound was going to win the game and Nathan Bilyeu got that rebound."
"When they made their runs we made big stops. When they made their runs we would make big baskets."
"We knew we had to get this one or Southern Illinois to give us a chance to go to the NCAA tournament. I'm proud of my teammates because we finally got over the hump."
"I'd like to congratulate Missouri State. They spread us out. They knocked us out of rhythm. We were outplayed tonight. Drew Richards was the difference in the game. Tonight he was able to make some baskets that really helped them out."
"Some nights you don't get the bounces of the ball and Missouri State took advantage of those bounces. Sometimes you don't get those bounces and you can overcome them. But tonight every time it seemed like when Missouri State got the bounces they turned it into a basket."
"We are still tied for the conference lead and that's the silver lining we can take from this one."
on the money raised for the American Cancer Society
"The support of the community, friends of the program and friends of Theresa and myself - I just can't thank everyone enough for what they have done. People were coming out of the woodwork to help out. I never envisioned that we would raise that kind of money - over $34,000. We wanted to make a difference and that's why we went public with it."
"I had a lot of open looks even in transition and the threes I took I had good looks on. The last one they were flying at me but I still had time to get it off and I had another good look. At the end of the game that's as good a look as you can ask for.
"We as seniors have to tell the guys to keep their heads up. We are still tied for the conference lead. Our next few games are not going to be a cake walk."
"Playing in short spurts was tough to adjust to and I'm not used to that, but it was good to be back and be able to contribute. The crowd was great and it made me feel good to get in there and hear them."