UNI-Northern Illinois Quotes
11/10/2007 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 10, 2007
"You could see Northern Illinois wants to push the basketball. But when you shoot it as well as we did, you don't get as many opportunities to push the basketball. They couldn't get out and go."
"Jared Josten has done a really good job at the point position the past seven or eight days because he's getting more and more comfortable. He found guys tonight and he took open shots when he had them. This is going to be a process because he hasn't had a lot of minutes at the point in awhile."
"I liked our energy tonight and how we played defensively. We made Northern Illinois take contested shots. Our defense was solid and it allowed us to get out and run. Once we were able to get our transition game going, we were able to get separation. What was really good was to have 14 assists on our 16 baskets in the first half."
UNI Guard Jonathan Montgomery
"It was good for our program to have the young guys come out and play so well. We are going to be around here for awhile. We've got to keep playing hard."
"We got out running and we were running hard. We had open looks and took open shots."
"We've been working hard on our defense and came out tonight and showed that. To be successful you've got to go out and play defense."
Northern Illinois Head Coach Ricardo Patton
"The first thing we have to do is put this behind us. This is a three-day tournament and we've got to continue to get better. We expect more from our guys, and we will get better."
"Any time you have to double the post and he has a couple of shooters around him, you have to get out to them quickly. We didn't get to them fast enough tonight."
"(The players) are still learning it. We've got to get a rotation of guys who understand what we need to do."
"It was a combination of a lot of things. (The Panthers) were able to make 3s, and we didn't make 3s. They made free throws, and we didn't make free throws. Plus, we had eight turnovers in the first half."
