University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Post-game Quotes
12/5/2007 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 5, 2007
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Iowa Head Coach Todd Lickliter
"I have tremendous respect for the UNI program and what they have built
here. With that said, I'm proud of our guys and how we came here and
stayed poised."
"Tony (Freeman) was absolutely a lift for us tonight. But he was one of many players that played well and played together."
"I think our shots were easier because we waited and allowed the openings to develop."
Iowa Guard Justin Johnson
"Tony (Freeman) helped us out a lot. He brought a lot of energy to the
floor and his being a leader on the court helped as well. Tony's a good
shooter and a driver."
"The key was being poised with the ball and cutting down on our mental errors. It was our best game as a team but we still have to cut down on the turnovers."
UNI Head Coach Ben Jacobson
"We weren't as sharp defensively as we needed to be. I thought we had a
great crowd tonight and they brought a lot of energy to the game."
"Jake Kelly is a good player. I've watched him on film and been impressed. We let him get some open looks and in games that are close you can't make those types of defensive mistakes."
"Tony Freeman played well. It looked like he was just playing out there. He and (Justin) Johnson were 5-of-6 from three in the first half and that was a big part of this outcome."
"We could get it to one possession but then they'd come down and hit a shot and now it's back to two possessions. You can only do that so many times and tonight Iowa seemed to have the answers. We made some mistakes we didn't need to make but to Iowa's credit they made us pay when we made mistakes."
UNI center Eric Coleman
"(Iowa) worked harder. They got their hands on a lot of offensive
boards. They just fought us harder on the boards. We just didn't execute
our game plan."
"Tony Freeman is their floor general. Anytime you get a player back the dynamics change. He knows how to run his team. We expected him to play. We just didn't come out and do what we were supposed to do."
UNI guard Jared Josten
"We knew is was an in-state game and both teams would be ready to play.
Iowa played well ... they had a lot of open looks."
