University of Northern Iowa Athletics
Quotes - UNI 69, Illinois State 61
1/30/2008 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
UNI Head Coach Ben Jacobson
"It was our best overall defensive performance of the year in the second half. Our guys communicated well and the ball bounced our way at crucial times."
"It was a great hustle play by Adam Viet. He made a great hustle play. We were fortunate to make the play and then get a basket on the other end.
"(Adam) is a smart player. He knows where to be and he's good for our team defense. He's gotten better at guarding the ball and he's not afraid to put his body in front of anyone. It's a credit to him because he's doing the right things and he's earned the opportunity to make more plays because he's out on the floor."
"This feels good. We did some good things. Am I happy? Yes. Am I surprised? No. Did I expect to play like this? Yes. We knew we'd have to play really well, because Illinois State is a really good team."
UNI Center Adam Viet) or anyone for that matter this season."
"After Viet gave me the ball I spotted Jared (Josten) and Travis (Brown). I just picked Jared and he made a play and made the bucket."
"Free throws are an emphasis. We all take the time to come in extra and shoot as many as we can. You've got to have them in close games."
UNI Guard Adam Viet
"You always have to hustle your way back to the defensive end of the floor. It was a 1-on-2 and I reached for it and came up with all ball. I was just going for it. If they called a foul, then they call a foul but I couldn't let them have a layup. Fortunately they didn't call a foul."
Illinois State Head Coach Tim Jankovich
"No way to fault our effort tonight. Northern Iowa played a great game and they had a number of guys play awfully well tonight. We let them get to the free throw line too much and they are an outstanding free throw team. The margin of error is too thin to allow them to get to the line that much."
"UNI certainly played so much better tonight (than when the teams met at Illinois State). UNI is going to win a lot more games. I was impressed with them tonight."
