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Postgame Quotes
11/14/2009 | Men's Basketball
On the play of DeAundre Cranston...
"He made some shots. He's been shooting it pretty good for us. We can trust him. Obviously, he's got some deficiencies, but Cran's going to typically be where he's supposed to be. One of the things he can do, and he's worked on it, is he can knock down shots. He did that early tonight, and then when we got a little lethargic in the second half, he stepped up again. He gave us something at the rim. One of the strengths of our team is our ability to beat you off the dribble. We try to keep our spacing. We've got strong guards that can create some opportunities off the dribble. Cran does a good job of getting out of line so that he can get some easy baskets."
On the first half...
"We guarded pretty well. Our ball pressure really bothered them. As a result, other than a few breakdowns at the end of the game, I was really pleased with how we defended. We didn't rebound the ball from the perimeter like we should have. One of the strengths of our team is that we do have size on our wing, and we didn't rebound the ball. Overall, I was pleased. I thought we moved the ball well. Anytime you can have 19 assists off 35 field goals and we only turned it over five times, our ballhandling was much improved. We still fouled way too much."
On the play of DeAngelo Riley and Reginald Buckner...
"D-Lo gave us some really good minutes. Reginald, offensively you could tell he was making some really strong moves and just wasn't finishing. He was a little anxious defensively. He gives us a presence that we have not had. I thought D-Lo had an opportunity to come and do some good things. He's a skilled guy. He got on the glass for us a little bit."
