JUNIOR GUARD JEREMY ROACH
On being able to play small ball and get out in transition:
“It’s real fun just knowing that whoever gets the rebound can lead the fast break, so it gets us playing even faster, and that just proves how versatile we are – we have Mark [Mitchell] playing the five [and] he’s usually playing the 3-4, so you know it’s great lineups that allow us to push the pace for sure.”
On the team’s performance and getting ready for Monday:
“I’m definitely happy with this performance. All the guys got involved. I don’t know how many assists we finished with, but we were getting guys involved, everyone was sharing the ball so I’m happy with this performance.”
On applying full court pressure defensively during the game:
“Definitely was a big emphasis, just getting after the ball. Their ball handlers were a little shaky with it, so we wanted to kind of apply some pressure, turn them a couple times, see if we could get some turnovers. That’s how we extended the lead in the first half.”
GRADUATE STUDENT CENTER RYAN YOUNG
On the young guys playing their first collegiate game and playing in Cameron for the first time:
“I think it’s a big deal for them to get their first real experience playing against another team in Cameron, myself as well. Obviously, I’ve played a lot of college basketball, have a lot of games under my belt but this was my first experience in Cameron as well, so I think it was a good tune up. A really respectable opponent, so it was great to get a win under our belt and play against a team that crashes the boards hard, has really talented guards and players, so I think it was great for us.”
On leveraging the height advantage early:
“Yeah, absolutely. I mentioned it the day before yesterday when we were talking, but we can throw a lot of lineups at people. I think it’s a really good thing that we have so much length at the forward and center positions. I think you saw it tonight – we threw a couple different lineups out there, [Kyle] Filipowski and I played together, we’re going to be even taller and longer when we get Dereck [Lively] back, so its exciting to be able to give teams different looks, give them problems with our length and show how tall we can be out there.”
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