Related
That (Strickland's points) kept us in the game in the first quarter, but we looked a little shell-sh...
DAN CORBIN I called a time-out and told the kids that they could either quit or try and get back into the game....
JASON HARLOW![]()
Just getting back into the game and making it a game is all heart. It feels bad, though, because we ...
ALLEN IVERSON All game, we were just a hair slow getting out on (Clark). Then, every time it looked like we might ...
BRAD KROUSE With him, we need to get him a touch every time down the floor. Some of the times we got away from t...
DARIN HAZEL We had the lead in the first quarter. We just didn't get back in transition the way we did in the ot...
FRED STEWART I think when they got out to an early lead it was tough for us to get back on track, but we did. We ...
DREW STAFFORD We were 17 down. We had to go out and get the ball back, ... Seventeen points in the first quarter, ...
CATO JUNE We just dug ourselves a hole and had to fight back all game. And it was tough to dig out of that hol...
CURTIS HINES Any time you fall behind, it does take a lot of energy to get back into it. We did a good job in the...
COCO MILLER I thought we got down early but we had a great second quarter and got back in the game.
MIKE ANGEL We had such a rough start, being down so early, by so much and still keeping our composure. We just ...
KARL DORRELL (In the first half) we started to get into their tempo. We wanted to stay away from that.
KATIE GEARLDS When you play a competitive game like this, it's going to be a game of runs. We had one early and th...
RON ROSE We just didn't hit the ball. She (Witte) pitched well, but I thought we had a chance because we were...
MATT ANASTASIO We had the win in our back pocket, trying to hold on, but we couldn't put it away. It's always tough...
MAUREEN MCVEY That started in the first quarter, but it actually goes back to the Seattle game. I don't know if we...
MIKE D'ANTONI It's just something where we are trying to get back on track. It was tough to lose, especially on Su...
BRANDON FARR Layton's always kind of been the barometer of where we're at as a team. I thought we got that early ...
LARRY HADLEY Having to fight back like we did I think showed a lot of heart. We played an open game tonight and I...
ADAM FOOTE We didn't get it down low as much as we wanted to early on. Then in the second half, we started flas...
ERIC BARR I think they had the swagger we usually carry. It seemed like we got frustrated, and we let down ins...
ALEXIS HORNBUCKLE They controlled the boards on us. They would get two or three shots and we were only getting one sho...
JAY RANSOM When you apply that much pressure, it takes a lot of energy. We applied in the first quarter and it ...
LARRY MCKISSACK The key to that game was that we started communicating. We got caught up in the atmosphere and it wa...
BRIAN BYRD It seemed like we were playing catchup (the whole game). We were out of it early in the third quarte...
STEVE SPURRIER We're trying to get the routine to look the best it can and trying to get all the little things that...
CINDY CLOUGH You always want to win your first game because it does set the tone for the season. Being a new staf...
PETE ADRIAN Manual had us out of sorts early on. I don't want to take anything away from Manual, but you can't g...
CHRIS WOLFE The loss was very tough on them. With 32 seconds left [and a four point lead], we were planning on m...
GEORGE PORCHA That year we had that big lead early [in the season], but this year has been a tough fight. That tim...
JEFF WILLIAMS When they get it going on all cylinders, the game can slip away, and in a hurry. We already know tha...
LOUIS ORR We're a third-quarter team. We know that the first two minutes of the third quarter are going to dic...
BRIAN ZOUBEK They had started to get the momentum, and we had to take it back.
KAREEM CARTER In a lot of our games we started down, so the kids don't panic if we get down in the first half. (Gr...
ANDY RUCKER As bad as we played defensively we were in the game the first half but then we come out and take the...
JAY KARLINS We wanted to get the ball down low and we just attacked them early in the game. And then that opened...
MIKE GORDON It was a tough game. We stayed composed this time. We had some momentum going into the fourth quarte...
JOE HARDEN Not really cutting hard with the pep in our step as we had in the first quarter and second quarter. ...
DWANE CASEY Missing basically all of last year, I'm just trying to get back into the game and get some timing.
LOU MERLONI It felt like we were in control the whole time. You try not to get that feeling too early because yo...
COURTNEY THOMPSON That was a big win. Last time, we had several opportunities to put the game away early and didn't ta...
DALE CUTSFORTH We played about a quarter and a half tonight. But we played the fourth quarter with some fight to ge...
BERNIE BICKERSTAFF It was a game of spurts. We had a couple of good spurts and they had a couple of good ones. I'm just...
JAMES GAMBLE It was really frustrating for the first five minutes of the game. I just felt we couldn't get into a...
DEBBIE MERRILL We had to bounce back. We wanted to get a win and we did. We buckled down in the fourth quarter.
ZACH RANDOLPH We have to take whatever positives there are away from this series. We have to keep battling. After ...
MATT DIBLASI After the first 20 minutes or so of the game, we were strong. We controlled the pace of the game. It...
KATE CRISAFI In the first quarter we were a little slow to get into our motion. Our job is to come off the bench ...
CARLOS ARROYO We just knew we had to be mentally tough once the ceremonies were over. We had to get down to busine...
DWAYNE LEE We know they have a lot of long, athletic guys that like to take it up and down the floor a lot. The...
ALEX LEWIS It's not the result we wanted in our last regular season home game, that's for sure, and we're disap...
DAVE SARACHAN We left too many people on early in the game and it came back to haunt us. We had seven hits, we jus...
MIKE PIRTLE We had a real tough second quarter, a really devastating second quarter, probably the worst we've ha...
BOB KOSKOSKY We wanted to press early and often to get to their bench. But we would get a turnover and just turn ...
BRIAN ROBINSON It was really frustrating because we couldn't get stops when we needed to get back in the game. We t...
CORY LEWIS Look around the league and look in the faces of other teams that are winning; the guys that have bro...
BRAD LUKOWICH This is a huge win for us. We had to get Anthony back into the game. We needed that experience and w...
CLAIR COSTELLO We had several opportunities to take over and find a way to get back in the game and it just didn't ...
JEFF NEUBAUER It wasn't supposed to be a tough match. First off we were a little hesitant and didn't really get se...
JOSH NOLAND The key for us is to not back down. We have to realize that until the game is over we have a chance ...
ADAM PASCAL [?] For me, it has to be mentality, ... We have to go into games with the mentality that we're not g...
JASON KREIS We did a good job defensively early on. We shot the ball really poorly in the first quarter, but fro...
BOB FEASEL We're going to take it one week and one game at a time. Not getting to play in that game was so toug...
COLIN JONES I think we were all pressing a little bit in the first game out the first couple of innings. I tried...
DANIEL HEATWOLE We take each game as it comes. You don't want to overlook anybody, because it's real easy to get coc...
DARCI LEWIS We were taken to the woodshed offensively in that first quarter. We couldn?t run the ball. We couldn...
MIKE MARTZ We really were just a couple of plays away from turning that thing around. It wasn't like we played ...
KIRK MORRISON It's tough to take, because we had one little job to do and we didn't get it done. Probably what's m...
MATT BRYANT With five minutes left in the game and it's a seven point game, we had our chances to get back into ...
MICHAEL GRANT We dug too big a hole to get out of. I'm really proud of our effort and the fact we battled back so ...
LARRY BAKER We just didn't take care of the ball. They played very hard to get back into this game.
LEONARD BUTLER He's close. He's real close. It's just getting into game rhythm-that's all that is. It's not his tec...
DAVE ESQUER In that third quarter, they were able to get some rebounds on the offensive end that helped them get...
ANTHONY HOUSTON Prior to [the interception], we were just trying to get out of the half. But when we get the pick an...
DON BROWN We were trying to match their physical play. It was getting frustrating. We could never get into the...
BERNIE BUNIAK We had a couple of balls where if they get down early instead of being caught, it's a different game...
BOBBY PIERCE Even the guys that started last year for us have gotten better. We're better than we were in the spr...
ERIC PRICE We got down by a large margin pretty early on the road. It's kind of hard to get back in the game.
CURTIS JERRELLS It came at the right time. After a tough loss like that, it helped to have a bye week so we didn't h...
GREG ESLINGER If we go out there on our first shift and we bang some bodies or even if we get hit, that gets us in...
ANDY BRANDT We practiced against their full-court pressure. We knew that if we got the ball to the middle we cou...
JASON WINFREY We just reached down deep inside and decided that we weren't going to fade into the night. We fought...
MARC HIGDON We came back here today (with the distractions) taking the approach that this is another away game. ...
JAY ARTALL We had some defensive lapses early in the game and then we found a way to get back into the game. Th...
EMEKA OKAFOR We had trouble during that first quarter. We had some decent shots that we didn't make. That has bee...
GRANT SMITH We struggled in the first half. We woke up a little [in the fourth quarter] and started to put the b...
FRED GRAHAM It was a good game. We started out behind in the first quarter and then the second and third were pr...
BRUCE MOORE Nick had a tough first inning on the mound, but after that he settled down and did a great job today...
MARK RIGGIN We learn from past games if we get down [early] like that. We just have to keep telling ourselves th...
KATE MCHARG That was a big match for us because it was one we felt we should get. They started out very strong a...
JAY HUFF We started getting passive in the fourth quarter. We didn't take some of the shots we normally take.
MICHAEL TELLER In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them...
JARED ALLEN Their zone hurt us, especially our post players. It took them a long time to adjust. That, and we mi...
JANET ELEAZAR We had a tough loss last week, but this win really does help our momentum. We didn't let the game sl...
ALAN HAFFORD This is the first time we've had an income in the first quarter since 2000. This was another piece o...
MICHAEL YACKIRA They work a lot harder than they used to. They just came out off the bat and were all over us just l...
JAY PANDOLFO All of our energy, all of our preparation is going into this game. We hope that our kids will get to...
DOUG SNYDER Their pressure on us way out past the 12[-meter arc] was something different that we haven't seen in...
HOLLY MCGARVIE Jimmy did a lot of good things offensively. We're just trying to get Jimmy back into the flow. He st...
CHRIS HARRIS
DAN CORBIN I called a time-out and told the kids that they could either quit or try and get back into the game....
JASON HARLOW
Just getting back into the game and making it a game is all heart. It feels bad, though, because we ... ALLEN IVERSON All game, we were just a hair slow getting out on (Clark). Then, every time it looked like we might ...
BRAD KROUSE With him, we need to get him a touch every time down the floor. Some of the times we got away from t...
DARIN HAZEL We had the lead in the first quarter. We just didn't get back in transition the way we did in the ot...
FRED STEWART I think when they got out to an early lead it was tough for us to get back on track, but we did. We ...
DREW STAFFORD We were 17 down. We had to go out and get the ball back, ... Seventeen points in the first quarter, ...
CATO JUNE We just dug ourselves a hole and had to fight back all game. And it was tough to dig out of that hol...
CURTIS HINES Any time you fall behind, it does take a lot of energy to get back into it. We did a good job in the...
COCO MILLER I thought we got down early but we had a great second quarter and got back in the game.
MIKE ANGEL We had such a rough start, being down so early, by so much and still keeping our composure. We just ...
KARL DORRELL (In the first half) we started to get into their tempo. We wanted to stay away from that.
KATIE GEARLDS When you play a competitive game like this, it's going to be a game of runs. We had one early and th...
RON ROSE We just didn't hit the ball. She (Witte) pitched well, but I thought we had a chance because we were...
MATT ANASTASIO We had the win in our back pocket, trying to hold on, but we couldn't put it away. It's always tough...
MAUREEN MCVEY That started in the first quarter, but it actually goes back to the Seattle game. I don't know if we...
MIKE D'ANTONI It's just something where we are trying to get back on track. It was tough to lose, especially on Su...
BRANDON FARR Layton's always kind of been the barometer of where we're at as a team. I thought we got that early ...
LARRY HADLEY Having to fight back like we did I think showed a lot of heart. We played an open game tonight and I...
ADAM FOOTE We didn't get it down low as much as we wanted to early on. Then in the second half, we started flas...
ERIC BARR I think they had the swagger we usually carry. It seemed like we got frustrated, and we let down ins...
ALEXIS HORNBUCKLE They controlled the boards on us. They would get two or three shots and we were only getting one sho...
JAY RANSOM When you apply that much pressure, it takes a lot of energy. We applied in the first quarter and it ...
LARRY MCKISSACK The key to that game was that we started communicating. We got caught up in the atmosphere and it wa...
BRIAN BYRD It seemed like we were playing catchup (the whole game). We were out of it early in the third quarte...
STEVE SPURRIER We're trying to get the routine to look the best it can and trying to get all the little things that...
CINDY CLOUGH You always want to win your first game because it does set the tone for the season. Being a new staf...
PETE ADRIAN Manual had us out of sorts early on. I don't want to take anything away from Manual, but you can't g...
CHRIS WOLFE The loss was very tough on them. With 32 seconds left [and a four point lead], we were planning on m...
GEORGE PORCHA That year we had that big lead early [in the season], but this year has been a tough fight. That tim...
JEFF WILLIAMS When they get it going on all cylinders, the game can slip away, and in a hurry. We already know tha...
LOUIS ORR We're a third-quarter team. We know that the first two minutes of the third quarter are going to dic...
BRIAN ZOUBEK They had started to get the momentum, and we had to take it back.
KAREEM CARTER In a lot of our games we started down, so the kids don't panic if we get down in the first half. (Gr...
ANDY RUCKER As bad as we played defensively we were in the game the first half but then we come out and take the...
JAY KARLINS We wanted to get the ball down low and we just attacked them early in the game. And then that opened...
MIKE GORDON It was a tough game. We stayed composed this time. We had some momentum going into the fourth quarte...
JOE HARDEN Not really cutting hard with the pep in our step as we had in the first quarter and second quarter. ...
DWANE CASEY Missing basically all of last year, I'm just trying to get back into the game and get some timing.
LOU MERLONI It felt like we were in control the whole time. You try not to get that feeling too early because yo...
COURTNEY THOMPSON That was a big win. Last time, we had several opportunities to put the game away early and didn't ta...
DALE CUTSFORTH We played about a quarter and a half tonight. But we played the fourth quarter with some fight to ge...
BERNIE BICKERSTAFF It was a game of spurts. We had a couple of good spurts and they had a couple of good ones. I'm just...
JAMES GAMBLE It was really frustrating for the first five minutes of the game. I just felt we couldn't get into a...
DEBBIE MERRILL We had to bounce back. We wanted to get a win and we did. We buckled down in the fourth quarter.
ZACH RANDOLPH We have to take whatever positives there are away from this series. We have to keep battling. After ...
MATT DIBLASI After the first 20 minutes or so of the game, we were strong. We controlled the pace of the game. It...
KATE CRISAFI In the first quarter we were a little slow to get into our motion. Our job is to come off the bench ...
CARLOS ARROYO We just knew we had to be mentally tough once the ceremonies were over. We had to get down to busine...
DWAYNE LEE We know they have a lot of long, athletic guys that like to take it up and down the floor a lot. The...
ALEX LEWIS It's not the result we wanted in our last regular season home game, that's for sure, and we're disap...
DAVE SARACHAN We left too many people on early in the game and it came back to haunt us. We had seven hits, we jus...
MIKE PIRTLE We had a real tough second quarter, a really devastating second quarter, probably the worst we've ha...
BOB KOSKOSKY We wanted to press early and often to get to their bench. But we would get a turnover and just turn ...
BRIAN ROBINSON It was really frustrating because we couldn't get stops when we needed to get back in the game. We t...
CORY LEWIS Look around the league and look in the faces of other teams that are winning; the guys that have bro...
BRAD LUKOWICH This is a huge win for us. We had to get Anthony back into the game. We needed that experience and w...
CLAIR COSTELLO We had several opportunities to take over and find a way to get back in the game and it just didn't ...
JEFF NEUBAUER It wasn't supposed to be a tough match. First off we were a little hesitant and didn't really get se...
JOSH NOLAND The key for us is to not back down. We have to realize that until the game is over we have a chance ...
ADAM PASCAL [?] For me, it has to be mentality, ... We have to go into games with the mentality that we're not g...
JASON KREIS We did a good job defensively early on. We shot the ball really poorly in the first quarter, but fro...
BOB FEASEL We're going to take it one week and one game at a time. Not getting to play in that game was so toug...
COLIN JONES I think we were all pressing a little bit in the first game out the first couple of innings. I tried...
DANIEL HEATWOLE We take each game as it comes. You don't want to overlook anybody, because it's real easy to get coc...
DARCI LEWIS We were taken to the woodshed offensively in that first quarter. We couldn?t run the ball. We couldn...
MIKE MARTZ We really were just a couple of plays away from turning that thing around. It wasn't like we played ...
KIRK MORRISON It's tough to take, because we had one little job to do and we didn't get it done. Probably what's m...
MATT BRYANT With five minutes left in the game and it's a seven point game, we had our chances to get back into ...
MICHAEL GRANT We dug too big a hole to get out of. I'm really proud of our effort and the fact we battled back so ...
LARRY BAKER We just didn't take care of the ball. They played very hard to get back into this game.
LEONARD BUTLER He's close. He's real close. It's just getting into game rhythm-that's all that is. It's not his tec...
DAVE ESQUER In that third quarter, they were able to get some rebounds on the offensive end that helped them get...
ANTHONY HOUSTON Prior to [the interception], we were just trying to get out of the half. But when we get the pick an...
DON BROWN We were trying to match their physical play. It was getting frustrating. We could never get into the...
BERNIE BUNIAK We had a couple of balls where if they get down early instead of being caught, it's a different game...
BOBBY PIERCE Even the guys that started last year for us have gotten better. We're better than we were in the spr...
ERIC PRICE We got down by a large margin pretty early on the road. It's kind of hard to get back in the game.
CURTIS JERRELLS It came at the right time. After a tough loss like that, it helped to have a bye week so we didn't h...
GREG ESLINGER If we go out there on our first shift and we bang some bodies or even if we get hit, that gets us in...
ANDY BRANDT We practiced against their full-court pressure. We knew that if we got the ball to the middle we cou...
JASON WINFREY We just reached down deep inside and decided that we weren't going to fade into the night. We fought...
MARC HIGDON We came back here today (with the distractions) taking the approach that this is another away game. ...
JAY ARTALL We had some defensive lapses early in the game and then we found a way to get back into the game. Th...
EMEKA OKAFOR We had trouble during that first quarter. We had some decent shots that we didn't make. That has bee...
GRANT SMITH We struggled in the first half. We woke up a little [in the fourth quarter] and started to put the b...
FRED GRAHAM It was a good game. We started out behind in the first quarter and then the second and third were pr...
BRUCE MOORE Nick had a tough first inning on the mound, but after that he settled down and did a great job today...
MARK RIGGIN We learn from past games if we get down [early] like that. We just have to keep telling ourselves th...
KATE MCHARG That was a big match for us because it was one we felt we should get. They started out very strong a...
JAY HUFF We started getting passive in the fourth quarter. We didn't take some of the shots we normally take.
MICHAEL TELLER In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them...
JARED ALLEN Their zone hurt us, especially our post players. It took them a long time to adjust. That, and we mi...
JANET ELEAZAR We had a tough loss last week, but this win really does help our momentum. We didn't let the game sl...
ALAN HAFFORD This is the first time we've had an income in the first quarter since 2000. This was another piece o...
MICHAEL YACKIRA They work a lot harder than they used to. They just came out off the bat and were all over us just l...
JAY PANDOLFO All of our energy, all of our preparation is going into this game. We hope that our kids will get to...
DOUG SNYDER Their pressure on us way out past the 12[-meter arc] was something different that we haven't seen in...
HOLLY MCGARVIE Jimmy did a lot of good things offensively. We're just trying to get Jimmy back into the flow. He st...
CHRIS HARRIS
