Allan Ray
Allan Ray
Allan Rayis an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played college basketball for four years at Villanova University. He played one seasonwith the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Ray is known as an above average, but streaky, three-point shooter, who is skilled at creating his own shot. At 6'3" and 205 pounds, he is an average-sized guard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth17 June 1984
CountryUnited States of America
We feel we played well, especially defensively. We felt we played a great game.
We feel we played a great game. Not many teams can shoot 31 percent and win the game.
Every shot was contested, you know? There were very few open looks. Florida did a great job of contesting our shots and made sure that we took tough shots.
I think Kyle does a great job of finding the guys who know how to score.
Monmouth is a great defensive team or they wouldn't be here. This is the NCAA Tournament and there are a lot of great teams here. We kept our composure. We knew there were times when we weren't going to be able to score, but that's when we relied on our defense to keep us in the game.
We lead in different ways. I think the team does a great job in following us. There have been times where the team has picked us up, too, and I think that's most important, that everyone is together on the team. That's what me and Randy do the most, make sure that everyone is together.
For a freshman, that was a great play, just having the confidence to go up there and make a play like that at that time in the game. He went up and challenged him and made a great play.
It was a great game. A good bounce-back game for us after losing to Canada yesterday. It showed how much pride we have in USA Basketball. After losing yesterday's game, coming out and being able to play hard today against Puerto Rico, that says a lot.
It was real hard, but it was a great learning experience. It taught us how to deal with adversity.
The real good teams and the real great teams find a way to win.
They have a couple of great shooters, and we have to get out and contest their shots. And they have a big guy down low that is going to be a handful.
Definitely, we all talked about it. We knew how they came in here and beat us pretty heavily last year. We didn't want to let that happen again, so we just came out with a great mindset, great intensity and really focused on our game plan.
Being No. 1 in the country would definitely be a great accomplishment for the school and the fans and everyone.
Their defense did a great job on us. Every shot was contested. There were very few open looks.