Bud Childers
Bud Childers
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We expected a tough challenge today. The difference in the game at Radford was that we out-rebounded them by 14 and we hit eight out of 14 three's. So we figured that with the fact they had a week to practice basically getting ready they were going to do a good job challenging us at the 3-point line and be a little tougher on the boards. That was obviously the difference in the game.
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The staff joked that we ought to move the game to Northwestern High School because we seem to play better on the road.
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Credit this victory to some big hearts and a very determined group. We knew on this swing down here that we hadn't played good basketball in several games. We just committed ourselves to play as well as we could and the most important thing is wins and we accomplished that.
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We're disappointed in the loss. But we're encouraged by how hard we battled and look forward to the when the Flames come to the coliseum.
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We finally clicked a little bit in the second half today. Defensively we played the three-point line well in the second and we finally made some baskets. It seemed as if the lid was on the basket in the past few games, but tonight we were able to get them to fall.
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That stretch was critical, because I thought we had played great but just couldn't make a shot. When you have Tiffany Rodd and Ashley Fann open for threes as many times as they were, you're just waiting for the scoreboard to light up like a pinball machine. But the shots weren't falling.
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I anticipate a hard game. We know what Radford does. Radford knows what we do. The team that rebounds is going to be the team that puts itself in a great position to win. And in tournament play, you've got to have players step up and make shots. If you don't have players make shots, it's hard to win in tournament play.
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But Austin Peay came out and put it to us. ... If they played like that the whole game they could play with anybody in the country.
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I would categorize the season as a success in many ways. We're saying it's only the beginning. Hopefully, we'll return a good bit of our squad and keep moving forward.
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If we just could have gotten some shots to fall in the first half. We started off so well, but we just dug ourselves too big of a hole to get out of.
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She's going to make her mark here on campus in other ways than just basketball.
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She's going to have a place to play in Europe, many, many times over, if she wants to once she finishes her degree here.
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My hat's off to Liberty for defending its home court. They came out in the first half and were ready to play. It's hard to unseat the King. We had to play a little better than we did tonight in order to do so.
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When you go on the road and you're trying to steal the crown away from the champion, you can't bring your C-plus game and today we were a bit off our game. You have to credit Liberty with being physical and doing a good job at protecting its home court. We had an opportunity to get the game in our favor over the final six minutes of the first half and opening six of the second, but we couldn't take advantage.