Derek Waugh
Derek Waugh
Derek Waughcame to Dalton State in 2012 as athletic director to start up the school's first four-year intercollegiate athletic program. Prior to coming to Dalton, Derek was an assistant athletic director at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. He spent most of his time at Stetson as the head men's basketball coach, where he took over the program in 2000 at the age of 29, which made him the youngest division I head coach in the country, and finished his career...
complete hard loss motivate passion truly
I'm at a complete loss. When we play hard and play with some passion we're pretty good. I'm truly at a loss how to motivate us to do that.
defense kept offense played
Our defense was really the story for us tonight. Our offense played great, but it was the play at the other end that kept us in the game.
breathing close difference gave played prolonged run second stretch
We played very well during a prolonged stretch in the second half. That was the difference for us. It was a close game, and that run gave us some breathing room.
couple extremely fantastic karl met needs playing plays proud winning
I was proud of the way we met physicality with physicality tonight. Karl Hollingsworth was fantastic and needs to play like that every time. Lipscomb is playing extremely well right now and we were just a couple of plays away from winning this game.
hat hung work year
It's something that's killed us all year. It's something we've usually hung our hat on, but this year it hasn't been there. Rebounding is something you can work on, but it's one of those game-time things where you've just got to get it done.
master maybe plan
It's frustrating. Maybe there's a master plan for us.
add basketball best conference great heading love ncaa playing tournament winning year
We are probably playing our best basketball of the year right now, which is great heading into the conference tournament. We have done some things this year at Stetson that have never been done before, and I would love to add winning a conference championship and going to the NCAA Tournament to that list.
team until whatever
As a team we don't have it. Whatever it is, we don't have it. If we had it, we could be pretty good. But until we get it, we're not.
guys hard hung season team testament win worked
This is a really big win for this team and for our program. To get this win is a big testament to the way these guys have hung in there and worked hard all season long.
excellent fearless job offensive stepped winning
Kris is fearless with his offensive game. And he did an excellent job defensively, too. When it was winning team, he stepped up big.
defense excellent game holding last needed next problems shooting terrible tonight win year
Last year one of our problems was we'd win a game and show up and play terrible the next game. Tonight I thought our defense was excellent holding them down and the shooting (46 percent) got back to where it needed to be.
came controlled credit easily game great plan state
Give Savannah State a lot of credit. With their record, they could have easily mailed it in but they didn't. They came out with a great game plan and really controlled the tempo.
adjustment nice trapped
They made a nice adjustment on us. Trapped us a little bit, speeded us up.
beat burn gonna hard leave
If you leave them open, and they're on, they're really gonna burn you. They end up making 11 threes out of 24 attempts. It's hard to beat 'em when they do that.