Ivan Radenovic
Ivan Radenovic
Ivan Radenovićis a Serbian professional basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israel Premier League. Standing at 2.09 m, he plays at the power forward and center positions. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats...
experience good last lost national playing six won year
Last year they won the national championship, this year they lost six players, but they're still playing pretty good. It's a good experience for me playing that big of a game.
good prove statement talking team time
We just have to prove we are a good team. We've been talking about being a good team the whole season. Now I think is the time to prove it and make a statement that we really are.
family good living nervous relaxed saw watching
Watching me, she got kind of nervous for the first game. Then she got kind of relaxed when she saw the way I played. It was good to have my family see where I'm living and how I'm living.
gave good terrific trailing
We were trailing most of the time, but we had them. We were good enough to win, and it showed in the way we played. We gave them a terrific game.
confidence easy good points won
This wasn't an easy win. We won by 20-(something) points but it wasn't easy. But it's good for the confidence of the team.
few finish focused good past percentage shooting taking trying
I'm being consistent. I'm trying to show I can play inside. I'm not shooting threes. I'm more focused to penetrate and finish inside, taking the 15- to 17-footer. And my percentage is good over the past few games.
beating good guess job mentally strong tonight
I guess we've been mentally strong - tonight and the whole week. We did a good job in beating two pretty good teams.
defense harder job played
We just played harder defense and did a better job in transition.
ball both caught kirk prevent scared threw
To be honest, I was scared because he had penetrated. Luckily, Kirk and I were both able to prevent him from making the pass. He just threw the ball up and caught it himself.
gave hard last played tough
We never gave up. It just showed how tough we are. We played hard to the last second.
basketball boss pressure slow state washington
We know they play slow basketball and put a lot of pressure on you and keep it that way for 40 minutes. But I think we're going to be all right. We showed who's the boss over there at Washington State and (we'll try) to do the same thing.
lots pressure slow
We know that they play slow basketball. We have to put lots of pressure on them and keep it like that for 40 minutes.
call lots
We know that the refs aren't going to call lots of fouls.
couple found inside rhythm shots teammates
I found myself in a rhythm after the first couple of shots that I got. Everything after that was easy. My teammates found me inside and I was able to convert.