Jack Schrader
Jack Schrader
defensive few good knocked patient played
It was lunch-bucket, blue-collar, nothing fancy. They're a good defensive team. I thought we played well defensively, and we were a little more patient and knocked down a few more shots.
best box defensive players
Derek does many things for us that don't show up in the box scores. I think that he is one of the best defensive players in the league, but doesn't get the recognition there because he doesn't get many steals.
deserved hard regular season tournament type worked
They worked hard and deserved the type of regular season they had, but it's over with. Now we go down to the tournament, and when you go to the tournament you go to win.
hit offense standing
We weren't in rhythm. We started standing around on offense and Hicks hit some shots.
ball handled players team
Every team is a little different, but this year, our perimeter players have handled the ball more in decision-making time.
becomes conference easy gets gives physical presence
As the conference gets competitive, it becomes physical, and he is our physical presence in there. Really that's what he gives us, and that's pretty easy to see.
austin both great guard job love spots
Austin is what I love in a player. He is very determined. He can play both guard spots and does a great job defensively on and off the ball.
arena coming crowd dictates last maybe players seems
It seems like something here in Pershing Arena dictates it's going to come down to the last seconds. Maybe it's just a ploy by our players to get the crowd coming back.
breaks key
They had some key breaks go their way, obviously.
conference hopefully huge last playing scholars-and-scholarship
It's a huge week. Hopefully we could be playing for a conference championship in that last game.
control field game goal hurt physical shoot tough
It was a very physical game that got out of control and that hurt our field goal percentage. It's tough to shoot when it's that physical of a game.
With us, who knows? You just don't know where it's going to come from, and our guys, when they're called upon, they answer.
early executing good half looks missed open second shots
We started out well, executing and getting open shots in rhythm. They crawled back into it right at the end of the first half, and in the second half we got some good looks early but missed them.
chip early gaining kept maturity others strength
Chip had to take his lumps early on. But he has kept gaining strength and maturity. Now he is able to demonstrate to others how things should be done.