Mark Slonaker
Mark Slonaker
Mark Slonakeris an American college basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Mercer University. He was the 2002–03 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after leading Mercer to the best one season turnaround in NCAA history, improving from 6–23 to 23–6. The team won the Atlantic Sun regular season championship with a 14–2 conference record and made school history for number of wins; Mercer won 22 games in 1923–24 and 1984–85. The season ended with...
games match tend
We're just always pretty evenly-matched. We tend to match up well, and that's why games go down to the wire. This one should, too.
academic attempts classroom efforts glad hope proud recognized repeat team
We are proud of Will's efforts in the classroom and we are glad to see that he is being recognized for his accomplishments. We hope this will bode well for him as he attempts to repeat as a first team Academic All-America selection.
capable kids
Wow. They're kids who are capable of going off for 20 (points) on you anytime.
defense good job limiting second zone
Our zone defense did a good job of limiting their penetration in the second half.
basketball defense effort win
I thought our defense was better tonight. I thought we made an effort to win the the basketball game.
correct gave handle trying
We gave up too much penetration. We've been trying to correct it all year, how to handle a 22-point lead. Keep pushing, keep driving, if we are up by 22, try to make it 30.
bounce defense frustrated good lack workouts
We'll look to bounce back. I'm frustrated but we don't want to get too discouraged. We've had good workouts and practices, but our lack of defense is perplexing.
games pose problems rest ways win
They just find ways to win games. They pose problems for us. They're 7-1 in the league; they've posed a lot of problems for the rest of the league.
coming error five half keys knew margin minutes outside second shooting zone
We knew coming in that our margin of error was slim. We wanted to play more zone but their outside shooting prevented that. Our turnovers in the first half and the first five minutes of the second half were the keys to the game.
hard hard-work lose point reward tough win
You get to the point where you have to win to reward yourself for the hard work. You don't want to lose another tough one. I didn't want to think about it.
dribble florida kept north offensive
Dribble penetration and 21 offensive rebounds. That kept North Florida in the game.
shots
They got 14 more shots because of our turnovers. They scored off our turnovers.
win
It's just devastating that we couldn't get the win for them. That was a big thing for us.
good phases team
They're a very good team in all phases of the game.