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...
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.
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.
hold lead manage
Campbell, we couldn't hold the lead, and Gardner-Webb. Maine, Howard, we couldn't manage the lead late.
dribble florida kept north offensive
Dribble penetration and 21 offensive rebounds. That kept North Florida in the game.
good phases team
They're a very good team in all phases of the game.
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.
win
It's just devastating that we couldn't get the win for them. That was a big thing for us.
areas attack defending defense five leaves start
They start five guards. That leaves them some liabilities on defense because of their size. You've got some areas you can attack them. But at the same time, when you're defending them, it makes it rough.
shots
They got 14 more shots because of our turnovers. They scored off our turnovers.
andrew basketball great guys played playing
Andrew played a great game. He just played outstanding basketball. We need more guys playing at his level.
attack best
Their attack was probably more balanced. They're at their best when they're balanced.