Marshall Strickland
Marshall Strickland
Marshall Stricklandis an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball at Indiana University for four years from 2002 to 2006. He is originally from Kingston, Massachusetts and went to Winchendon Prep in Winchendon before transferring to South Carroll High School in Carroll County, Maryland. He is 6 ft 2 intall and weighs 195 pounds. He is the son of Marshall and Joanna Strickland, and younger brother of former Maryland Terrapins star Marche Strickland...
defense difficult job throw took tough trap trying zone
It was difficult trying to get use to their defense, especially with Northwestern's zone trap. The trap was really tough and it took us out of our rhythm. It was my job to try to throw that trap off.
career hard help nice playing reach sure team
It will be a nice accomplishment to have when I reach 1,000 career points. I am not sure where I am at right now, but I am just going to keep playing hard and try to help this team win.
ball cuts harder key movement plays running
We started making harder cuts and concentrated running our plays correctly. That's probably the key to ball movement and getting better shots.
ball changing deny double mess might rhythm straight
We're going to give them different looks. We might double at times, or we might play them straight up, or we might deny them the ball sometimes. We'll keep changing it and try to mess up their rhythm a little bit.
ball cuts execution harder key movement plays running second stepped
I think our execution really stepped up in the second half. We started making harder cuts and really concentrating on running our plays correctly. That was probably the key to the ball movement and better shots.
gets great guy needs rhythm starts
He's a guy who just needs to get in his rhythm. He's a rhythm player, and once he gets in his rhythm he starts making really great plays.
beating expect happy
We didn't expect that. We were as happy as they were that we won, but it wasn't like we were unranked beating the No. 1 team.
hear sure whatever
We will hear it from him first. Whatever happens, I'm sure we'll hear it from him first.
confidence mind watching
We don't mind watching him. We have confidence in him.
build carry despite fact moving playing
We need to build on this one. Despite the fact we're going on the road, I feel like we're moving in the right direction. We're playing with a lot of energy, and I think we can carry over to Purdue.
expect eyes games opened win
We opened up some eyes. We didn't expect to get a six. Now it's up to us to go out and win some games this weekend.
needs open team
We're a team that needs to make open threes. When we make those, we open up everything for Marco and all the other guys.
coming four good job last open paint piece process regardless situation trying
We were actually trying to get Marco open on that last play. Dials was coming through the paint and it was my job to get Marco open so he could get the ball. In the process I got a good piece of Dials and he went right through me. Regardless of the situation we were going at Dials because he had four fouls.
couple execute feeling game games plan trying win wins
We're just trying to play, execute our game plan and win games. We need a couple wins to get that feeling back.