Matt Kiefer
Matt Kiefer
anytime arena behind fans home
Anytime you get to play at home you should feel more comfortable and relaxed. Being here in Mackey Arena with the fans behind you only helps.
beat came due fact far finish floor game happened happy hard home last nobody played playing stuck team ten wants
This was a big game for us as far as playing our rival, IU, on our home floor and they came in here and beat us. To finish last in the Big Ten is something nobody ever wants to do, but I'm happy with our team due to the fact that they stuck with it and played hard through everything that's happened to us this year.
coach far motivate painter prepare terms wants
Every game, coach Painter wants us to win. So, just because it's IU, it's not going to be any different, I don't think; as far as in terms of his nature, how he's going to coach, how he's going to motivate us, how he's going to prepare us for the game.
body eat matter season starts sure wears
As the season wears on, your body starts to wear down more and more. It's just a matter of doing things off the court, making sure you eat right and get enough sleep.
ball basket far good job position white
As far as Marcus White goes, he did a good job for us, getting the ball in the basket and getting in good position down low.
game gets hit offense stick transition
Once their offense gets rolling, the transition game gets going and they hit 3s and doing the little things, it just energizes them I think. You have to do as much as you can to try and stick with it.
good guards job scoring shows staying tight tough trailing work
That shows that they had to work for all their points. We put them into tough scoring positions, which is something they were not used to. Our guards did a good job of staying tight and trailing them.
arm ball basketball bit caught caused dunk easy far gods guess huge late plays weird
I don't know what to say about that play. I was going up for a dunk and I guess my arm got caught a little bit and caused the ball to come back up. I guess it didn't go all the way through the net. It's just one of those weird plays that the basketball gods ... they didn't let the ball go through. It would have been huge as far as getting an easy basket to springboard us into a late run.
game liked watched
It's our rival. For me, I've always liked Purdue, always watched this game and wanted to play in this game.
eight everybody flow gotten jump played seven tough
It's tough when you jump in after everybody else has played seven or eight games. He's gotten into the flow and really helped.
basketball defense good hit job kicking
They do a good job of penetrating into the defense and kicking it back out for someone to hit a three. They are a good basketball team.
biggest games huge
It's one of the biggest games we have. It would be huge for us to win.
beat team
They're our rivals. Our team is not going to let someone just come in here and beat us.
active balls defend far good hands inside loose rebounds state tough type whenever
Whenever you have the type of shooters (Ohio State has) and the inside play in (Terence) Dials, its tough to defend them. They do a lot of good things as far as being active and getting their hands on loose balls on rebounds and things of that sort.