Maurice Ager
Maurice Ager
Maurice Darnell Ageris an American former professional basketball player. He played collegiately for the Michigan State Spartans from 2002 until 2006. The 6' 5"guard was best known for being salary filler in the 2008 trade between the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey Nets, which centered on all-stars Jason Kidd and Devin Harris. An accomplished music producer, Ager was considered for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his song "Far From Home." Ager released his debut album, Moe Town Vol. 1...
barely beat free missed
It was huge. They barely missed any free throws. They beat us on the free-throw line.
beating confidence race ranked road team ten win
Beating a ranked team at their crib, that's huge. For this Big Ten race, that's something that we need. As a team, we have confidence we can win on the road now. It's huge. That's all I can say.
beat key passing tough
When we play that way, it's tough to beat us. The key was passing the way we did.
beat played smart supposed
Give them credit, they played hard, and we didn't play smart enough. A lot of times they beat us to the ball. That's not supposed to happen.
beat defend points score
You can score a lot of points and still lose. But I think if we defend like we did tonight, we can beat a lot of teams.
became close good high known miss playing school since
I'm going to miss playing with him. He's a good dude. I've known him since high school, and we became pretty close friends. I'm going to miss that the most.
hold mad thinking
I'm not even thinking about that. I'm not mad at him. I've never been a person to hold grudges.
game guys looks open saved stepped
I had more open looks than I've had all season. Those other two guys stepped up and saved me, no question. After the game I thanked them big-time.
gave left plenty time understood
I never gave up on myself and I understood there's plenty of time left in the season.
advance game needed
It was a game we really needed to advance (in the standings) more than the rivalry.
control gonna happened point swallow tough
It's tough because it happened so fast. At one point we were up there, and now we're at the bottom. It's tough to swallow right now. ... Things aren't always gonna go your way. That's the only way I can really look at it. Some things we can control and some we can't.
gonna point takes whatever
I want it real bad. And I'm gonna do whatever it takes for us to get it this year. Nothing else is more important at this point of the year.
close coach eight felt game sat seven shots time
I told coach I had to make up for the time I missed. I sat out for seven or eight minutes. The game was on the line. ... I just felt I had to take some shots for us to close the game out.
continue move ripe start trying week
It's a new season. We're just trying to start off ripe this week and continue to move forward.