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...
allowing good great offensive ourselves playing stop team together
We're too good of an offensive team to play the way we've been playing offensively. Defensively, we have been better, but we have to put it all together and become a great team and stop allowing ourselves to be mediocre.
against came good illinois ourselves played reasons senior team ten took win
I think we took a good step. Illinois played the same team (winning 61-42). And in the back of our minds, we were measuring ourselves against them. One of the reasons I came back as a senior was to win a Big Ten championship.
night ours team win
I was a little surprised. Honestly, I didn't think we were going to win by 30. But you know, every team has their night and we had ours tonight.
allow band ourselves
We just can't allow ourselves to get down. This is when we have to band together.
barely beat free missed
It was huge. They barely missed any free throws. They beat us on the free-throw line.
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.