Orlando Early
Orlando Early
Orlando Earlyis an American men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at North Carolina State University under head coach Mark Gottfried...
alan came close difference excited game guys happen locker next practices room shots shut tournament treat
I never close my practices and I shut it down on Friday. I was really excited about the way that they came out and responded. Alan Daniels was the difference tonight. He made some shots that we contested, but he made the shots. I told the guys in the locker room that I do not know what is going to happen from here on out, but we have to treat our next game as a tournament good.
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Tony has to settle down and let the plays come to him. When he struggles, we struggle. We are 12 games into the season, so I have to stop making excuses for him. I have to keep driving him, not let up, and help him become a better player.
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This is a game that is big for our guys. We have to treat this game like our first game in the Southland tournament. We have been working hard to play ULM basketball and in the second half against Lamar, we did that well. Hopefully we will be able to put 40 minutes together tomorrow.
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Texas State has not won a league game yet but are hungry for their first. They play very hard as a team, so we will have to come out ready to compete.
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I have my hands around the problem, we're not good enough yet. I have some young guys that are decently talented, but aren't ready yet. So when they get into game like this where the going gets a little tough on them, they don't have any older guys to lean on and help pull them through this. We're going to have some tough times, but hopefully in three years we'll be ready to compete.
academics added care certainly couple depth excited games gary help inside necessary proud work
We are excited to get Gary on the floor. He did the necessary work to take care of his academics and we are proud of him for that. It will take a couple games for him to get used to game speed, but he will give us added depth inside and that will certainly help us.
attention early game good knew shooting shots tonight
We really got their attention tonight at halftime. We knew going into the game that they (UTA) was a good rebounding team. Early in the game, we were not getting out and contesting shots and they responded by shooting 62 percent.
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UTSA has lost two close games on the road and they are much better than their record indicates. It is going to be tough to win on the road with a young group, especially in a hostile environment. Our main concern has to be to come out and compete on every play.
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We just did not shoot the ball well tonight. We were able to cut the lead late because our guys really hung in there and played hard until the end. Now we have to get ready for two more tough games on the road, but I really think that this is going to be a fun team to coach for the rest of the year.
austin credit friday guys high mud playing plays rely school seemed tuesday
It seemed like we were playing in mud tonight. Unfortunately, the young guys that we rely are used to playing on Tuesday and Friday in high school and just could not find it. Give Stephen F. Austin the credit - they made the plays when they had to.
good veteran
They come out like a veteran team. They are a good team.
came emotion half outer played second tough
What a tough kid. He did not play with any outer emotion in the first half, but came out in the second half and played with all his heart.
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This one was a tough one to take. We did not shoot the ball well, but still ended up shooting better than they did. We did all the little things to win, but made some critical mistakes down the stretch. Now, we just have to keep telling our guys to hold their heads high and get ready for Nicholls State on Saturday.
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Southeastern has a similar record to us, but start two seniors and three juniors. We will have to go down there and be ready for a tough game. Our goal though has to be to keep working hard and try to get better everyday.