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...
ball critical ended guys heads high hold mistakes ready shoot shooting state telling tough
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.
ball coach cut fun games guys hard hung late lead played ready rest shoot team tough until
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.
game gets good guys hands help hopefully lean older pull ready three tough
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.
ball focus gary giving good guys hard helped improving james sharing shots taking
We are sharing the ball very well right now. Our guys are taking good shots for our team. Gary (Robinson) and James (Perkins) have really helped by giving us an inside-outside threat. We just want to keep working hard every day and focus on improving as a team.
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.
best coached four guys league players ready seniors starts steven three type week
This is going to be a different type of week for our team, having to play three games. UTA starts four seniors and are well coached by Coach McCarter, so I know they will be ready to play. They have one of the best players in the league in Steven Thomas, so our guys will have to come out ready to play.
coach contain good guys job leading league score scoring team
Lamar is a very good team that can really score. Coach (Billy) Tubbs does a good job of getting his guys prepared. They have a guy (Alan Daniels) who is leading the league in scoring and can score in a lot of different ways. We will have to find a way to contain him to be successful.
champion conference fights-and-fighting guys hold stand teams
I hold told our guys that in conference plays, other teams are going to keep fighting. A champion has to take the blows, stand back up and keep fighting.
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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.
game hard hungry league ready state texas won
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.
ball good looks score settle struggled
We really struggled to score the ball tonight. We had a lot of good looks but could not get them to go in. We desperately need to settle down and make those shots.
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We played really well today. We were very unselfish and passed the ball well. They shot more than 50 percent from the floor in the first half and I explained to them that we needed to do a better job of contesting shots. In the second half, we made the necessary adjustments and it really feels good to get this first one on the road.
address certainly effort felt maximum played time tonight
We played like we had been off for 13 days. Tonight was the first time during the lay-off that I felt we did not give maximum effort. I was very disappointed in our effort tonight and we will certainly address that when we get back and before Saturday.
challenge compete defeated gives good home obviously team
UTSA is obviously a pretty good team having already defeated us this season. Having them at home gives us an advantage, but we know it will be a challenge and that we will have to compete for all 40 minutes.