Patrick Sparks
Patrick Sparks
against came care chance everybody house took top
It's going to be us against a lot of orange. They came into our house and took care of us, and we've got to go down there and take care of business. ... This is a chance to show everybody that we can play with the top teams.
bring slow
It should slow the turnovers down and bring the assists up.
ask good job taking
They did a good job of taking away the three. We had the shot, and that's all you can ask for.
closing driving extra giving hit hitting near passes quick shots trying
They were closing out on me quick and giving me driving lanes. I was able to hit some mid-range shots and make some extra passes in there. Then I started hitting some threes there near the end trying to get us back. It just wasn't enough.
hot looked
They were pretty high, weren't they? I thought we looked hot out there.
shakes
Take out our center, it shakes things up.
hit seemed turn
It seemed like I'd hit one, but they'd turn around and hit one, too. It really didn't matter.
ball felt half hitting knew knock quick second
We knew we weren't hitting in the first half and we knew we were going to have to knock down shots. Then the first one I hit in the second half felt real good, then I got another one, got the ball to me pretty quick after that. Once I got two in a row, I felt pretty good.
advantage guys people played second stepped tonight took veteran
I thought we responded well to it, the veteran guys stepped up, started the first half, started the second half, played well. People got some opportunities tonight and I think they took advantage of it.
capable gave hard stepped tonight
When we're in the spread, it's hard to guard. Joe's a capable player, and he really stepped up tonight and gave us what we needed.
teams
We play two top-10 teams (this) week. It's in our hands.
expect fighting game kentucky people since
A lot of people expect Kentucky to play on the weekend. We've been down here since Thursday, and we've been fighting two games. We've made it to the weekend, and we'll just keep it going game by game.
extra found guys open passes teammate today
A lot of guys were open today and I just made a lot of extra passes when I could have shot, but I found a teammate who had a better shot.
ended free knocked throws
They knocked the free throws down and ended the game.