Patrick Sparks
Patrick Sparks
advantage everybody gives opportunity practice
You practice like you play, and this is going to be Coach's system. This gives everybody an opportunity to start, and you've just got to take advantage of it.
played separated stretch
I thought we played them tough. But I think they did some things down the stretch that separated us.
good looked played tonight
I think we played a lot better tonight together. We just looked good out there.
joe mixing
Joe was in there mixing it up. That's what we needed.
ball calling hit hits tough
He was calling for the ball a lot. He hit some tough shots. He always hits tough shots.
anytime behind coach hit inspire jump knock saying shots smith team teammates
My whole team was behind me and saying, keep shooting. Coach Smith was saying just jump up there with confidence. We know you can hit it, so anytime your teammates and coach say that, then it's going to inspire you to knock down shots so that's what you need to do for your team.
fight sure
Being 5-5 in the conference, I'm sure we're on the bubble. But we've got to fight our way to the end.
anytime beat contest rebound shots tough
Anytime we can contest shots and rebound the way we did, it'll be tough to beat us.
athletic fight hang tried
I just tried to hang in there and fight with the bigger, more athletic guys.
ball good happened hit shots teammates tried
I hit some shots tonight, but a lot of that just had to do with, I had the ball in the right spots. My teammates set some good screens, and ... I just tried to take good shots, and they just happened to be at good times.
ball good teammates
I had the ball in the right spots. My teammates set some good screens.
foul teams
I didn't think they were going to foul me. Most teams don't want to foul me at the end, but they did.
call saw
I didn't know what happened. I thought I was going to have to call a timeout or something. It was crazy, I just saw him and I was like, get up.
couple feeling felt half hit second
The first 3 I hit in the second half felt pretty good. And once I hit a couple in a row, I was feeling really good.