Patrick Sparks
Patrick Sparks
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.
shakes
Take out our center, it shakes things up.
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.
bad felt losses needed senior
It's something I felt like I needed to do. I apologized for the losses and the way I had been playing. This is my senior year, and I don't want to go out on a bad note. I just want us to play for each other when we're on the court.
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.
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.
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.
hit seemed turn
It seemed like I'd hit one, but they'd turn around and hit one, too. It really didn't matter.
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.