Ron Jirsa
Ron Jirsa
Ronald Howard "Ron" Jirsais an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Radford. He has previously been the head coach at the University of Georgia and Marshall University...
ball difficult free hit mark patton second throws took
It was difficult because they took away Mark Patton early. We were able to get him the ball in the second half, but (in the meantime) we were able to hit enough three-pointers and we made free throws down the stretch.
hard run stands
That run stands out a little more when you don't play hard in the first half. We should have been working the whole night.
against evaluate fall nice night quick start team tomorrow win work
It's nice to get a win against a team that was very quick and athletic. We got to evaluate some things, and we'll work on them tomorrow night and then in the fall when we start practice.
concerned
We're more concerned with what we're doing and how we can improve.
couple played shooter
We had a couple of (miscues) but we didn't let it get us down. We fouled the three-point shooter (Willingham) but we didn't let it extinguish our fire. We played well in overtime.
hit miles moved shot step stops
We had some stops and shot well in transition. Miles moved around and hit some shots. We need the shooters to step up.
contribute couple days help mark
With only a couple of days at practice, Mark was able to come in and contribute and help us out in the backcourt on this trip.
ball reason whatever
We called the play, we got the ball to Mark. For whatever reason we didn't get it in the basket, and then we didn't back on defense.
catch foul good hands july somewhere tremendous turn until
He won't turn 18 until July 25, or somewhere around there. He has a lot of tremendous upside. He has very big hands and can catch it. He's a very good foul shooter.
effort either great half level needed poise
We've relied on our effort level and our poise and we didn't have either one tonight. Our effort level in the first half was a big key. We did not have great effort and we needed to have great effort.
month tougher
We are going to have to get tougher if we are going to go on through this month and make anything happen.
appreciate guys move president saying team thinks
Our team doesn't read the papers, and I don't think our guys look for those things. I appreciate president Kopp saying what he thinks and we'll move on from there.
corey great looked stretch
I thought Corey Rouse was great down the stretch and really looked good.
effort hard played plays shots
I think we played hard enough and with effort but we didn't make plays down the stretch. We have to make shots when we're doing the hard work.