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...
attacked chris game games good great guards indicator nine physical second teams
Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come.
difficult earlier eight explosive feeling foul half hit hoping kept memphis minutes overcome run second seven sustain team trouble wall worked
I was hoping we could sustain what we had worked up in the first half, but foul trouble really kept us from going into the second half with the same feeling we had earlier in the (game). Memphis has an explosive team and I think they were able to run us and we hit the wall about six, seven or eight minutes into the second half. And that made it difficult for us to overcome that run.
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.
allow ball half line needed played second settled stretch
They're not going to allow you to set up what you're doing. We settled down in the second half and played much more effectively. We got to the line better but during that (first half) stretch we weren't able to get the ball where we needed to score.
hurt might next push second solve
Once you solve something, the next thing you see might be tougher. The second half, when we didn't push it up the floor, that hurt us. You want to make them move. When they get back and it's 5-on-5, it's tougher.
gets harder hurt next push second solve
Once you solve something, it gets harder to solve the next thing. The second half, when we didn't push it up the floor, that hurt us.
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.
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.
game good happy hope mark presence sign tonight
I am happy to see (Bro Grebe) get into the game. We need another presence to give Mark (Patton) a break, and I hope he can come in and do that. Tonight was a good sign of what he can do for us.
final six
Six out of six in the final minute; that's the difference. That's the difference.
month tougher
We are going to have to get tougher if we are going to go on through this month and make anything happen.
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.
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.