Royce Chadwick
Royce Chadwick
confidence games goes opportunity ourselves played psyche quickly ready rebound road talk team time
Our psyche has always been up and down. We've got to get our confidence back up. We'll have to quickly rebound and get ready to play. With the travel, we'll have time to talk about it. If we get there on the time and everything goes smooth, we'll be all right. We'll have the opportunity to get ourselves ready to play. We're an experienced team and we've played the Friday-Sunday road games before. We know how to do it. We just have to get ready.
leadership push ups
When we get on a roll, we've got enough leadership to push them through the ups and downs.
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Our players are very excited to play on TV so all their families can watch. We're down to late February and every game is of the utmost importance. It's nice to be home, and we have a lot of positive things in our favor. We're looking forward to a big crowd.
came free hit line percentage played shot stood throw
We played real well to start. We came out and stood toe-to-toe with them and slugged it out. They hit some threes and shot a blistering percentage early. We had some inopportune turnovers and put them on the free throw line too many times.
defend hit
We play defense, but we don't specifically play to defend the 26-foot 3-pointer, and they hit some of those.
needed
We did the things we needed to win. We just didn't do enough of them.
almost bench came carried four hit michele points rebounds saved shooting tonight
We didn't play very well tonight to tell you the truth. If our bench didn't come to the rescue, we would have been in trouble. Michele Hagan had a big night with 13 points and 13 rebounds in 13 minutes. That's almost a triple-double. And Jill saved us in the first half. We weren't shooting very well, and she came in and hit some threes and got four rebounds. The bench carried us tonight.
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We played our best basketball of the season in the first half. We were very aggressive and shot the ball very well.
focus high today tournament
We get to go into the tournament on a high note. We had to get a 'W' today to get our focus right going into the tournament.
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They've got big post players. They're a smash-mouth MAC (Mid-American Conference) type team. And, they're good at home. They're a lot quicker and have more hop in their step at home. They're also starting to get some kids back from injuries. They're very good team.
leave powerful stone
SMU is really good. They're a powerful and intelligent team. If you give them a seam, they're going to take it. We're going to try not to leave any stone unturned.
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They came out on fire, with 24 points at the ten minute mark. We weathered the storm of the first ten minutes.
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Sunday games are very difficult games. When you have to travel like Southern Miss had to, it takes a lot out of you.
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We just had a good team effort tonight. That's the number one seed, we're in the top five. It should be that kind of game.