Trent Strickland
Trent Strickland
boards came crashed game harder jump wanting
They came out from the jump wanting to win. They crashed the boards hard, they did everything a lot harder than we did. ... They just wanted this game harder than we did tonight.
defensive game guess highest intensity relaxed thinking
I thought we had the game secured. But I guess that's when we all started thinking that. I just think we got a little relaxed and our defensive intensity wasn't at its highest peak.
advantage defensive game highest intensity relaxed took
I thought we had the game secure, but we got a little relaxed and our defensive intensity wasn't at its highest peak, and they took advantage of it.
game hurt job needed senior step team
I just think that some of us, like myself, didn't step up and get the job done like we needed to do. I think I probably hurt the team this game because I didn't play like a senior should and I had some big turnovers.
giving leaving seniors talked year
We showed a lot of heart. We seniors talked a lot about giving it all we had and leaving everything on the floor. We've thought all year that we were better than we have showed.
knew looking seconds three
(Prosser) called the play for Justin, and I was looking for him. I glanced up and there were only three seconds left, so I knew I had to do something.
advantage beginning came intensity took
We didn't have the intensity that we had at the beginning of the game. They took advantage of it and came back.
win
We've got to play with a hunger. We've got to want a win and we've got to get a win.
fight people sit trample
You know what? The only thing we can do is keep fighting. If we're going to go down, we're going down with a swing. We're not just going to sit there and let people just trample on us. We're going to get up and go fight back.
coaches dribble focused good job listening report scouting
We focused on him in the scouting report and in practice. We just didn't come out and do a good job like we should have by listening to the coaches about making him dribble and take it to the basket.
chance stay winning
We've got a chance to come out and keep flying. As long as we're winning and still have this feeling, then I think we should stay airborne.
supposed team tougher
We're supposed to be a rebounding team and that just showed that they were tougher than we were out there.
agent career forest graduation great heading hired houston matt nelson trade wake year
This year was a little disappointing but I had a great career at Wake Forest and wouldn't trade it for anything. I've hired an agent in Matt Nelson from Houston and after graduation I'll be heading to Houston to work-out and get myself in shape.
harder matter played team tougher
No matter what we say, the stats show they played harder and were the tougher team today.