University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas vs. Nicholls State postgame quotes
12/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
“Coach Jones wanted us to pound it inside and then kick it back out. The last few games we’ve relied too much on our outside shooting, so we wanted to focus on going inside more than we have in our previous games.”
Kendrick Davis (NT, G)
“It was very important for us to win tonight. We’ve got a nice stretch of home games coming up and it was important to start off with a win. This was a key win for us. We’ve got to take advantage of being at home and having nine straight games at the Super Pit.”
“We wanted to start out by going inside with the ball tonight. That always makes it easier for us shooting from the outside. It’s hard to stop Jeffrey (Simpson) and (Justin) Barnett, but for the last couple of games we’ve been relying too much on our outside shooting and not going inside to them.”
Johnny Jones (head coach)
“I thought our guys played well tonight. We tried to concentrate on our post play and take advantage of our size against them. Of course, that made it harder for us defending them on the other end and trying to slow down their outside shooters. I didn’t like that we gave up 82 points, but they’re a good shooting team.”
“Our guards have been carrying us the last few games, but our post players came up big tonight and played well. We’ll need that from them down the road.”
“I think we’re off to a great start at home. We’ve got
