University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Postgame Quotes
1/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
January 5, 2006
Johnny Jones (head coach)
“This was a big win for our program. We played a very good basketball team tonight. Louisiana-Lafayette is picked to win our division. We did a good job of defending the entire game. Southall (Michael) is a tough match-up for anybody.”
“I was pleased with my team’s poise. Louisiana-Lafayette made a run at us, but we remained focused and were able to hold them off. We made big free throws when we needed to and continued to rebound the basketball well.”
On getting a lead with only one starter on the floor
“I like our team as a whole. It is not about who starts or comes off the bench, the bottom line is winning.”
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE POSTGAME QUOTES
Robert Lee (head coach)
“We’ve got to do a much better job coaching our guards. There just wasn’t enough good play in our backcourt tonight. We didn’t guard on the perimeter and let them penetrate too easily. I thought we had great play from our inside guys. There just was not enough consistent play from our backcourt. We’re not going to win like that.”
“I thought we did a decent job in the second half on defense, but we gave up 50 points in the first half to them and you’re not going to win coming out and starting off like that. We can’t wait until the second half to start defending our opponent. We gave them a tremendous amount of confidence in that first half.”
