University of North Texas Athletics
South Alabama Quotes
1/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NORTH TEXAS vs.
Thursday, January 31, 2008 / The Super Pit
HEAD COACH JOHNNY JONES QUOTES
“I applaud our team’s effort tonight against a top notch team who had garnered Top 25 votes. This was again a total team effort. We had both of our starting post players in foul trouble but our reserves came in and played very well. The key for us was getting stops in the second half. We played very well defensively as we limited them to 26% shooting,”
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“Today is his birthday. I wish everyday was his birthday. He made some big shots for us all night including the big three pointer near the end that helped us get the win. He was also tasked with defending Bennett (Demetric), one of the top scorers in the league. He defended him well on the final play of the game,”
On Post Players (Justin Howerton and Kedrick Hogans)
“I thought both young men came in and gave us a boost. They made contributions offensively in the post and knocked down key free throws. I was very impressed with their defensive effort. Howerton is a big body down low and clogged up the middle. Hogans is not as big, but is one of our better post defenders. Again both guys gave us a boost tonight with both Williams (
On Dez Willingham’s injury
“He will be evaluated again tomorrow. We think it may not be as serious as first thought. He may have dislocated his knee cap, but we think he could be back in the fold soon,”
