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Coaches quotes: NC State-New Orleans
11/18/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Coaches Quotes
November 18, 2007
NC State head coach Sidney Lowe
“We had an opportunity to stretch that 11-point lead, but we came down and turned it over a couple times and missed a few free-throw shots. We made careless plays and let them stay in the ball game.”
“We didn’t have urgency. They kept their thumb on us and we didn’t execute like we should. Our defense let us down because they were running all around us.”
“All their players were active on the boards and had 13 rebounds over us. That hurt us. They were able to put the ball on the floor and get past us. J.J. [Hickson] was trying to block shots, and that left his guy open to get the offensive rebounds.”
“We executed plays that were supposed to go to J.J. but we weren’t able to get the ball to him.”
“It’s picking those shots, when to shoot and when not to. Courtney [Fells] had a few opportunities, but not many. We need him to shoot more, but this game he was busy running around trying to guard [James] Parlow and that’s a tough job.”
“With J.J. being in that line-up, Ben [McCauley], Dennis [Horner], and Trevor [
“I told our guys that this game means respect. This game puts UNO basketball on the basketball map. Our guys played so hard tonight. I told them before the game that no matter the score, don’t look at the scoreboard, to just play hard for 40 minutes. And we played defense for 40 solid minutes tonight.”
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“We talked before the game about Gardner-Webb beating
