Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers....

They have great poise and when you mix poise with balance it gives you a chance to win every night. When you’re playing a team with tremendous poise you have to have that yourself. We’ve...

It’s nice to get a win against a team that was very quick and athletic. We got to evaluate some things, and we’ll work on them tomorrow night and then in the fall when we...

I’m glad we were able to figure it out because we’ve been pressing for a win. Every win is so important.

We had a couple of (miscues) but we didn’t let it get us down. We fouled the three-point shooter (Willingham) but we didn’t let it extinguish our fire. We played well in overtime.

Gomez had a perfect night. Their inside players played really well. They are bigger than we are across the board and we didn’t respond by playing harder or going to the basket stronger.

We’ve been trying to get a great effort. I think this was our best effort game since I’ve been here.

Mark Dorris has a lot of quickness. If he continues to work hard he could find a niche for us.

We’ve done some of that and it’s good for us to know just how much we still can improve at this late point of the season.

That’s two in a row. He has to understand what he did and see if he can put it together for three straight. He has to play within the concept. He knows what we need...

We’ve been through the league and we’ve seen what we need to do to improve and we’ve addressed those needs (in recruiting).

We called the play, we got the ball to Mark. For whatever reason we didn’t get it in the basket, and then we didn’t back on defense.

I believe Adam Williams will personify our spirit and enthusiasm have at Marshall. He is an outstanding basketball player and will add to our program in many ways.

We are going to have to get tougher if we are going to go on through this month and make anything happen.

The nation will see us, not only in the movie, but with our new exposure with Conference USA. It’s a lot of exposure and a great chance to capitalize.

I’m happy for our seniors. We spent this week talking about what it was going to take and it was all about effort. That was the best way to honor our seniors.

He won’t turn 18 until July 25, or somewhere around there. He has a lot of tremendous upside. He has very big hands and can catch it. He’s a very good foul shooter.

That run stands out a little more when you don’t play hard in the first half. We should have been working the whole night.

They’re not going to allow you to set up what you’re doing. We settled down in the second half and played much more effectively. We got to the line better but during that (first half)...

I think we played hard enough and with effort but we didn’t make plays down the stretch. We have to make shots when we’re doing the hard work.

Mark is really poised for very strong senior season. He was the best player in the gym up front both nights. They had a couple of 6-8 athletic guys on each team.

We’ve relied on our effort level and our poise and we didn’t have either one tonight. Our effort level in the first half was a big key. We did not have great effort and we...

I was hoping we could sustain what we had worked up in the first half, but foul trouble really kept us from going into the second half with the same feeling we had earlier in...

We’re more concerned with what we’re doing and how we can improve.

Our team doesn’t read the papers, and I don’t think our guys look for those things. I appreciate president Kopp saying what he thinks and we’ll move on from there.

Tyler is a mobile, skilled forward with great size who is still growing. He had a tremendous senior season as a 17-year old. I believe he can continue to grow with our program and help...

Rouse got it done down the stretch.

It was difficult because they took away Mark Patton early. We were able to get him the ball in the second half, but (in the meantime) we were able to hit enough three-pointers and we...

Once you solve something, the next thing you see might be tougher. The second half, when we didn’t push it up the floor, that hurt us. You want to make them move. When they get...

This is an important month for us. I was glad we were able to get it off to a good start tonight.

We had some stops and shot well in transition. Miles moved around and hit some shots. We need the shooters to step up.

You’ve got to give East Carolina credit. They fought us off and made shots tonight. On defense they played a zone, and I thought they did a good job with that.

We need to feed off the fact that we’ve beaten them. Home or away, we’re going to give our best.

That’s the way we are looking at the game Wednesday. UAB is a great team, but now we turn our attention to Tulane in the tournament.

The effort has been better. It’s defensive execution and effort. It’s offensive effort and poise.

Hopefully this time it can carry over to the rest of the season.

Mark Patton showed us what hard work is all about.

Playing basketball is like playing the piano.

We worked hard before the game at shooting and finishing better around the basket.

I am happy to see (Bro Grebe) get into the game. We need another presence to give Mark (Patton) a break, and I hope he can come in and do that. Tonight was a good...

That’s an athletic team and that’s a physically strong team. I thought late in the game they seemed to get stronger.

It’s not necessarily about making every shot. It’s playing extremely hard and I know that’s a way to get the fans to cheer for us.

Once you solve something, it gets harder to solve the next thing. The second half, when we didn’t push it up the floor, that hurt us.

I think we are certainly playing hard enough, but we aren’t doing it over the entire game. That’s the next thing.

With only a couple of days at practice, Mark was able to come in and contribute and help us out in the backcourt on this trip.

Six out of six in the final minute; that’s the difference. That’s the difference.

I thought Corey Rouse was great down the stretch and really looked good.