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vs. Florida Tech
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Postgame Quotes
1/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2009
Florida Atlantic Head Coach Mike Jarvis
Opening Comments:
"We lost to a good team on the road. There are two things to look at during a game. One is rebounds which were even. The other is assist-to-turnover ratio which we lost. Too many times, especially in crucial situations, we had turnovers. You're not going to win on the road against a team like this."
On Middle Tennessee's game-winning play:
"We were thinking maybe we could deny them enough to get a five second penalty. The one thing that wasn't supposed to happen was for us to let them get between us and the basket. At the worst we would force overtime. We can't make mental mistakes at crucial times in the game.
"I give Middle Tennessee credit. They are a good team. They stayed with their stuff and won the game. Middle was able to convert on some key steals and hit some big threes."
On FAU's performance tonight compared to other games vs. Sun Belt opponents:
"We've been playing better. We've had chances in some past games. Better is not good enough. We've got too many guys playing too many minutes, but this is the way it's going to be. These guys playing 38 to 39 minutes are going to have to get used to it because that's what we've got. Hopefully, we won't make as many mistakes."
On FAU early-season injuries:
"Every team is going to have to play through injuries. When you are at the mid-major level, you don't have a bench full of McDonalds All-Americans. Having one your best players go down can really mess up your team. You have to find a way to make it work with what you've got."
Head Coach Kermit Coach Davis
On tonight's game:
"I saw this coming from the last couple days of practice. We were good but we didn't have the edge we needed to. I'm extremely proud of the win. A league win is a league win and we'll take it. I give a lot of respect to (FAU Coach) Mike (Jarvis), his staff and his players. I thought they controlled the tempo. They made big plays when they needed to. I think in the end our experience won out. We need to work on defense. They shot 48 percent which is too high. We never got in a rhythm offensively until about the last eight minutes."
On the game-winning play:
"It was supposed to go to Nigel Johnson. I put Kevin Kanaskie (throwing the ball) in there because he makes the right decisions. He threw it right to Desmond Yates who advanced it to Demetrius Green. I said if they stopped us around halfcourt to call a timeout but Demetrius was open and went right to the basket and made a nice play off two feet."
On the thought of a charge on last play:
"I was nervous and they got back on defense but Demetrius had great body control and avoided the charge. It was a great pass and he made a great finish. That was good for him; He didn't come out with a lot of energy and just wasn't defending. The whole team looked like we lost that bounce we've been playing with on the road. We have to be better than that on Saturday against FIU."
On close conference wins:
"Last year Western Kentucky and South Alabama ended up winning a lot of these kinds of games. Teams that are doing well in their leagues win games like this. There are good players everywhere. We're excited about the win; we made plays at the end. We have to get better and find ways to win."
MT senior guard Kevin Kanaskie:
On poor shooting:
"I don't know what the problem was. We were missing everything in the first half. We held them to 26 points but we only scored 22 in the first half and we can't do that and expect to do well."
On FAU's defense:
"I think we just had an off night but they were really guarding Desmond well and going under our screens and sagging inside."
On what led to rough start:
"We didn't practice well the last couple of days and we need to practice better to play better."
MT senior guard Demetrius Green
On the last play:
"Nigel (Johnson) was supposed to get the ball but it didn't work out. Kevin made a nice pass to Desmond and he made a good pass to me. I knew I had to finish and I did.
On possible charge on the last play:
"I knew they would call a charge because he had his feet set so I had to avoid that and get the shot off."
On coming back home:
"It was tough to play here tonight being the first game back off the road trip. But we just have to keep playing hard, practicing hard and getting better every day."
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