Contesting Quotes

You have to take your hat off to Kobe. Kobe hit some tough shots. We double-teamed him and I thought we were there and contesting the shots on the four jumpers he hit. Down the stretch, he won the game for them. - Mike Brown

When you're contesting those jumpers, yeah, it's tough to watch. But you know, it happened and you've got to deal with it. When you play ball, when you play sports, your failures go with success. You've got to be able to endure both. - Jalen Rose

We work on contesting every day for 20 minutes. My guys are mad at me, 'Why we got to do this?' Because it's a three-point shot, you got to contest it. - Gary Waters

We weren't helping, weren't contesting and weren't moving our feet. Too many defensive breakdowns. We have to be able to go toe-to-toe and be tougher than the other team. - Larry Strawoet

We really got their attention tonight at halftime. We knew going into the game that they (UTA) was a good rebounding team. Early in the game, we were not getting out and contesting shots and they responded by shooting 62 percent. - Orlando Early

We really buckled down on defense in the second half. We limited their second shots and contested most of their shots. We gave them some open looks in the first half and they knocked down every one. We did a better job of contesting the shots in the second half. - Kent Houser

We realized our potential tonight. We took care of the ball and took selective shots. We did a nice job of moving our feet on defense and contesting shots. - Chuck May

We played the European champions today, and we should have won that game. But there's a lot of encouragement to be taken, especially the lineout contesting, which was excellent. Nick Kennedy was superb. - Bob Casey

We played really well today. We were very unselfish and passed the ball well. They shot more than 50 percent from the floor in the first half and I explained to them that we needed to do a better job of contesting shots. In the second half, we made the necessary adjustments and it really feels good to get this first one on the road. - Orlando Early