Byron Scott Quotes

"With all the adversity we've faced, I told them before the game that you guys have always done a good job of coming together in the face of adversity. That is something we're going to have to do, not just tonight, but the rest of the season."

"It's not an achievement, it's what we expected. We've gotten to .500; now the key is to keep going. There are a lot of young guys that didn't experience the terrible season we had last year; the 19 wins is a nice accomplishment, but were looking to do bigger things this season."

"The intensity level is getting tougher because teams are fighting for the playoffs. And we haven't gotten that message yet."

"Like I told the guys, that's a good basketball team. We hung in there, we kept fighting, but that is no consolation. We still have to learn how to get over the hump."

"That's just a very good basketball team. They come with their hard hats on every night. They're not going to make a lot of mistakes."

"[The Princeton offense] is old-style basketball. Dribble, pass and shoot. I always thought it's the way the game was supposed to be played."

"Our defense took over in the fourth quarter, and I was proud of the way our team played. Even though we won the game, we have a lot of things to learn. Our athleticism and quickness are the keys to our team, and we need to use them to our advantage."

"Just bad defense on our part."

"We're excited. We bring in another athlete, a 7-foot athlete, 24 years old who runs and jumps and does a lot of the things that we want here. I think he'll fit in extremely well."

"They were playing harder. They were getting after loose balls, long rebounds. We had to match their energy. In the third quarter and fourth quarter, we did a much better job."

"Even though we won the game we have a lot of things to learn from. Our athleticism and our quickness are the keys to our team and we need to use them to our advantage."

"They said he was going to be out a minimum of two weeks and he misses one game. It just shows you the type of person that he is. He's doing some unbelievable things for this basketball team. It just shows the type of character (he has)."

"I don't think Chris will play (today). I would love to just let him relax for the next two games and see how he feels for Monday."

"I'll always bleed purple and gold, but I'm not going to give up any wins."

"I expect both those guys to get opportunities and contribute to the team. And both those guys have shown improvement from last year to this year."

"Sometimes we get ourselves into trouble on the offensive end. We might pass up a shot, but tonight we did a real good job of moving the ball around and that opened up the shots we can knock down."

"He's going to have to really grasp it a lot quicker. He seems to have some trouble with it. But once he gets there, I think he's going to be pretty good."

"I know that it's broken in two places. I would guess that he's done for the rest of the season. It's a big blow."

"Sometimes they get surprised he's so wide open. With a guard like that, you've got to keep your space and be ready to fire when the ball comes to you and take the shots that are given you. There was about four or five instances where we weren't ready to pull the trigger, and we end up making it into a bad play."