St. John's University Athletics
POSTGAME QUOTES: St. John’s Men’s Basketball at DePaul
Red Storm Head Coach Mike Anderson spoke with the media following a 99-94 loss at DePaul on Sunday
Head Coach Mike Anderson…
Opening Statement…
“Congratulations to Tony [Stubblefield] and his team. I thought they were well prepared. They did a good job of attacking us and getting to the free-throw line. … Defensively, we had to be better [than in our] previous game. We had opportunities at the free-throw line that made a big time difference in the game. We missed a lot of lay-ups, we missed free-throws at critical times. We had the opportunity to sway the game our way. Then again, let’s give them credit, they made plays, made big shots and made their free-throws.”
On the defensive struggles…
“I thought in transition we didn’t do a good job of stopping [Javon Freeman-Liberty] and making him go wide. He was going right to the basket. His confidence went up, he made a couple of threes. He’s a good ball player, we knew that. Thirty nine [points], that’s one of the those nights where everything he threw up went in. Secondly was David Jones, he’s a really good basketball player, real strong. Our man-to-man defense was not good enough. We let them get deep in the paint. If you let them get deep in the paint, they’re going to make something happen.”
Looking ahead to Xavier on Wednesday…
“We have to take care of the home court. We have to bounce back. We’ve been pretty resilient all year long. Our back is against the wall, we have no choice.”
Opening Statement…
“Congratulations to Tony [Stubblefield] and his team. I thought they were well prepared. They did a good job of attacking us and getting to the free-throw line. … Defensively, we had to be better [than in our] previous game. We had opportunities at the free-throw line that made a big time difference in the game. We missed a lot of lay-ups, we missed free-throws at critical times. We had the opportunity to sway the game our way. Then again, let’s give them credit, they made plays, made big shots and made their free-throws.”
On the defensive struggles…
“I thought in transition we didn’t do a good job of stopping [Javon Freeman-Liberty] and making him go wide. He was going right to the basket. His confidence went up, he made a couple of threes. He’s a good ball player, we knew that. Thirty nine [points], that’s one of the those nights where everything he threw up went in. Secondly was David Jones, he’s a really good basketball player, real strong. Our man-to-man defense was not good enough. We let them get deep in the paint. If you let them get deep in the paint, they’re going to make something happen.”
Looking ahead to Xavier on Wednesday…
“We have to take care of the home court. We have to bounce back. We’ve been pretty resilient all year long. Our back is against the wall, we have no choice.”