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POSTGAME QUOTES: St. John’s Men’s Basketball at No. 22/20 Creighton
St. John’s Head Coach Rick Pitino and Jordan Dingle spoke with the media following Saturday’s 66-65 setback at No. 22/20 Creighton
St. John’s Head Coach Rick Pitino
Opening Statement…
“That was an extremely disappointing loss for us. We played good enough to win, but on the road, you’ve got to get loose balls and you’ve got to rebound. It was a very disappointing loss and the team’s very down about it. We had a chance to win it. I told the guys not to take floaters in the lane, take two-point shots. I thought our bench gave us a big lift tonight and got us the lead. … We’re disappointed, but in this league, you can’t get too low because we have Seton Hall next, who just beat Butler on the road. We’ll take a long trip home and get ready for them.
On Creighton…
“I thought we played good defense and it came down to the buzzer. … It was nothing they did that was impressive and there was nothing that we did that was impressive. It was two teams that playing their hearts out and [Creighton] came away with the victory.”
On today’s game…
“We played well today, but didn’t come away with a victory. We could have gone from 34 in the NET to 20 in the NET with a road victory, but we didn’t get the job done. We have to get ready for a Seton Hall team that is playing lights out.”
St. John’s guard Jordan Dingle
On today’s game…
“This was a game we could have won. We had a lead and should have done more to sustain it but believe it or not we will be better next time out. … I think we played well but not well for 40 minutes. We can’t just play well for 34 or 36 minutes. We didn’t put it together for all 40 tonight. Credit to them, they played a great game.”
Opening Statement…
“That was an extremely disappointing loss for us. We played good enough to win, but on the road, you’ve got to get loose balls and you’ve got to rebound. It was a very disappointing loss and the team’s very down about it. We had a chance to win it. I told the guys not to take floaters in the lane, take two-point shots. I thought our bench gave us a big lift tonight and got us the lead. … We’re disappointed, but in this league, you can’t get too low because we have Seton Hall next, who just beat Butler on the road. We’ll take a long trip home and get ready for them.
On Creighton…
“I thought we played good defense and it came down to the buzzer. … It was nothing they did that was impressive and there was nothing that we did that was impressive. It was two teams that playing their hearts out and [Creighton] came away with the victory.”
On today’s game…
“We played well today, but didn’t come away with a victory. We could have gone from 34 in the NET to 20 in the NET with a road victory, but we didn’t get the job done. We have to get ready for a Seton Hall team that is playing lights out.”
St. John’s guard Jordan Dingle
On today’s game…
“This was a game we could have won. We had a lead and should have done more to sustain it but believe it or not we will be better next time out. … I think we played well but not well for 40 minutes. We can’t just play well for 34 or 36 minutes. We didn’t put it together for all 40 tonight. Credit to them, they played a great game.”