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POSTGAME QUOTES: St. John’s Men’s Basketball at Seton Hall
St. John’s Associate Head Coach Steve Masiello and Daniss Jenkins met with the media following the Red Storm’s 80-65 loss to Seton Hall on Tuesday at Prudential Center
St. John’s Associate Head Coach Steve Masiello
Opening Statement…
“Obviously, very disappointed with our performance tonight. Give a lot of credit to Shaheen [Holloway] and Seton Hall, I thought they came out and really took it to us, especially on the glass, really making us work on the offensive end. Then with about five minutes left in the first half, they really started getting out in transition, got some second-chance opportunities, started to open it up a little bit. Then the first four minutes of the second half starting off [14-0], we didn’t respond very well. We have to learn from it, get better, and turn the page.”
On the team’s mindset being without Head Coach Rick Pitino and Jordan Dingle…
“It’s not about excuses, this is college basketball. Adversity happens every day and you have to respond to adversity. Its ten percent what happens and ninety percent how you respond to it. … We need to respond better. We didn’t respond well today. We have to own it and be better. Simple as that. No one is going to make excuses about it.”
On the team’s effort tonight…
“I didn’t think effort was a problem, I just thought we weren’t where we needed to be. We were out of rhythm, we were out of sorts, we weren’t as quick to things. Our rotations were a little bit different tonight because of losing Jordan so close to the game. Our backcourt was a little thin, so we had to move some things around. Our effort on the glass wasn’t there for sure. ... Giving up 21 offensive rebounds, we have to be tougher, but again, credit to Seton Hall.”
St. John’s guard Daniss Jenkins
On the team’s response to adversity…
“We were supposed to come out with a lot more passion, hunger and toughness with all the adversity we were facing. It wasn’t really that it was tough, we weren’t trying to think about it because we still had a whole game to play. We didn’t want to make a big deal about it, just go out and perform. We didn’t step up to the challenge.”
On the importance of Saturday’s game against Marquette…
“Every game is important. The further you go into the BIG EAST, anybody can beat anybody on any given night. You see tonight. We were playing good, we had momentum – obviously, they definitely had momentum. We were excited for a good game, and they came out and punched us. We tried fight back, but it was too late. Saturday is not even about the team we are playing. It’s about us challenging ourselves to see if we can get better. … I still feel like we are not getting better in those aspects and that’s the little things we were supposed to do to become a much better team.”
Opening Statement…
“Obviously, very disappointed with our performance tonight. Give a lot of credit to Shaheen [Holloway] and Seton Hall, I thought they came out and really took it to us, especially on the glass, really making us work on the offensive end. Then with about five minutes left in the first half, they really started getting out in transition, got some second-chance opportunities, started to open it up a little bit. Then the first four minutes of the second half starting off [14-0], we didn’t respond very well. We have to learn from it, get better, and turn the page.”
On the team’s mindset being without Head Coach Rick Pitino and Jordan Dingle…
“It’s not about excuses, this is college basketball. Adversity happens every day and you have to respond to adversity. Its ten percent what happens and ninety percent how you respond to it. … We need to respond better. We didn’t respond well today. We have to own it and be better. Simple as that. No one is going to make excuses about it.”
On the team’s effort tonight…
“I didn’t think effort was a problem, I just thought we weren’t where we needed to be. We were out of rhythm, we were out of sorts, we weren’t as quick to things. Our rotations were a little bit different tonight because of losing Jordan so close to the game. Our backcourt was a little thin, so we had to move some things around. Our effort on the glass wasn’t there for sure. ... Giving up 21 offensive rebounds, we have to be tougher, but again, credit to Seton Hall.”
St. John’s guard Daniss Jenkins
On the team’s response to adversity…
“We were supposed to come out with a lot more passion, hunger and toughness with all the adversity we were facing. It wasn’t really that it was tough, we weren’t trying to think about it because we still had a whole game to play. We didn’t want to make a big deal about it, just go out and perform. We didn’t step up to the challenge.”
On the importance of Saturday’s game against Marquette…
“Every game is important. The further you go into the BIG EAST, anybody can beat anybody on any given night. You see tonight. We were playing good, we had momentum – obviously, they definitely had momentum. We were excited for a good game, and they came out and punched us. We tried fight back, but it was too late. Saturday is not even about the team we are playing. It’s about us challenging ourselves to see if we can get better. … I still feel like we are not getting better in those aspects and that’s the little things we were supposed to do to become a much better team.”