players comments after the game
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:46 pm
''We didn't come with that fight today,'' said Ole Miss forward M.J. Rhett, who finished with 12 points. ''We just didn't come prepared today - none of us.''
Ole Miss scored 62 points in the second half Tuesday night, boarded a flight to Jacksonville, got to bed about 5 a.m. Wednesday and spent the next 30 hours playing catch-up.
''We can't use that as an excuse,'' Summers said. ''We put ourselves in this situation and we just had to bounce back, and we didn't make it happen
"It's difficult because they were getting a lot of scoring in the low post from the big guy, and then whenever we tried to double-team him -- he's got a good IQ for the game -- and he was just passing out to the guards, and they were making shots," Summers said.
"It was a tough afternoon for us, but I'm really proud of our group for getting to the NCAA Tournament and advancing in the NCAA Tournament," head coach Andy Kennedy said. "We certainly did not play well, and all the credit goes to Xavier They were in complete control of tempo from the start, and we were never able to wrestle it away from them."
"We just really struggled shooting the ball all night," Kennedy said. "They played that 1-3-1 zone about 10 percent of the time to this point of the season, and they stayed for the 1-3-1 for really the entire game, and it did its job. What's ironic is our 1-3-1 is the reason we're in the NCAA Tournament, and their 1-3-1 zone is the reason we're going home."
"BYU had a larger lead than Xavier did, and I mean, we just didn't impose our will today," Rhett said. "LCoach always talks about our three keys -- energy, toughness and focus -- and we didn't come with any of those today."
"We were trying to make a little run there at the end, before the wind came out of our sails," Kennedy said. "They were up 10, and Coleby had it in the short corner, and if we score there and get it to seven or eight, but we throw it away, and it leads to an and-one on the other end."
Ole Miss scored 62 points in the second half Tuesday night, boarded a flight to Jacksonville, got to bed about 5 a.m. Wednesday and spent the next 30 hours playing catch-up.
''We can't use that as an excuse,'' Summers said. ''We put ourselves in this situation and we just had to bounce back, and we didn't make it happen
"It's difficult because they were getting a lot of scoring in the low post from the big guy, and then whenever we tried to double-team him -- he's got a good IQ for the game -- and he was just passing out to the guards, and they were making shots," Summers said.
"It was a tough afternoon for us, but I'm really proud of our group for getting to the NCAA Tournament and advancing in the NCAA Tournament," head coach Andy Kennedy said. "We certainly did not play well, and all the credit goes to Xavier They were in complete control of tempo from the start, and we were never able to wrestle it away from them."
"We just really struggled shooting the ball all night," Kennedy said. "They played that 1-3-1 zone about 10 percent of the time to this point of the season, and they stayed for the 1-3-1 for really the entire game, and it did its job. What's ironic is our 1-3-1 is the reason we're in the NCAA Tournament, and their 1-3-1 zone is the reason we're going home."
"BYU had a larger lead than Xavier did, and I mean, we just didn't impose our will today," Rhett said. "LCoach always talks about our three keys -- energy, toughness and focus -- and we didn't come with any of those today."
"We were trying to make a little run there at the end, before the wind came out of our sails," Kennedy said. "They were up 10, and Coleby had it in the short corner, and if we score there and get it to seven or eight, but we throw it away, and it leads to an and-one on the other end."