Head Coach Bill Coen – Post Game Interview
Coach on getting the win
“Yeah, well, we have a young team and we’re just in this process of improving and I know it didn’t look like it in the first half but this team had a great week of practice, they’re getting better. We’ve got three freshmen on the floor so they’re going to make mistakes but I was really happy with their response to it today in the second half, I thought we played really well in the second half.”
Coach on this week’s practice
“You know just execution, just simply execution, and I thought we were a rebound and two foul shots away from being 5-0 over the weekend, we didn’t get it done but we weren’t that far away and this team just has to get a little bit better each and every day when we go to practice, and concentrate on the fundamentals, take better care of the basketball and rebound the ball and when we do that we’re a good team.”
Coach on Devon Begley
“He’s a junior, he’s playing confidently, he knows our stuff, he’s executing, I thought he stepped into a couple big jumps outside, I though he turned down one that he probably should have shot and that’s showing that he’s maturing and getting better and it was a great sign, we needed every bit of him today.
Coach on the bench stepping up
“We have to do it by committee and everybody is at the ready, I think we have a deep and talented bench and any given night I think we can find the answer on our bench.”
Coach on what he needs to address before the road swing
“I mean we’re going to face a difficult Cornell team at their place but it will be great preparation, they play Princeton style offense and that’s going to get us ready for William and Mary in our league and that’s really the purpose of our non-conference schedule is to prepare us for a difficult CAA challenge.”
