Postgame Quotes
December 10, 2005 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 10, 2005
Recap | Final Stats
East Carolina Head Coach Ricky Stokes
"We want to give Western Carolina a lot of credit defensively, because for whatever reason we just could not make shots tonight."
"We had a chance to come back tonight, but we were always held back by costly missed free throws."
"This was the first time we have faced the Princeton offense, and I thought we did a decent job against it [Princeton Offense]. We weren't as aggressive as we needed to be, but in the second half we really put an emphasis on not allowing them to shoot 3s and I feel like we did a better job."
Western Carolina Head Coach Larry Hunter
"I'm really proud of the way that our guys hung in there in the second half. We were really fortunate to hit a few good shots and get a few big rebounds when we needed them.
"Our kids were mentally ready to go, and they gave great effort tonight."
"I'm not sure that it [tonight's win] was all our defense, but rather them not hitting shots."
"We were very concerned about Corey Rouse and he still got his double-double tonight. He really is a nice inside presence and a nice player."
ECU Senior Corey Rouse
"[Western] ran a Princeton type of offense with a lot of back door cuts, and so we had to do a lot of talking. [Western] executed on most of the plays and we didn't stay disciplined. It seemed that at the end of the shot clock they were always able to get off a shot."
