Postgame Quotes
November 21, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2006
ECU Head Coach Ricky Stokes
On The Game
"We got a lead early and I have to give Limestone credit because they really battled back. With our young team we have to be able to maintain a lead and increase a lead and I thought we didn't do that at times tonight, but it was a good win and we have to work and continue to get better and we will."
On Darrell Jenkins' Performance
"Darrell came ready to play again tonight and got out to a hot start early. He was very unselfish with the basketball and shot the ball very well also."
On the Inside Game
"We don't want to settle on too many outside shots so were going to continue to work the ball inside. Our guards did a good job tonight of distributing the ball and the big men were able to convert a lot of baskets."
Junior guard Darrell Jenkins
"Limestone is a good team. A lot of times a Division II team comes in and treats this as their Super Bowl, their NBA Finals. We really appreciate the effort they gave tonight. They made us play hard. They are a well-coached team. [Shawn] Poppie made me work extra hard, he's a good player."
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"My job is to push the ball, on missed or made baskets. Our main emphasis during the game is playing up-tempo. Coach writes on the board three things we want to be known for. Number one is an up-tempo team, number two is defense and number three is being hard-nosed."
Freshman forward John Fields
"The first couple games I got into some foul trouble. I had to work on that in practice. I had to work on timing and figuring out whether the officials are calling a game tightly or loosely and being able to feel out the game as it goes along."
"It felt good being able to block all those shots. That's why I came to East Carolina, to block shots and rebound. I need to work on the rebounding, but the shot blocking is coming along a little faster."
