Post Game Quotes versus UNLV
Men’s Basketball
Final UNLV 58, Nevada 49
Nevada Quotes:
Nevada forward Nick Fazekas on the game:
“We have been relying on our offense and tonight we weren’t offensively fit. Our defense wasn’t good enough.”
Fazekas on the pressure by UNLV:
“They were a little physical, but not too bad. We couldn’t make any shots.”
Fazekas on the team’s defense late in the game when the Pack went on an 11-2 run:
“We played with intensity. We had to dig our self out of a 17 point hole early.”
Nevada guard Ramon Sessions on the Nevada’s turnovers and the week off:
“No, it (the week off) wasn’t a factor. It’s me out there with the ball and I take the blame for that.”
Nevada head coach Mark Fox on if the week off affected the Pack’s play:
“I don’t think we were rusty. Their defense forced us to turn the ball over. Turnovers are a major factor in the game.”
Fox what changed in the second half:
“We played better in the second. We had to go small. Our big lineup could not match up and we had to adjust. Give UNLV credit, they are a good basketball team.”
UNLV Quotes:
Wink Adams on taking the big shot to make it a 6 point game with 1:15 left in the second half:
“I’m never scared to take the big shot for my team. If they need me to take the shot, I’m going to take the shot.”
Wink Adams on people not believing UNLV could win:
“We knew that most of the people didn’t believe in us but we got together and made it happen.”
Kevin Kruger on what the game means for the program:
“This was huge for us. We want to get the UNLV program back to the way it was in the glory days.”
Kevin Kruger on pressuring Nevada:
“We just want to pressure the ball handlers force them into bad decisions.”
Coach Lon Kruger on the play of his team in the second half:
“We got tentative and didn’t get the ball inside the zone. We got cautious, but it was a big win for us.
Coach Lon Kruger on the offense in the first half:
“That was probably our best twenty minutes of the year. Our guys really fought especially in the first half.
