Chris Collins
-On the game: I mean first of all credit Penn State. They've played a number of [teams] very close and they haven't been able to win. They made plays when they needed to tonight. It's just tough sledding right now offensively. You hold a team below 60 in this league and you feel like you have a chance to get a home win. Our inability to get the ball in the basket is really hurting us. It's up to me and the rest of the staff to help these guys offensively. We gotta stick with it.
-On Vic Law: We need Vic to be aggressive. We're scoring in the low 50s, your weapons have to be aggressive. We know he missed some time with his knee and he hasn't been able to come back and find it, but I have to continue to move him around. I have no worries, nothing about me feels like Vic isn't going to bounce back. We want Vic to shoot and we want Dererk to shoot, but we need the other guys to be threats as well. I'm not sure [if an injury hindered him]. The training staff felt like he was okay to come back.
-On coming back from a loss like this: All these losses are tough, you come back from a game where you played two really good teams, I actually thought our spirit was really good coming into the game. We had an opportunity to come home and right the ship, is it very disappointing, yes, but the message is we just have to stick together with nine games left to play.
-On Gaines' foul trouble: It's hard, these guys are playing both sides of the floor, when you continually aren't able to put it in the basket, it can weigh into you emotionally. That's our next progression, I think we're a very good defensive team, and we gotta iron out the other side. We have to find a way to get 60+ points and find a way to win.
-On the game: I mean first of all credit Penn State. They've played a number of [teams] very close and they haven't been able to win. They made plays when they needed to tonight. It's just tough sledding right now offensively. You hold a team below 60 in this league and you feel like you have a chance to get a home win. Our inability to get the ball in the basket is really hurting us. It's up to me and the rest of the staff to help these guys offensively. We gotta stick with it.
-On Vic Law: We need Vic to be aggressive. We're scoring in the low 50s, your weapons have to be aggressive. We know he missed some time with his knee and he hasn't been able to come back and find it, but I have to continue to move him around. I have no worries, nothing about me feels like Vic isn't going to bounce back. We want Vic to shoot and we want Dererk to shoot, but we need the other guys to be threats as well. I'm not sure [if an injury hindered him]. The training staff felt like he was okay to come back.
-On coming back from a loss like this: All these losses are tough, you come back from a game where you played two really good teams, I actually thought our spirit was really good coming into the game. We had an opportunity to come home and right the ship, is it very disappointing, yes, but the message is we just have to stick together with nine games left to play.
-On Gaines' foul trouble: It's hard, these guys are playing both sides of the floor, when you continually aren't able to put it in the basket, it can weigh into you emotionally. That's our next progression, I think we're a very good defensive team, and we gotta iron out the other side. We have to find a way to get 60+ points and find a way to win.
