Xavier University Athletics
Men's Basketball vs. LSU Game Quotes Dec. 29, 2009
12.29.09 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 29, 2009
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Xavier University Musketeers vs. Louisiana State University Tigers
Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Game Quotes
Xavier Players
On grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds
“It’s obviously hard, but it’s not hard as you think when you have Jamel [McLean] and Jason [Love] taking away their rebounders. We knew coming in that Storm Warren and Tasmin Mitchell were really good offensive rebounders. We wanted to keep them off the glass.”
“I was a freshman last year. I had more of a role last year. We had Derrick [Brown], C.J. [Anderson], and B.J. [Raymond] and my role was to get them the ball. I also have a lot more confidence this year.”
“We’ve got to get to the offensive glass and get rebounds and get fouls on their big guys.”
“Tasmin [Mitchell] is a great player. As a team we had a cobweb effect [defensively].”
Xavier Head Coach Chris Mack
“I thought our guys played as well as they have all year. I think our rebounding effort was as good as it’s been all year. Jamel McLean had his best game of the year. And on offense, we really pushed the ball and confused LSU.”
“I thought he was the best player on the floor and rebounded well from the Miami game. I didn’t necessarily get after Terrell [after the Miami game]. He was as disappointed as his coach. I know a lot of people talk about the UC game. But this was his best game.”
“Despite our ‘three men’ not producing a lot of offensive rebounds, they went hard to the glass tonight. It’s a lot harder to block out three guys than two.”
On Tasmin Mitchell
“Jordan Crawford did a terrific job on him, fronting him in the post and then we had the ‘cobweb’ behind him. He [Mitchell] is one of the best players in the country.”
