Gary Williams Second Quotations

If we had played great the first five minutes (of the second half), I think it would have been a lot easier. We got caught standing around on a couple of (their) offensive rebounds.

Hopefully we learned a good lesson tonight. They made us pay until we got it turned around. I'll just remember we didn't play well in the second half.

Our passing was excellent in the second half and we really executed. I was really proud of our team play, and we have to play that way down the stretch.

I thought we had a great stretch of basketball early in the second half. We played well enough to keep the lead. Hopefully this is the start of becoming a good basketball team.

You don't expect a game like that going into it, and our guys did a good job of being ready to play but also being ready to play at the start of the second half. It was good to see, especially at this time of year.

We had more healthy bodies than they did, and it was probably going to be a factor in the second half.

We've seen it about 10 times. You have to be ready to play. Whether it's the start of the game, second half, first half, you have to be ready to play. I can't go out there and play. You have to be ready to play as a player. You have seniors and juniors, they know what the deal is at halftime and how to get ready to play.

We knew it was going to be a tough game, even when we got up 18 in the second half. For us to hang on like that and win, that was big.

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In the second half the bench played really well. That was good to see, that they were able to come out and perform and get some significant minutes.

In the second half, we didn't give enough help on a couple of screens. They were able to get good looks, and you still have to make the shots.