SU Player Quotes vs. St. Francis
SU Player Quotes
Syracuse vs. St. Francis
November 10, 2006
Syracuse, N.Y.-Carrier Dome
Freshman forward Mike Jones
On what to take into tomorrow’s game:
“We just came in at halftime and knew that we had to step it up and need to continue to step it up. Not just for tomorrow’s game but for the whole season.”
On Penn:
“I don’t really know anything about them, but we’ll watch the game tape tonight and find out more about them before tomorrow’s game.”
Senior center Darryl Watkins
Feelings on the game:
“As a team I think we came out and we played really well, we played as a team, everyone did well on the floor and everyone supported the team in some way.”
On what to look for tomorrow:
“I just expect a slow paced game, we need to play well but it should be a pretty slow paced game.”
Freshman forward Paul Harris
On his performance
“I think I did alright, I just tried to crash the boards and get some looks. There’s another game tomorrow.”
On getting a double-double:
“I actually didn’t even know I had a double-double. I’m just going to try and get more.”
Feelings on his first game of the regular season:
“I still was a little nervous, but once I got in and got on the floor it was good. It’ll just pick up and once the season goes along hopefully I’ll get my legs back.”
On the team’s fastbreak style of play:
“I like running and gunning but if you shoot too many fast shots, Boeheim will sit you, so I have to make better decisions with my shots and I’ll be alright.”
On the difference from high school:
“High school you could just overpower everybody but college it’s a level where a lot of these guys are just as strong as you and just as fast as you, and they’re even taller so it’s a lot harder.”
On what he is doing to adjust:
“I’m just trying to pick my shots and figure out when to shoot and when to pass. I think if I just play my game everything else will come.”
Junior guard Josh Wright
On how the team is coming along:
“It’s the first game of year, there’s almost thirty five games left in the year. We have a long way to go to be the team that we want to be. I think tonight we really took a step in the right direction.”
On Paul Harris:
“Paul came out and played good. He made some freshman mistakes, but then he also made plays that most freshman don’t make so I think he came out and played well tonight.”
On who he was looking for on the floor:
“Whoever is open. I’m not always going to pass to one player. I’m out there to get the whole team involved. Tonight (senior forward) Demetris (Nichols) was in the right positions and I was able to get him the ball a lot. That’s the way we want to play.”
