Saint Mary's
Randy Bennett:
Opening Remarks:
"Any time we play Santa Clara, it's going to be a
tough physical game
with a lot of fouls. This was no different. We
were fortunate down the
stretch, made a few shots and were able to win."
On strategy vs. Altheimer:
"We put Adam (Caporn) on Altheimer. He's killed us
the last few games.
It helped us keep him from scoring. Adam has good
size and I think it
affected the way he shot the ball. We did a good
job defensively down
the stretch and it started with Adam."
On improved play of Frederic Adjiwanou:
"One reason Fred started taking off was because his
coach started
playing him more than six minutes a game."
On matchup with Pepperdine tomorrow:
"It's a contrast in styles. They're a wide open
team and can shoot the
ball. We played them two times this season and we
split. It should be
a great college basketball game."
Frederic Adjiwanou:
On his improved play:
"I believe in my teammates, I believe in myself. I
tell myself to go
and play hard. I'm just playing basketball. When I
get the ball, I
just go to the basket or get it to my teammates.
It's a team game, not
an individual game. They did very well and got me
the ball down low."
Adam Caporn:
On team's recent performance:
"It has something to do with Fred playing so well.
If they have to
double-team him, it opens up shots. It really has
to do with him
playing at the level that he is."
On his play in the second half:
"It wasn't an easy game. They're physical and play
hard. I put up a
shot and tried to get into space. I missed my next
shot and Fred put it
back. I think it was just a lot of effort on his
part."
Santa Clara
Opening Remarks:
"All the credit goes to Saint Mary's. They played
with great passion
and had a great run in the second half. I think our
guys played hard
but we just didn't come up with the key baskets down
the stretch."
On SMC shutting down Altheimer:
"You don't rely on just one person. They did a good
job on him but it's
hard to score 51 points and win a college basketball
game. We weren't
able to get ourselves going offensively."
On general team play:
"We were fouling too much. It's hard when you give
them free throws. I'm
sure they out rebounded us. We turned it over more
than they did. Our
offensive efficiency needs to get better, that's
something we need to
really go back and work on. We need to execute our
offense so we can
score points."
Jordon Legge:
On strategy in defending Frederic Adjiwanou:
"Our plan was to stop him and we wanted to double
team him. When we
double-teamed him, he still got the ball and was
able score. We didn't
do a good job of playing him like we should have."
On general team play:
"They played better than us. They finished better
than we did. We
didn't get great looks at the basket down the
stretch and they were able
to make key shots."
