-Lamont Paris speaking first. He said he liked a lot of the things he saw today, especially his team's effort. He said free throws and 3-pointers got the better of them.
-Paris said he liked the quality of shots SC got. They made good drives and avoided getting the ball stolen.
-Paris said it's difficult to come out ahead in a one- or two-possession game when you can't string together enough stops. It's obviously more difficult to get those on the road, but that's what the difference was tonight.
-Paris on expecting Mizzou's hot start: "Probably a bad analogy but when you go up against Mike Tyson, part of the strategy is to withstand the first couple of minutes of it."
-Talking to Dennis Gates, Nick Honor and Kobe Brown now. Gates is proud of his team, says it's not easy to win games in February. He said they came out on top tonight because of their ability to execute the little things. South Carolina still made shots, which caused some frustration -- "but that's February."
-Kobe's right eye is still pretty swollen. He said he's able to see out of it, though.
-Nick on Sean East's one-handed pass: "He's been able to make those since he stepped on campus."
-Gates said he wasn't pleased with Kobe's start and challenged him at halftime. Kobe accepted the challenge, didn't pout about it and made the adjustment. "He can never have a bad day. I can never have a bad day. And he started off having a bad day and corrected it. And I'm proud of him."
-Gates thought that even though Mo Diarra didn't have a high rebound count, he was a big help on the boards.
-Gates said he and Isiaih had a conversation before the game and that they agreed that he should sit this one out. He said Isiaih wants to be out there but Gates felt like the better decision was to rest him tonight.
-Paris said he liked the quality of shots SC got. They made good drives and avoided getting the ball stolen.
-Paris said it's difficult to come out ahead in a one- or two-possession game when you can't string together enough stops. It's obviously more difficult to get those on the road, but that's what the difference was tonight.
-Paris on expecting Mizzou's hot start: "Probably a bad analogy but when you go up against Mike Tyson, part of the strategy is to withstand the first couple of minutes of it."
-Talking to Dennis Gates, Nick Honor and Kobe Brown now. Gates is proud of his team, says it's not easy to win games in February. He said they came out on top tonight because of their ability to execute the little things. South Carolina still made shots, which caused some frustration -- "but that's February."
-Kobe's right eye is still pretty swollen. He said he's able to see out of it, though.
-Nick on Sean East's one-handed pass: "He's been able to make those since he stepped on campus."
-Gates said he wasn't pleased with Kobe's start and challenged him at halftime. Kobe accepted the challenge, didn't pout about it and made the adjustment. "He can never have a bad day. I can never have a bad day. And he started off having a bad day and corrected it. And I'm proud of him."
-Gates thought that even though Mo Diarra didn't have a high rebound count, he was a big help on the boards.
-Gates said he and Isiaih had a conversation before the game and that they agreed that he should sit this one out. He said Isiaih wants to be out there but Gates felt like the better decision was to rest him tonight.
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