Northwestern University Athletics
Quotes From NU-Indiana Men's Basketball
1/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 2, 2002
EVANSTON, Ill. -
COACHES QUOTES
Indiana 59, Northwestern 44
January 2, 2002
Indiana Head Coach Mike Davis
On his team's performance...
"We had a great defensive game. Offensively, we played well, especially in the first five minutes of the second half."
On Indiana's game plan...
"Offensively, we wanted to get the ball outside against them and have their big guys isolated against ours."
On Indiana's Jared Jeffries...
"Jeffries is a load inside."
On Northwestern's defensive game plan...
"They force you to shoot tough shots. They don't foul a lot. They play good position defense."
On the Big Ten Opener...
"We couldn't wait to get into conference play."
On the Hoosiers' early road games...
"Hopefully, it's matured us a lot."
Northwestern Head Coach Bill Carmody
On his team's performance...
"I think we got within two points and then they turned up the heat on us. (Jared) Jeffries tipped some easy balls and (Tom) Coverdale knocked down some long shots."
"To beat a team like Indiana, you can't have many miscues or missed opportunities."
On Indiana's second-half run...
"They hit three or four three-pointers, there were a few turnovers on our part, and that's how the lead gets to 12 so quickly."
On Jitim Young...
"I thought we were uptight at the start of the game, but he wasn't. So we kept going to him inside."
On Vedran Vukusic...
"His shoulder moved a bit out of socket. We're definately better when he's in there. Once that thing gets fixed we will have a good guy in there."
