University of North Carolina Athletics
Postgame Quotes
January 23, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 23, 2002
Head coach Matt Doherty on the game...
"You have to give NC State a lot of credit, I think Herb has done a good job. I have always respected Herb as a coach and a person. I thought Grundy and Miller have done a great job, not only in this game, but throughout the season."
"For us, I thought Kris had a fabulous game. We tried to ride him the whole 40 minutes and we did. We just have to continue to keep working, that is all I said to the team afterwards - just keep working."
"It is frustrating to lose, but the only thing I know how to do is keep working."
"I know that, in the past, [NC State] has had seats and access to seats, I guess they trade them out. I saw some red in there, it did not surprise me. They have good reason to be loud. Hopefully, when we go to Raleigh and win over there our fans will be loud. That is just a good college atmosphere."
"We are going to Kris, they know it and we know it. When he [got] jammed, I thought Kris did a good job of finding the open man. For as much as he handled the ball against that defense, to only have two turnovers is pretty good."
"It would be nice to have someone to complement, but we do not. We had a game scheduled at 9 o'clock tonight. Jason was hurt, that is part of it. If Jason played, that does not mean that we would be guaranteed to win tonight."
Freshman forward Jawad Williams on N.C. State...
"They have a lot of three-point threats on their team, so we had to also watch for the drive, and when they did drive, they kicked it out and hit big shots."
Williams on his performance...
"I'm comfortable with the system, but I think tonight that I shot the ball pretty poorly. The other thing was it was juts a rough shooting night."
Senior center Kris Lang on the game...
"It's frustrating for me and particularly being a senior... To lose to State at home this year, it's especially very rough for me when you see the fans out there and it seems like there were a lot of State fans out there, a lot of red. As far as the game goes, I don't know what to say. It seems like some things are getting repetitive. It's very frustrating."
Lang on rebounding...
"Long rebounds are what killed us. Granted it's difficult to box out at the three-point line, but it's something that needs to be done for us to win. Offensive rebounding has killed us as of recently, and they've been long ones. It's draining on us to play defense for 25, 30 seconds, they put a shot up, miss it, and they get the rebound. It takes a lot of momentum from us."
