Here are postgame comments from several members of Kentucky’s team following last night’s win over Tennessee (via UKAthletics.com):
[B]#34, DeAndre Liggins, G[/B]
On coach Calipari telling him to take more shots…
“He told me that on the road I only took more shots, which I thought I was looking for my team mates more, but I was just focused today on trying to help the offense out more and take more open shots.”
On how tough it is to be that aggressive on offense…
“We knew we were a little bit hurt, but we tried to just play both ends of the court and do what we could.”
On his emotions and getting excited during the game…
“I challeneged them and there was a time when Tennessee reacted and just happened to get a foul.”
On what his personal commitment has been to the team…
“Just to try to rebound on both ends of the court. That is very important to us. We needed this win and we had a great fan base here tonight, so it was a good win.”
[B]#55, Josh Harrellson, F[/B]
On just how good Tennessee is and what this win means…
“Tennessee is a great team, they played a bunch of good teams. They beat Pitt and Villanova, so we out executed them and once we got up and just never looked back, so to do that against a team like Tennessee is a great boost of confidence.”
On how comfortable the team can play at home…
“Maybe it is just the home crowd behind our back, and we know that we can play against anybody at home. Hopefully we can start getting that mindset on road games that we can play with them and take the crowd out early and make them play our game so that we can have a chance to win on the road.”
On how discouraging it is taking a charge and then leaving the game early…
“I just try to get the timing down. I have never really been taught on how to take a charge, but coach Calipari has been working with me on that.”
On what the exact secret is to taking a charge…
“The secret is timing and not leaving your feet too early; you have to take a quick step and fall, so I think I did that tonight and they called it, so I was pretty happy about that.”
[B]#1, Darius Miller, Jr. G[/B]
On commitments that they each made…
“It’s is going to make us better as a team. If we do stuff we have talked about it will make us a better team.”
On playing in the environment at Vanderbilt…
“It is really going to be a tough environment. Their gym is not really like any other gym, it is set up different. They are a tough and talented team and we are going have to go in there ready to play.”
On how important the upcoming road game is…
“It is really important. It is probably going to be a close game; they are very talented. We are going to have to find a way to get a win at the end.”
[B]#3, Terrence Jones, Fr. F[/B]
On being more aggressive and boxing at practice…
“Coach said it was going to be a rough game and we needed to play more aggressive. I knew we were going to have some tough practices because we should have won the last game. I was ready for anything. Everyone just worked hard and enjoyed it.”
On carrying on the play tonight to this weekend’s game vs. Vanderbilt…
“Everyone just stayed committed to what they said they would do. We did that tonight and if we just keep doing what we said we would do then it will work out.”
On what he committed to…
“Defensive rebounding.”
