Kevin Stallings Good Quotations

It kind of came down to the fact our leading scorer was nowhere what we needed him to be in order to give us a chance to win on either end. He wasn't very good on offense and he was less than that on defense, unfortunately.

We did a good job of getting back in the game in the second half, but we ran out of gas. You have to play really well on the road to win in this league. We didn't and they did.

Other than a minute and a half, our team played an extremely good game.

They were up on him and he was just taking the ball to the basket. He's just a really good player.

I've been saying our team has been playing good basketball. We just don't have a lot to show for it.

Shan is an outstanding player. He's had a very good year for us. He's been a pretty consistent player for us, which is a nice thing to be called when you're only a sophomore.

Hopefully, we can break through. Our players have got to find a way. They need something good to happen for themselves.

We tried very hard to recruit Derrick out of high school. We actually thought we would be right there and have a chance to get him. Virginia got him, but we felt like he was a very good player.

Every game is a game unto itself. Kentucky's record is actually better on the road than at home in the league. We know it is going to be a difficult game. It was a difficult game last time. Both teams fought hard and played good defense and had trouble scoring. We were fortunate a couple things did go our way at the end, but I doubt if that will matter Saturday.

Kelly was terrific. He was good in every aspect of the game. He got his head up a little bit the first half and really took it to us the second half.

He got a good look at the basket. If it had gone in, that would have been the game.

We had a very good defensive stand. We didn't want anyone to be open. We were not to go inside the three-point line. It looked quirky with all the offensive players inside the line and all the defensive players outside.

I was fine with how we ran our offense, and I was fine with how we played defense. We turned it over a few more than our average. Tennessee is good at making you do that.