Mickey Mala Quotations

He got hammered, but there was no call.

Before his last game, he was shooting 64 percent from the floor. He's learning to shoot around the basket. He averages 13 to 15 shots a game and we call a couple plays for him, but he's mostly getting points out of our motion offense.

He's a typical gym rat. After I send everybody home, he stays and shoots jumper after jumper and free throws. He stays 20 or 30 minutes after every practice and I have to tell him to go home. A couple of times, I gave the guys the day off, but he's the first guy to ask if he can come in and shoot.

Cook is one of our better shooters and he was hitting with a 6-8 guy in his face.

(Sigler) was real strong off the dribble. He had that look in his eye that he was not going to be denied.

We're out to gain a little bit of respect. To beat a team from a good conference like this (the Greater Metro) helps. It's a nice confidence builder for us.

We had some decent scoring opportunities, but we didn't get as many shots as we would have liked. They're a very good team.

Some of our other scorers' shots weren't dropping. We were a little bit off.

Other than a couple of concentration lapses at the end of each quarter, it was a really nice game for us defensively. This was a good win for us.

Early on, our defense was a little suspect. But in the second half, they were hitting some pretty tough shots.