Derek Waugh Quotations

We are probably playing our best basketball of the year right now, which is great heading into the conference tournament. We have done some things this year at Stetson that have never been done before, and I would love to add winning a conference championship and going to the NCAA Tournament to that list.

I'm at a complete loss. When we play hard and play with some passion we're pretty good. I'm truly at a loss how to motivate us to do that.

Give Savannah State a lot of credit. With their record, they could have easily mailed it in but they didn't. They came out with a great game plan and really controlled the tempo.

Last year one of our problems was we'd win a game and show up and play terrible the next game. Tonight I thought our defense was excellent holding them down and the shooting (46 percent) got back to where it needed to be.

Kris is fearless with his offensive game. And he did an excellent job defensively, too. When it was winning team, he stepped up big.

I was proud of the way we met physicality with physicality tonight. Karl Hollingsworth was fantastic and needs to play like that every time. Lipscomb is playing extremely well right now and we were just a couple of plays away from winning this game.

We played very well during a prolonged stretch in the second half. That was the difference for us. It was a close game, and that run gave us some breathing room.

Our defense was really the story for us tonight. Our offense played great, but it was the play at the other end that kept us in the game.

As a team we don't have it. Whatever it is, we don't have it. If we had it, we could be pretty good. But until we get it, we're not.

This is a really big win for this team and for our program. To get this win is a big testament to the way these guys have hung in there and worked hard all season long.

It's frustrating. Maybe there's a master plan for us.

It's something that's killed us all year. It's something we've usually hung our hat on, but this year it hasn't been there. Rebounding is something you can work on, but it's one of those game-time things where you've just got to get it done.

They made a nice adjustment on us. Trapped us a little bit, speeded us up.

If you leave them open, and they're on, they're really gonna burn you. They end up making 11 threes out of 24 attempts. It's hard to beat 'em when they do that.

You can say that maybe his first two years he got the short end of the stick playing wise. But never once did he complain. Never once did he stop working. And guys like that you tend to have confidence they can step up.