Malik Hairston Quotes (19 Quotes)

They're also a very tough basketball team. They have some great inside players and a very good perimeter game. So we'll just execute the game plan as we've done these past couple of games.

It will be a big game regardless of the players who are playing just because it is the Civil War and it's the last game of our regular season.

He's a tough guy, but he's a kid at heart. He's good to be around, and I think he's a great teammate.

Absolutely nothing happened, but the ref made the call. We still had more basketball to play and unfortunately we just didn't win the game.

We have to play as hard as we possibly can.

No one thought we could even get this far. No one thought we could give Cal this much of a game.

They're home, they going to make runs, and we were able to respond with big plays. We shot free throws well. We just did a much better job of executing our game.

Honestly, it's about time. There's nothing to celebrate about, but it's a good feeling to close out a game.

Growing up, my whole family played basketball, and we would have our battles in the backyard. There would be bleeding and crying.

I think this group of guys showed a lot of heart.

I know for a fact Aaron didn't choke. It's one of the times he missed a free throw. It happens.

It's obviously a tough loss. It seems like we've been subject to a few of those.

We're right there to play with every team in the conference. We're talented enough, we fight hard enough. At the end of games, we don't play as smart as we need to and with as much poise and confidence, taking the game instead of handing it away.

I understand I've got to do a little more in the first half. But to be able to come through down the stretch for my basketball team is a good feeling.

We didn't get too many great looks and then we got good looks and couldn't knock them down. That was a little bit of a loss of confidence, and a lot of things coming together.

It's a new season and we can't worry about what we did in the conference season. We still have the opportunity to kind of reach our goals and get to the NCAA tournament which is our ultimate goal.

It's a big win, it's a great feeling. It's the first time since I've been here that we beat a ranked team.

Absolutely nothing happened. The referee blew the whistle. He did his job. Have to respect that. There was more basketball to play. We just didn't get it done.

We've gotten better every game defensively. We're understanding basically what it takes on defense and we've gotten in a lot better shape. We know we need to run with our man, (and) work with our man.