Head Coach Lon Kruger
Opening Statement:
“That for the most part was a pretty good battle. I thought the guys worked at it. I really liked Baylor’s club. They were long and rangy and athletic, and Scott does a great job. I think the second half we didn’t shoot quite as well, largely in part of their length and ranginess. We missed some opportunities and they knocked down shots to make an even ball game, then eight to 10, and we were fighting from that deficit the rest of the way.”
On defending Baylor’s three guard offense:
“Any lineup they put out there is a challenge to defend. They have a lot of different weapons, a lot of different combinations that can hurt you in a lot of different ways. Having that flexibility makes them that much more difficult to guard.”
On the team’s three point shooting:
“We had some looks there. Tyler has been doing a good job of knocking down some shots and Pledger had some good looks from three. Obviously we didn’t make any today, but we need those guys to keep looking and stay aggressive, especially with Baylor mixing man and zone. When they’re in zone, a lot of times that’s the shots you’re going to get. Again, ranginess affected some of those, but still you have to step up and shoot them aggressively.”
On playing on the road:
“Playing teams in the Big 12, it’s hard to win road games, for sure. To win today we needed to make all the shots and all the opportunities we had. In the first half, when we were up five to seven points, we had some looks to widen it out at that point. Again, when you play a club like Baylor, you need as much margin as you can to work with, knowing they’re going to make that run in the second half. So it was a critical stretch not widening it out there in the first half.”
