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Duke Quotes: Duke 66, Boston College 65
3/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski
Opening Statement
“It was a man's game out there tonight and I'm proud of our guys to make that one stop we needed to win the game. It was going to be a one possession game and our kids executed real well. Gerald Henderson delivered to give us the lead and then we played really good defense. It's survive and advance so to speak.
“I thought Kyle [Singler] was sensational for us. Gerald [Henderson] got into the foul trouble with two quick ones in 30 seconds and that screws anybody up, especially the coach. I thought Kyle [Singler] kept us in there. In the second half, we just flowed so much better offensively with Gerald [Henderson], Jon [Scheyer] and Kyle [Singler] playing so well. [David] McClure and Lance Thomas were very, very good for us and obviously Elliot [Williams] has been such a key guy for us.
“We're proud of the win and congratulate Boston College for a good game against us and for what I would think would be a good seed in the NCAA Tournament.”
On the second-half turnaround for the Duke offense
“I think a lot of it has to do with we had 20 minutes to warm-up. This is our first time shooting in this place. They played very well but I do think part of it was not being able to get accustomed to your environment. Hopefully we are accustomed to it now and we get to play a very good Maryland team. I think that had something to do with it with the fact that Gerald [Henderson's] foul trouble and their defense was probably a concoction there that leads to 22 points.”
On the play to give Duke the winning basket
“We tried to get him and Jon [Scheyer] in an action where Jon was screening for him to get into the low post. Set a screen for the screener. He was open the first time we did it and we were going back to it either if he was open to hit him or for Jon to take a three. They executed well and Gerald delivered. It was not an easy shot but at least he was one-on-one in the post. It was a big time play by Gerald.”
Duke Guard Gerald Henderson
On what he saw over the final sequence of plays
“On my shot, I knew I needed to make a strong move whether to score the bucket or to get a foul. With Rakim [Sanders] shot, I just wanted to push as far away from the basket as I could and then make him shoot the longer shot and just not foul.”
Kyle Singler
On tonight's game:
“We are happy with the win. It was a very tough game. Boston College is a very good team. We didn't play our best basketball in the first half but when it counted in the second half we made the plays we needed to make.”
On playing Maryland tomorrow:
“We need to play 40 minutes to win this tournament, so we are moving on and Maryland is on our mind now.”
Lance Thomas
On tonight's win:
“It was a great win and we had to fight it out to the end. We did whatever we needed to do to make sure we were the ones standing at the end, now we just look forward to the next game.”
Opening Statement
“It was a man's game out there tonight and I'm proud of our guys to make that one stop we needed to win the game. It was going to be a one possession game and our kids executed real well. Gerald Henderson delivered to give us the lead and then we played really good defense. It's survive and advance so to speak.
“I thought Kyle [Singler] was sensational for us. Gerald [Henderson] got into the foul trouble with two quick ones in 30 seconds and that screws anybody up, especially the coach. I thought Kyle [Singler] kept us in there. In the second half, we just flowed so much better offensively with Gerald [Henderson], Jon [Scheyer] and Kyle [Singler] playing so well. [David] McClure and Lance Thomas were very, very good for us and obviously Elliot [Williams] has been such a key guy for us.
“We're proud of the win and congratulate Boston College for a good game against us and for what I would think would be a good seed in the NCAA Tournament.”
On the second-half turnaround for the Duke offense
“I think a lot of it has to do with we had 20 minutes to warm-up. This is our first time shooting in this place. They played very well but I do think part of it was not being able to get accustomed to your environment. Hopefully we are accustomed to it now and we get to play a very good Maryland team. I think that had something to do with it with the fact that Gerald [Henderson's] foul trouble and their defense was probably a concoction there that leads to 22 points.”
On the play to give Duke the winning basket
“We tried to get him and Jon [Scheyer] in an action where Jon was screening for him to get into the low post. Set a screen for the screener. He was open the first time we did it and we were going back to it either if he was open to hit him or for Jon to take a three. They executed well and Gerald delivered. It was not an easy shot but at least he was one-on-one in the post. It was a big time play by Gerald.”
Duke Guard Gerald Henderson
On what he saw over the final sequence of plays
“On my shot, I knew I needed to make a strong move whether to score the bucket or to get a foul. With Rakim [Sanders] shot, I just wanted to push as far away from the basket as I could and then make him shoot the longer shot and just not foul.”
Kyle Singler
On tonight's game:
“We are happy with the win. It was a very tough game. Boston College is a very good team. We didn't play our best basketball in the first half but when it counted in the second half we made the plays we needed to make.”
On playing Maryland tomorrow:
“We need to play 40 minutes to win this tournament, so we are moving on and Maryland is on our mind now.”
Lance Thomas
On tonight's win:
“It was a great win and we had to fight it out to the end. We did whatever we needed to do to make sure we were the ones standing at the end, now we just look forward to the next game.”
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