Kansas State Player Quotes
Nov 23, 2005 | General
Senior Forward Dramane Diarra
On the first half vs. the second half...
“In the first half we let them get the ball too easy. We let them get comfortable and confident. They made a lot of shots and we had no way of shutting them down. In the second half we tried to come out and deny everything, contest everything, give nothing up. Their percentage dropped and they didn’t take that many shots either.”
On his mentality after falling behind...
“We always had confidence. We’ve got Cartier making big shots, we’ve got David, Clent, Lance. It was no problem. I never doubted my teammates.”
Junior Forward Cartier Martin
On the comeback...
“We got it down to a nine-point game going into the half so we knew we were still in the game. We weren’t going to stop fighting. We played as hard as we could, we played
On the slow start...
“The start was a little shaky. I don’t know if we were a little nervous or what but we just had to get used to the game and let the game come to us. Slowly but surely we got back in it.”
Sophomore Guard David Hoskins
On beating a 2005 tournament team...
“It was a really good win. We feel like this year we can have a pretty good year. Nobody is coming in our house and going to get an easy win because of their previous year’s success. We’re going to play hard against everybody.”
On carrying the team late in the game...
“That’s pretty much just how it turned out. I didn’t necessarily put the game on my shoulders. Cartier Martin is the guy we depend on every night, everybody else just has to fill in the blanks. He’s good every night.”
On the poor start...
“I thought we came out a little sluggish, not really intense like we needed to be. We needed to get a better tempo about our game and that’s what we did in the second half.”
