Chattanooga Mocs Basketball Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Western Carolina
Ramsey Center - Cullowhee, N.C.
Thursday - Feb. 2, 2012

Head Coach John Shulman
Thoughts on the game:
"A missed box out here and a missed box out there.  Little plays.  It's a shame because the last 15-16 minutes of the game our kids battled their guts out.  Down 18 with 15 to play and came back and answered and answered and answered."

"It is amazing the guys stepping up.  We never gave up.  We battled and battled and battled.  We are just undermanned at this moment.  We are going to get there. We are going to get all of our troops back and when we do, let's see how resilient we are. "

"You can look at it one way or you can look at it the other way.  I refuse to look at it the other way.  I am going to look at it one way.  Our guys busted their tail-end and now we have to go three hours to Charlotte and get ready to play Davidson on Saturday.  I see emotion in that locker room, but I don't see a lot of quit in that locker room."

"We are undermanned, but not under-heart.  We are busting it.  As long as you play hard, you have a chance to get out of it."

Senior Keegan Bell
Thoughts on the game:
"I was really proud of our guys.  We didn't give up tonight.  They were just on fire in the first half.  We messed up a few times on transition, not picking up guys, but for the most part we were doing what we were supposed to...squeezing and going under...they were just knocking down shots."

"We came out in the second half and Lance Stokes should be played of the game.  He was getting after it and giving us energy and he just played his tail-end off.  Drew, Jared, Ronrico and Dontay came in a gave us such great bounce...and we fought.  I was proud of us for that."

"I felt like we were the hungrier team, but when you get down in that deficit in the first half it is hard to bounce back.  Especially when you are on the road and down double-digits.  Still, I thought we did a great job of fighting back.  Every time I thought we were fighting back I looked up at the score and we were still trailing by double-digits.  We made a run at the end and still had a chance to win it."

"I told the guys after the game...No matter what happens, no matter how many we win or lose between now and the end of the season, as long as we bring as much energy as we can every day to practice and every game, then we can do something special.  We are talented enough to do it so let's go shock the conference."