Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Wofford
Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium – Spartanburg, S.C.
Saturday – Feb. 8, 2020


Lamont Paris, Head Coach
Overall thoughts after tonight's win at Wofford.
"The value of getting a stop was at an all-time high just because both teams were playing so well at any particular time. It was a little crazy that way. We were able to get a stop here and there when we needed to, and combined, we made some shots when we needed to, and so did they. It was tic-for-tac at times. Guys stepped up. It was great to see guys make free throws down the stretch and make some big-time confidence plays for at least two or three guys on the team. That was really good."

On the play of Rod Johnson.
"Rod was really good, especially in the first half. He was aggressive, which he is fairly aggressive, but he was productive on top of it. He made some shots which was good to see. That's the type of player we thought he can be, not that he would average 18, but just some of those plays that make teams stretch out, play off the dribble. That's what he has done a good job of, shot faking. He plays at a good pace. I thought tonight particularly he played at a really good pace. Made a couple plays off the dribble, drew a couple fouls. I think it was really good for his confidence and it's back-to-back games I thought he played well."

On the play of Maurice Commander.
"Maurice, I can't say enough for what he did tonight not only as a scorer, but as a rim attacker. He just attacked and created some things, made some good passes. I said before, one of the big plays he made, seemed pretty simple, he came off a ball screen and two guys stayed with him and he drug it out really long and was able to get the bal to Ramon [Vila] at the rim and he got fouled. I thought that was good just to get that guy back involved because he had been saddled with some foul trouble in the first half. I think we play much better when Ramon is active and involved and he's doing a lot of different things. [Maurice], overall, played an awesome game and it was great for him, great to see that down the stretch he was making play after play on both ends of the floor. It was exciting for him."

Matt Ryan, Gr.-G
On tonight being the reason why wanting to transfer here.
"100%. For sure, getting a road win, I can't really describe the feeling. Honestly, I felt a little emotional in the locker room. Being able to play a huge role in a road game against a team who has a history of winning in this league, it felt good."

On the difference tonight.
"Just guys stepping up. Guys stepping up. We had a long talk after losing to ETSU and losing two games in-a-row. Maurice [Commander] was vocal, Rod [Johnson] was vocal, I was vocal, coach [Paris] was vocal. It was crazy that those two guys stepped up big time today after a couple of really good practices the last couple days."

Maurice Commander, So.-G
On tonight's performance. 
"Just trying to get in rhythm. I kept attacking and being aggressive. I had zero at half and wasn't in the game like I should have been. In the second half, I decided to take some shots and be aggressive. I just got on a roll."

On the defensive effort and late game situation.
"It was tough. Wofford's Hoover, Storm, the bigs, they were hitting shots and iit got to the point where it felt like Hoover couldn't miss, the Storm hit a big transition three. We couldn't really get a stop in the post. I think what we did well was play as a team and being aggressive on our end, just balancing the lead of the game. When it got to the end with two minutes and under when it really counted, they missed a couple shots and we got some stops and made some shots to pull away."