Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga 64, UNCG 68
Chattanooga, Tenn. | The McKenzie Arena
Saturday, February 24, 2024
 
Shawn Poppie, head coach
 
Opening Statement
"Credit to Greensboro, especially in the second half. They just made more plays than we did. We've got some soul-searching to do, but maybe it's a good time since we've still got two more on the road. This is what you try to protect them from after an emotional game and celebration on Thursday, and I didn't do my job to get them all the way prepared. A lot of credit goes to Greensboro, they did a lot of things that bothered us. We're gonna have to watch some film and adjust and play a little bit better."

On what changed in the fourth quarter.
"I thought they just had a will to win. It looked like maybe we got tired and just expected things to fall in our lap. We made some plays, but it was like we were thinking oh it'll be okay but Greensboro said nuh-uh and went and made some plays. We had a couple stops where they just out-hustled us to loose balls or 50-50 balls on offensive rebounds that didn't allow us to get any momentum. In a sense, I thought they just out-toughed us down the stretch."

On this loss helped relieve some pressure that's been put on this team.
"I don't know if pressure is the right word. To be honest with you, I don't think we've played great over the past couple of weeks. We've not been able to get over that hump and learn during wins. We've been talking about it where it's been fun winning and we've come away with some close wins down the stretch, but we haven't played well. We gotta get back to playing well and maybe a loss is what can refocus us to what we can do better in practice."