2023-24 Chattanooga Mocs Men's Basketball
Game 30 – Mercer
February 28 – McKenzie Arena – Chattanooga, Tenn.
Postgame Quotes
 
Dan Earl, Head Coach
Overall thoughts after 84-75 victory over Mercer.
"I was really proud of our guys tonight. I thought we played tough, which is hard to say when they had 17 offensive rebounds, but I thought we competed throughout. Just to highlight some guys, but Sam Alexis had 17 rebounds himself which I thought was awesome. Randy Brady, I thought was really good on defense. We asked him to guard a couple different guys from their four or five man, to their point guard. I thought he played really well. I also thought we shared the ball well tonight. Sometimes you miss shots, and you lose because of it, but I thought it was good that we missed some open shots after sharing the ball the right way and still being able to pull out a win. Happy for the guys."
 
On Sam Alexis' play tonight.
"I thought it was awesome. When he's playing with that type of energy, and toughness, and pop, whatever word you want to use, he's incredible. Obviously the 17 rebounds are first and foremost. He was aggressive. That's the thing he's growing in to, when he's one-on-one we want him to be aggressive. I thought tonight he was able to be aggressive and was able to make some moves before that double or extra big came. It was good to see him be aggressive, but when you see 17 rebounds, you know he's doing something right."
 
On Jan Zidek's play.
"We're a little shorter on the bench right now, so we knew we had to play them [with Alexis] together. Jan has been really good for us. He's a matchup problem. The pick-and-pops that he creates, he did a great job of rolling some smaller guys into the post and getting mismatches. He played under control and scored the ball especially early. I thought he did a wonderful job of sharing the ball while playing aggressive and under control."
 
Sam Alexis, So.-F
On being more aggressive tonight.
"I've been more passive recently with Trey and Honor with looking to them to score. I try to focus on the defensive end and grab rebounds, but tonight I heard Trey tell me to be aggressive. That kind of game me a little more energy."
 
On playing with Jan Zidek.
"I love playing with Jan [Zidek]. He can stretch the floor. When we're in the game at the same time, I feel like there's a lot more space out there. I love watching him play when he's on the court."