Loyola and UIC Postgame Quotes

March 4, 2005

Loyola and UIC Postgame Quotes


Loyola Head Coach Jim Whitesell on the win

"We talked at halftime about, `Look, let's keep this up-tempo, let's get some inside play, let's get better ball movement, player movement,' and I was really proud of the way our guys played in the second half and certainly in the overtime."

Whitesell on losing the lead late in regulation

"It seemed like in that last 30 seconds it kinda seemed like everything went wrong for us. So we were like, `Hey, we just gotta play for five minutes and let's go do it.'"

Loyola's Blake Schilb on his great offensive night

"I caught the hot hand. My teammates did a great job of getting me the ball and I knocked down shots."

Schilb on coming back in overtime

"This was a game of runs and coach tells us the players adjust to the game, so I kept my emotions in check and then I made some big free throws."

UIC Head Coach Jimmy Collins on the game

"It was a tough game, a tough game for Cedrick (Banks) and Armond (Williams) to go out on, because they've meant so very much to the program. But hat's off to Loyola. We wish them well."

Collins on UIC not being able to pull it out in overtime

"We had momentum and then we stopped playing and we had no energy. Loyola, they conjured up the energy."

UIC's Elliott Poole on the loss

"It's really hard to lose a game like this. It's hurtful because we thought we played hard. I thought we gave it all we had, but we had no answer to Schilb and that was the difference in this game."