Chattanooga Basketball Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Furman
Timmons Arena – Greenville, S.C.
Thursday – Feb. 15, 2018

Coach Lamont Paris
Summing up game:
"Nothing was great. It was a poor performance. To sum it up, it was poor…from all facets. Shooting from inside and the perimeter; we did shoot well from the free throw line, but we just missed so many shots so it didn't matter. It was a bad performance. We were bad from a lot of different angles."
 
On playing with no room for error:
"That's what I'm talking about when I say we have a thin margin of error. We can't afford to turn the ball over like that against a team like that. We had a lot of wasted possessions. So many things that go into it. There's not much you can say. You have to play better. It's that simple."
 
On picking up level of competition:
"I aspire that we get to a point where I can say, 'play better,' and it has real meaning. We didn't compete, dive for loose balls. They also played like they wanted to win more."
 
On play from Devon Sibley:
"It's a combination of being a senior and also being a good player. He seized the moment with aggressive moves. You get rewarded for that type of play. He created contact and finished through that contact."
 
Joshua Phillips, Sr.-C
On tough night around the basket:
"We had at least 10, maybe 12 times the ball was just taken out of our hands. Then we have another five travels, turnovers. I had a three-second call. We had way, way, way too many simple, weak turnovers. We just didn't come ready to play."
 
On lack of something to rely on, working in the offensive end:
"We had some finishes in the post. We had a couple of 3s, but 2-for-19? We've got to shoot better (inside and out)."
 
On 16-point, 13-rebound performance.:
"I know I have to do my job every night. I've got to get offensive boards, need to screen hard, play tough defenses and take charges. But it's not about me. We need to play better as a team in these last few games."
 
On Chatman's Injury:
"Rodney's a team leader, a captain…he runs the show. We were down five when he went down. There were five or so minutes left in the half, and then we were down 20 at the half. One player going down should not make 15-point difference (in five minutes). We needed to play better after he went down."