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Davidson/Virginia Postgame Quotes
Opening Statement:
"Virginia is skilled, talented, very smart, and incredibly well-coached with great discipline. I thought we did a terrific job of matching them for quite a bit of the game. We let them get away from us at the beginning of the second half and at the end of the first half. But that happened not because of a lack of toughness or effort on our guys' part. We fought for 40 minutes and I'm incredibly proud of them."
On Virginia Junior Forward Anthony Gill:
"The scouting report said that he's very crafty, has terrific touch, he shoots it like a feather inside, and he has an extra effort on the glass. All of which he lived up to."
On Davidson's momentum going into halftime:
"They cut it to four because we missed shots. We had three straight great looks at the basket. It wasn't for a lack of execution or a lack of getting the ball to the right guy at the right time, we just missed shots. And to have three empty possessions like that and they counter, it's six sometimes eight points. The same thing started the first three minutes of the second half. We had two turnovers and a missed shot. Five of our first six possessions in the second half we didn't score. That is when they went from down four to up two or three. So when you have those kinds of stretches against teams like this with 15,000 people in the crowd, it doesn't look good."
Davidson Sophomore Guard Jack Gibbs
On increased pressure from Virginia in the second half:
"I think they were feeling good. Obviously, they cut the lead to four going into halftime, and when you're feeling good, you play harder and the effort is there. I wouldn't say there was increased pressure, just that they were clicking more in the second half."
On Davidson's ability to counter attack big plays by Virginia:
"In practice we work on catching people celebrating. So, if they get a big dunk or a clutch three then we want to push it back. We are going to attack no matter what and I think we do a good job of counter attacking. We get people open and made shots."
On Virginia's Defense:
"They want to make you work for the whole shot clock. They are a smart team and play very well together. Sometimes it's not going to go your way."
On Virginia's Forwards Darion Atkins and Anthony Gill making big plays inside:
"They are good players. They play on the No. 3 team in the country for a reason and they can make shots. They had a nice touch inside and we played our defense well against them, but sometimes they are just going to make shots."
Davidson Senior Guard Tyler Kalinoski
On Virginia's defense in the second half:
"When they got their offense running and got the crowd into it, their defense was clicking more, especially in the second half. I thought we had great looks. Brian (Sullivan) got going a little bit and I thought Peyton (Aldridge) had great looks, but they just weren't going down for us. And then when they come back on offense and they run their plays for the whole 30 seconds of the shot clock, it takes away our momentum going back on offense."
"I think we may have proved something. In the locker room we believe we can play against any team in the country and we can beat the best team in the country. We might have turned some people's heads, but in our locker room we believe we can be the best team in the country."