Postgame Quotes: Oklahoma State vs Texas

Oklahoma State head coach Mike Boynton

On the stress of comeback victories at home
"I don't think anybody has more stress than I do, but we'll certainly take it. I'm really proud of our fight. That's what I was talking about the past couple of days. I think my word choice kind of went a different route than what it should be, and that's on me. I have to be smarter than that, but at the same time, my kids got the message and I knew they would because they're good kids. They know I love them, care about them and I'm proud of the way they fought today."

On Jeffrey Carroll's performance
"He led us in deflections. I think we had 17 deflections tonight, and he had like nine of them. He was really active and he was really dialed in. The kids did all of the right things. All of the things that this team has gone through, he has continued to listen and try to learn and get better. He's a microcosm of what this team about as fighters."

On what he told the team when down 12 with less than six minutes remaining
"Just to keep fighting. Don't worry about the score and just keep swinging. Keep believing that what we do works. We needed to get a couple of easy baskets, and our defense gave us that opportunity to get out in transition. We were able to finish it with a tip-in layup - a hustle play."

On the final sequence
"We got what we wanted. We wanted to get Jeff an opportunity to drive and tried to space the floor a little bit to move (Mohamed) Bamba out of the paint. He was still in there, but (Carroll's) drive was so aggressive that it caused some confusion. Then Yankuba (Sima) comes up with a big offensive rebound because Bamba went to try and alter his shot. That's one of the downfalls of going to block his shot, because he couldn't rebound at the same time. We just continued to hustle and fight for it and came up with a big tip-in by (Tavarius) Shine."

On Texas' size disrupting rhythm offensively
"One of the crazy things that I thought we did a really good job of was that we only took 10 3's. That may be the lowest number we've shot all year, and I thought we were going to have to come out here and make 10 to have a chance to win. Our team was really disciplined at trying to attack them, even against their size advantage. We got to the free-throw line and again made a high percentage of them. The best thing we did was take care of the basketball and limited turnovers in the second half.

OSU guard Tavarius Shine

On his last shot to win the game
"I just know I was trying to get to the glass. When Yakuba grabbed the rebound, I was screaming his name. I realized he didn't hear me because he didn't look back. I saw him do a hook shot and when I saw it go short, I tried to get it up to the rim. I was hoping it would go in."

On missing a game and being back today
"I felt kind of weird. My judgment and my shots were a little off. But it just takes a little time. My shot didn't feel too bad. I felt like my direction was good."

On Boyton's motivational comments after Kansas State game
"You have to take it and run with it. I use everything he says as motivation. I don't take it to heart or let it hurt my feelings. I just use it as motivation. I think we took it well and came out gunning. It is just a word. It wasn't like he said anything about my family. It is just a word. I know Coach cares for us a lot. Like he said, he cares as much about us as he does about his kids. It's just a word to get us going, to get some flames under us and to get us competing."

On defense
"My energy came from [Averette]. He was up on the ball, so when I see him getting up on the ball handlers, that gives me the energy to lock down my guy on the wing."

On honoring Andrew Jones
"I know Andrew personally. We are from the same area and went to the same high school. I have seen him grow from not being known in basketball, to a McDonald's All-American, to basically being an NBA Draft pick. It was real big for me to see Coach Boyton and Oklahoma State University do those things for his family."

OSU guard Brandon Averette

On the final few minutes of the game
"We really just settled down and got stops on defense that led to a lot of easy buckets. I think that's what sparked our run: defense."

On Boyton's motivational comments after Kansas State game
"It made us come out and play harder. Right off the bat, you can tell that we came out with a lot more energy than we did last game."

On the last few days of practice
"We did what we always do. Compete. Work hard. It wasn't really anything significant that he changed. Just have to come out with more energy."

On the charge Lindy Waters took at the end of the game
"That was a big one. He really saved me, because I got blown by. I was happy he took that one."

On coming back from being behind
"We compete every day. We never give up until the clock says zero. We always have hope no matter what the score says."

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Brandon Averette

Jeffrey Carroll

Tavarius Shine

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