Quotes following Georgia Tech’s 75-63 win over Clemson Thursday night
GEORGIA TECH COACH JOSH PASTNER
“The big thing today was Justin Moore and Josh Heath had 11 assists to three turnovers. They played the right way. They hit singles, they kept it simple, they were sound, and when they play like that, good things happen.”
“I was proud of Quinton (Stephens). I know he missed some shots, but he battled on the glass, really battled on the glass, did a nice job on the glass and he was close to another double-double. I thought Ben Lammers was obviously very good and Josh (Okogie) gave us good minutes as always. Tadric (Jackson), to his credit, I was in him the first half. I laid into him pretty hard. I was very upset about he didn’t get a rebound, which was a 50-50 ball. To his credit, he responded the right way and he made big plays the second half.”
“Look, we’re a better team today than when we started. That’s the progression of our team. We continue to get better and we’ve got to continue to get better. We’ve still got a long ways to go. And I’m so proud that we’re sitting here 2-2 after those first four tough games on our schedule, but we’ve still got a long ways to go and we’ll continue to get better but we’ve got a tough stretch coming up.”
“I thought the student section was terrific tonight. The fans were just great overall. It was a great home-court advantage.”
TECH CENTER BEN LAMMERS
“That’s one of the good things I like about our defense is we can play both man and 2-3. We test it out, see which one works and then we kind of stick with the one that’s going well. If they start scoring on that, we can just switch it up to kind of keep them on their toes.”
TECH FORWARD QUINTON STEPHENS
“They’re a good team. They’ve always been a good team. I’ve really enjoyed playing Clemson, actually, throughout my time here at Tech. It’s a tough game. It’s all about toughness. They’re a good team. We’re going to play them again and I know they’re going to be tough then, too.”
CLEMSON COACH BRAD BROWNELL
“They played great tonight. It’s not a surprise because I saw it against North Carolina on film. They have a really good system they’re running this year that fits their personnel, and Ben Lammers is a terrific player. He’s really, really good. He makes it hard at the rim on offense. You can’t score over him. Offensively, he’s talented in that he can score at the rim with his jump hook, he’s making 17-foot jump shots, he’s a very good high-post passer. He’s an elite-level player in this league. The more you look at Georgia Tech and I know it’s a rebuild, supposedly, but they’ve got some players here that are pretty good players.”
