Head Coach Dennis Gates expresses gratitude to fans and highlights key players' contributions after securing Missouri's first Southeastern Conference win in three years.
It's the first win in the Southeastern Conference in year three for head coach Dennis Gates . Here's a transcript of what the head coach said to the media following the win.'I want to first thank our fans for coming out. I know the weather is not on the side of comfort, but again, we're Missourians. We're tough, and I'm thankful that they were able to get to the game, and we definitely had a great crowd. It did make a difference in our game. Being able to start the way that we did.
The energy in the building ignited our defensive side, and we were able to get a unbelievable lead moving forward with those runs, I thought Tamar Bates, when it comes down to his rebounding, he made a point and an emphasis. In addition to my decision to have Josh come off the bench, ignited Josh. He had more rebounds than he had in the last four games. So thankful for our guys, thankful for this win, and obviously our fans coming to support.''It's going to be a long season, and you got to be able to prepare, make decisions, and ultimately put your team in the best situation they can be in big picture, and that's what all ways analytically do. I'll do it from a thinking perspective. I'll do it from big picture. But those guys earned it. I didn't think our starters played well, and ultimately our young guys, they were able to get in there and make a difference in the game, and got the lead down to 14 or 12 on the road, and that environment in their library of reps, meaning their experience is going to pay dividends to their future. So you got to be able to put them in situations. Wish I could have found some opportunities in this game for all of them. But again, those situations didn't come up, and I thought LSU did a good job of making the runs that they made.''It's in it's in a stats. Josh Gray, 10 rebounds, Tamar Bates 20 and eight , even Ant Robinson , who didn't play well on the road, he got out to a great start. Tony Perkins did a tremendous jo
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