Postgame Quotes

Cleveland State Head Coach Gary Waters

"We have to find the right group of guys to get it right. We've tried some combinations and they haven't worked. We're not going to quit - we're going to keep fighting until we get it right."

"The slow starts at home puzzle me. We have good practices. We took our first two shots and missed both and then we clutched up. Right now, we don't have enough guys producing for us."

"From a team that was really good to a team that's playing pretty average right now, we just have to come up with the remedy. It's going to take some time to get this right. Drexel was a good team. They're worthy to be an NCAA tournament team. They're good at both ends and they're physical."

"Drexel did a good job physically and I didn't think our guys responded as well as I wanted them to respond to the physicality."

"There's a combination of things that are going wrong. We're struggling and playing back-to-back-to-back-to-back. We don't have a chance to clear our heads. We're back to the league play in a day so we have to get it right. We need to come up with something to keep teams at bay."

"We're not scoring, but I don't think we have a whole lot of other options offensively. We need to hit our shots. We're working on stuff to get open shots, but we need to hit our shots. What should stay consistent in the way we defend."

"Jeremy Montgomery has to run the point for us. If I can free him up from that, he would bring some more offense to us, but then we become smaller on defense. There are a lot of dynamics that have to play out."

"What I'm learning is that these freshmen need to grow up pretty soon because we're going to need them down the stretch."

"We missed a number of lay-ups and you add them together and we're competing and the pressure is on the other team to stop us. They can play pretty free if they know you can't make a shot. That's what is happening. We can't rely on the guys on the outside to hit all the shots."

"Our seniors are stepping up and taking responsibility for things. Let's hope they bring it and they're the three most important games of our season right now. We need to get better in these three games if we want to perform in the league tournament."

Senior Guard Trey Harmon

"We have to get back to who we are. The offense is out of sync right now. I just have to keep leading these guys and stay positive. We're going to get over this hump."

"At halftime, coach told us that Cleveland State never gives up. We still have three tough league games and these freshmen are trying to get the hang of things. We need to keep leading them."

"Our defense is our identity. We need to get stops. Until we do that, it's going to be tough for us. But this isn't anything we haven't been through before. Jeremy Montgomery, Aaron Pogue, D'Aundray Brown and I have been through tough losing streaks. We can't get down. Our goals are still there and I feel like we have a chance to accomplish them."