Following a 73-53 win against USC Upstate in a Saturday afternoon game, South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris spoke to the media about his team\u2019s performance and how the team performed. Here\u2019s what he had to say.<\/p>\n
Opening Statement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 Thought the second half resembled more the team they wanted to look like. After injury, how do you get players to compartmentalize?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 It\u2019s difficult, it\u2019s helpful that the players could see that Harris was moving. Seeing that, it allowed the players to feel better about the situation at hand. \u201cHopefully just a scare.\u201d<\/p>\n More quotes<\/em><\/strong>\u2013 <\/p>\n \u201cCertainly, for guys of this age, the opponent matters.\u201d Used poker metaphors to show any opponent always has a chance, have to play your game.<\/p>\n On the group\u2019s competitive edge-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI think it comes naturally when it comes to the game.\u201d Says the last game prior to going home from winter break and the first game coming back always will have an asterisk by it in terms of readiness.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they have a problem with a competitive edge on gameday, they\u2019re in the wrong business.\u201d<\/p>\n On defensive growth-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Stretch of Boston College and Virginia Tech, parts of ECU games, there\u2019s been \u201creal growth.\u201d It\u2019s been consistent growth and one that you can reproduce over time. At a certain point, there\u2019s no time for growth and you \u201chave to play how you are.\u201d As individuals get better, the team will continue to improve.<\/p>\n \u201cExcited about\u2026 what the real peak of this team will be.\u201d \u201cWithout a doubt, we\u2019re easily a month away\u2026but excited to see what it looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n On scoring inside-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMost times, that\u2019ll be a point of emphasis with us.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe quality of threes increase when we\u2019re able to get the ball inside.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOnce the ball goes anywhere near the paint\u2026our quality of shot from the perimeter increases dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n On forcing turnovers-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t gamble a lot\u2026I like organized pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n Not yet where he\u2019d like it to be, but likes what he sees with defensive energy and activity.<\/p>\n Defense can be more active, forcing turnovers will be a byproduct of that.<\/p>\n The post What Lamont Paris said after South Carolina\u2019s home win against USC Upstate<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Following a 73-53 win against USC Upstate in a Saturday afternoon game, South Carolina head…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2013 Did a lot of things defensively with success in the second half.
\u2013 Some frustration with the team in the half-time speech.
\u2013 Good job by the players during exams week and having a week with no game.<\/p>\nDiscuss South Carolina basketball on The Insiders Forum!<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n