Jan. 8, 2004

Recap| Final Stats

Arizona Head Coach Lute Olson Quotes

"We are getting better game by game, and our mental preparation has been much better than it was earlier in the season. We did not do a great job in the second half, but there were some positive things that we can take from the game. We did a good job of taking care of the ball except for a few turnovers by the scout team near the end of the game. We did a good job with turnovers for the most part, so that definitely was a step in the right direction."

"In the first half, we did a good job on defense, and we were able to shut down (Amit) Tamir and (Ayinde) Ubaka. Those two had some good hustle buckets, but we were able to contain them for the most part. Salim (Stoudamire) did a great job when they tried to zone us."

"I was very encouraged by the way Salim (Stoudamire) shot the ball. Salim is a great shooter, and when he is feeling it, our guys know to find him all the time."

"We did not do a good job of rebounding, and we have to be better rebounders. We performed very poorly on the defensive boards, so we have to work on that in the next few days. We need our starting frontline players to be more aggressive on the boards because if they are not, then we will have to put someone else in there who is ready too play."

"Ivan (Radenovic) gave us a great lift off the bench. He is a smart player, and he played very aggressively every time he was in the game."

"We need to get Channing (Frye) to be more active. He needs to do a better job of getting himself open because we have guys who are just waiting to get him the ball."

"We are going to have a big test on Saturday, and it is going to be a great game. I think we are getting better, and we just need to keep making progress every game."

Arizona Player Quotes

Forward Hassan Adams

"Everybody was clicking tonight. We need to keep up our intensity and play our game."

"We were working hard on offense and trying to fix our weaknesses."

"We had to come out and play tough tonight. We played hard to win."

"We are going to take one game at a time. We have a big practice ahead of us tomorrow. I'm looking forward to playing Stanford."

On Saturday's game vs. Stanford...
"It is going to be a big game. We just need to come out and play our game, play Arizona basketball."

Forward Andre Iguodala

"We played a great game."

On his reverse-jam in the first half...
"I don't know how I did it. I just saw a Cal player coming from the left, so I reversed it. I thought the defender was going to come, but he didn't, so I threw it down."

"For each game, we are ready to play. We didn't overlook Cal tonight at all. I don't look at any game as an easy win. I know tonight we will check out Stanford."

On Saturday's game vs. Stanford...
"I treat each game like any other game. We need to stay calm and come out focused. We need to come out hard and attack."

"If we play our game, they (Stanford) have to worry about us, we won't have to worry about them. We play a very up-tempo game. We need to come out and play strong, and start off fast."

Center Channing Frye

"Tonight's win was crucial, especially being at home. Coach Olson emphasizes that we need to win every single game at home, so we are in a good position playing on the road."

"We play good defense in practice. I think defense needs to be our focal point. If we play good defense for 40 minutes, it's going to be hard for any team to play us."

On Saturday's game vs. Stanford...
"Stanford is a good team because they execute. We need to keep up with their aggressiveness. Stanford isn't afraid of anybody."