Coach Slessinger's Quotes Following Saturday's Loss At A&M-Corpus Christi

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Overall thoughts on the game
"We were bad defensively. We've hung our hats on being great defensively all year. We've guarded and done things on a high level on that end of the court for the majority of the season and we did not do that tonight at any level tonight. We were well prepared through our scouting. We finally turned the corner offensively. We shot the ball well from 3. We shot the ball well from the foul line. We were able to get the ball where we wanted to. We just did not complete the plays that we needed to defensively. We talked a lot about this with the team – that the offense was coming. We knew it was coming and we finally felt like we've done a couple of things this week in practice with a couple of adjustments to make those changes and turn the corner. Defensively, this was as big of a disappointment as we've had all year."
 
On the offensive performances of Erik Thomas and Travin Thibodeaux
"We did a good job of making some adjustments for both of those guys. We worked the ball inside-out when we needed to. We also had some great looks from 3 that just didn't go. Coleman [Edwards] had a couple of really good looks. Our kick-outs just didn't go. Christavious [Gill] had one or two. What we wanted to get offensively, we felt like we got for the most part. Defensively, it was just a complete disappointment."
 
On the 3-point shooting by the Islanders
"We got away from what we're good at on that end to be able to stop them from making 3s. In the last two games, it feels like we really got away from the things that we're good at. It's disappointing to be right there and to finally turn this corner. We've got a short turnaround to say the least. We'll bus back to Houston tonight, stay the night and then we'll bus back to New Orleans in the morning. UCA was at Nicholls tonight and they'll be ready for us on Monday night. We'll be anxious for that game."
 
On the challenge the team faces being 1-5 in Southland Conference play
"They're disappointed and our staff is disappointed. This is not what we wanted. This is not where we feel this team should be. We should have turned two or three of those games around in there. We should be 3-3 at this point and we're very disappointed in where we're at. Nobody feels sorry for us. We've got to get our butt back in there, get working and get this thing turned around. We've got 12 more [games] to go and we've got to get ready to make a march into the [Southland] tournament and achieve or goal of making the NCAA Tournament. There's no time to feel sorry for ourselves. We've got to get back and get working."