Offense is a constant problem for this team, but man, it plays hard and has become good defensively.
After losing a game it should have won at UCF on Friday, the Wave showed toughness by bouncing back to beat South Florida today in its third road game in five days. Kevin Cross, who has struggled to hit 3s all year, hit a big one to give the Wave the lead for good, and then he made an even better play late when he was bottled up inside late in the shot clock down the stretch, passing to Sion James in the corner for a 3 that gave the Wave a 5-point lead that held up in the 62-59 victory.
Here is what Ron Hunter and Kevin Cross had to say:
HUNTER
"We're just getting better. This is the thing we talk about building this program and going through some tough times and fighting your way through it. We just keep fighting and grinding wins out, and our defense is there and we made some timely baskets today, which we hadn't done."
On James and Cross big second halves:
"They are growing up. I said before at one point the light switch goes on with these kids. We've had so much stuff happen but the light switch went on with the young guys. We just keep grinding and getting better and celebrating. We've got the 24-hour rule and then we'll go back and get ready for the next one. The road trip's not over yet. We have to keep going. (Tulane plays at SMU on Wednesday)."
KEVIN CROSS
On big baskets:
"I feel like I got comfortable. I kind of found my spots in the second half more than I did in the first. I think my defense helped my offense today. The first half I had a couple of big blocks."
After losing a game it should have won at UCF on Friday, the Wave showed toughness by bouncing back to beat South Florida today in its third road game in five days. Kevin Cross, who has struggled to hit 3s all year, hit a big one to give the Wave the lead for good, and then he made an even better play late when he was bottled up inside late in the shot clock down the stretch, passing to Sion James in the corner for a 3 that gave the Wave a 5-point lead that held up in the 62-59 victory.
Here is what Ron Hunter and Kevin Cross had to say:
HUNTER
"We're just getting better. This is the thing we talk about building this program and going through some tough times and fighting your way through it. We just keep fighting and grinding wins out, and our defense is there and we made some timely baskets today, which we hadn't done."
On James and Cross big second halves:
"They are growing up. I said before at one point the light switch goes on with these kids. We've had so much stuff happen but the light switch went on with the young guys. We just keep grinding and getting better and celebrating. We've got the 24-hour rule and then we'll go back and get ready for the next one. The road trip's not over yet. We have to keep going. (Tulane plays at SMU on Wednesday)."
KEVIN CROSS
On big baskets:
"I feel like I got comfortable. I kind of found my spots in the second half more than I did in the first. I think my defense helped my offense today. The first half I had a couple of big blocks."
