Quote Center: St. John's Postgame @ Providence

COURTESY OF ST. JOHN’S RED STORM ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

St. John’s Head Coach Chris Mullin:

On understanding today’s performance after Sunday’s win…

“It’s hard to understand. It’s hard to figure out. We just have to put it behind us. We have four games left. We need to regroup and play a good game on Saturday. That’s the most important thing.”

On if he will watch this game film…

“Actually we already have this on film from the last time we played Providence. So it’s the same game, part two. We made the same amount of field goals. I just thought that we were really lethargic. We had times where we had closeouts to drive and we didn’t. That’s our advantage. [Providence’s advantage] is to post up. They took advantage of it and we didn’t. Spacing and driving is just as dangerous as posting up.”

On if the slow start indicated it could be a long night…

“The guys we play, we could get back in the game. … We came out in the second half passive and unaggressive. … We didn't put an imprint on the game and they dominated us physically start to finish.”

Junior guard Mustapha Heron:

On tonight’s performance…

“They played harder than us. It was similar to the first game and it was the same result.”

On trying to find consistency…

“We talk about it every day. We talk about showing up every day with consistent effort and try to play hard. Today we didn’t have that and we have to focus on tomorrow.”

On trying to bounce back from an 0-8 start shooting from the field…

“We have high-level players. When things aren’t going well, everybody is going to try to do something to make it better. We just have to look at where we made our first mistakes.”