CHARLESTON, S.C. - Charleston Southern men's basketball Head Coach Barclay Radebaugh provides perspective on CSU's 76-71 win over Presbyterian College Thursday, Jan. 13.

Coach Radebaugh
On Presbyterian's late charge:
"Credit to them; they hit some tough shots. Wow, those are highly-contested, deep threes, and credit to them. They just kept coming at it and coming at it. Defensively we made a lot of good plays down the stretch, and made them take 25, 26-foot threes with a hand in their face, and they hit them. So, I mean, we were in our switching man-to-man defense, and it's designed to make them take those shots, and credit them. They did a good job of making those shots."

On the Buccaneers' offensive execution toward the end of the game:
"On the offensive end, I thought we made some pretty shaky decisions down the stretch that potentially could have cost us the game. We have to make smarter plays than that; we're a better basketball team than that, and we've made smarter plays than that. With the ball in your hand, you don't throw alley-oops, and you just make sound, fundamental plays."

On the continued strong play of forwards Kelvin Martin and Kenny Mitchell:
"Yeah, they're really tough inside, and, you know, they give us a lot of power in there. Kelvin's just relentless. You know, several times when the lead shrunk and we missed a shot, Kelvin went and got it, and allowed us to use the shot clock a little bit more and get some further attempts. And then Kenny just played, you know, we have the ability to throw it inside, and that makes us pretty tough to guard."

On facing a PC team playing without Al'Lonzo Coleman:
"Yeah, we knew their guards, you know, watching; we found the film where he (Coleman) got in foul trouble. We watched how they played with him in foul trouble, and they become more guard oriented. Johnson and Khalid really, really try to take over, and they did that. Then Pierre just played terrific. You know, his hesitation threes are just tough to guard because he can also go by you. So, we knew that they would become more perimeter oriented, or we thought that they would. We knew that we didn't have to double the post, and so they did become more perimeter oriented and did a good job."

On the team's upcoming game against Winthrop:
"We still won on the road against VMI. We have to protect our home court. You know, we got a big time opponent coming in, you know, the dominant team in the Big South over the past decade with Coach Peele and Coach Marshall, is coming into our place. We know it's going to be a battle, and I have tremendous respect for Coach Peele and his staff and their program. We know we're playing, you know, when they come in the gym, you know you're playing the best. And so it will be a real challenge for us with their size and their strength, but one that I think our team is up to."

Coach Radebaugh Interview (Video)