Mike Brey Notebook | Wake Forest

Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey spoke following the loss at Wake Forest.

On the loss:
"Give them credit. We had no answers for the big fellas tonight. He is so gifted. We tried a little bit of everything. We played a lot of zone and that got us back in it, but then they made three timely threes that broke our back. 

"Something like that, you have to give them credit. We just really couldn't deal with inside-outside combination of (Olivier) Sarr, (Brandon) Childress and (Chaundee) Brown."

On second half comeback:
"I love that we battled back. We always find a way to make it interesting. We couldn't' find a way to get over the hump. We missed some free throws tongiht, which were key free throws.

"I thought Wake has played with a great vibe all week. They played with a great belief all week. They've gotten two wins because of it." 

On Olivier Sarr's 30 points and 17 rebounds: 
"I don't know if we did a good job preparing coming down and doubling him early. We couldn't guard him 1-on-1. Our best post defender was Nate Laszewski. Our senior big guys didn't guard anybody tonight. I love them to death, but they didn't play any defense. That's why we started Nate in the second half and told him to foul the heck out of him if you have to.

“(Sarr) was physical on them and we played some zone. We don’t have any answers for him and I guess we better figure some out in case we see them in Greensboro, now that you say that.”