"Skinny" Kid Helps Mocs Beat ETSU

Thanks to injuries, freshman Josh Odem got the start last night against ETSU. And the Johnson City native played well against his hometown team, scoring 14-points and getting three rebounds.
Said head coach John Shulman,"Josh odem had some pressure on him tonight. Josh odem, a Johnson city kid. All of a sudden, East Tennessee, is he going to try to do too much? He didn't try to do too much. 14 and 3. That's a pretty good night for a freshman."
Said Odem,"They played good. We played good. There was a lot of competition, so it felt good being out there playing against your home team."
 With just over four minutes to play, Odem hit a three pointer to extend the Mocs lead to eight points.
"Well I tried not to be frustrated. Tried to keep it calm because when you get frustrated in the game, you start thinking a lot of stuff."
 The 6'5 Odem weighs about 160-pounds, yet he had to battle in the post with the big boys.
Said Mocs guard Keegan Bell,"It's funny because he looks so skinny, people wouldn't think of him as a physical player. But he just gets out there. It's not even this game. The games before, he's just really scrappy. I mean this team was very physical.
From his position, playing three, he was playing really beefy, strong guys.
He was hanging in there with the best of them."
Reporter-"How do you make up for being frail Josh going inside."(laughter)
Said Odem,"It's just all about the heart, like he (Keegan) said. I know I'm frail, but I can play physical too. It's just the heart. You've got to have the heart to play the game."