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UNC guard Kyan Evans, Coach Hubert Davis and center Henri Veesaar after a win over Bonnies #UNC
Nov 26, 2025
UNC guard Kyan Evans, Coach Hubert Davis and center Henri Veesaar after a win over Bonnies #UNC
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Jeremica.
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Yeah. Henry, um, you ended up with the
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double double, you know, the 24 and 13.
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Obviously, Mitchell's a guy plays with a
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lot of physicality. I know you knew that
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going in. I guess kind of for you, what
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was your approach and, you know, how do
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you kind of feel you fared in that match
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up against Mitch?
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I mean, he's a great player. He's good
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at rebounding the ball and I feel like
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he got in great position. So, just
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trying to box him out that way. I was
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putting the right way, too. I wasn't
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kind of on the wrong side of rebounding.
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So, I feel like that really helped me
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get in there, kind of get in there and
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be able to get the rebounds. seem like
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you're also I'm sorry uh seemed like you
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also you know made a point uh you know
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getting the boards you know kind of
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securing them with two hands you know
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instead of you kind of keeping it alive
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I guess is that something throughout the
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course of the year you've kind of been
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making the point to I guess kind of
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secure
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uh I feel like they were very scrappy
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team so kind of if I kept the loose I
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know I kept like had a steal almost and
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then they kind of poked it away so just
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making sure that I have it with two
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hands and secured and maybe try not to
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go as quick and just kind of make sure
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we have it and slow the game down a
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little bit
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for Henry and Cuber Henry first. Uh what
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did you guys have to do to match their
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intensity and physicality? Looked like
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seemed like that was giving you a little
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bit of trouble in the first half, but it
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wasn't much of an issue in the second
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half.
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I feel like first half we came out good
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and then we had a little slump where
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they were getting offensive rebound. So
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we're kind of leading in push-ups. But I
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think the biggest thing is just hitting
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first rather than getting hit. So that
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way you like worst case you stay in the
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same spot like you're not going to move
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backwards.
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Hbert, how much was that a play? Yeah, I
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you know, I thought they were um I
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thought we were much stronger um and
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handled the physicality much better in
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the second half. Uh the first half we
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had 11 turnovers. Second half we had
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two. Um I can't remember. I think we had
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12 uh points in the paint. Uh in the
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first half we ended up with 36. I felt
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around the rim we were dunking
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everything. We're going strong and if we
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didn't finish strong or dunk, uh we got
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fouled and got to the free throw line.
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So, I just I felt like I felt like we
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handled the physicality much better in
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the second half.
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Ryan,
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you you talk about the 11 turnovers in
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the first half and then only two in the
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second half. Can you talk about what the
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difference uh I guess coming out of the
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break for for you guys was tonight?
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Well, it's that I mean, it's something
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that uh leading up to playing St.
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Bonavicure, not just specific for them,
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but just moving forward just how
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important it is for us to make the easy
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play and take care of the basketball and
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just get shots. And when we do that, it
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gives us an opportunity to get great
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shots. And then if we don't, it gives us
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an opportunity to get to the offensive
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glass and get to the free throw line. So
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you can look at, you know, our best
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halves this year where we've taken care
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of the basketball. I think it was one
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against Kansas, zero against North
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Carolina Central. I might have gotten it
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wrong. And both of those halves, one of
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those halves, like we've scored 58
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points in each one of them. And it's a
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direct result of taking care of the
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basketball. So that's just just huge for
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us.
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All right.
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Yeah. Then in the first half, Derek had
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a a tough stretch when they were making
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the run, but then the second half game
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improved. What was the difference for
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them between the two?
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No, I thought the uh the huge difference
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was not only Derek, but also Kai in too.
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I mean, you know, just the play and the
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leadership from both of them. Obviously,
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I talked about taking care of the
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basketball, but you know, Kai stepped up
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and hit some big threes. Um just
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distributing the basketball. He's our
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best passer, facilitator, pitching the
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ball ahead in transition. And then
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Derek, when he um Ken got into foul
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trouble, played some of the best minutes
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he's played all year. I mean, I thought,
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you know, he hit that three in the
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corner. I felt like his drives, he was
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under control, was able to make plays
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for himself, for his teammates, and so
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uh both of them had a great second half
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and huge determining factor why we came
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out to win.
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Questions for Kai Shelby? Yeah, I guess
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just um for kind also for Henry, it
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seemed like a lot of kind of baseline
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action that you guys were giving up in
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the first half, a lot of baseline
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drives. What were maybe some of the
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adjustments or changes that you guys
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made just to what you had in the second
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half?
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I think we had some communication errors
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in the first half and we kind of came
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together and talked about that and
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wanted to fix that for sure. Just uh a
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little lost sight of man I guess but um
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just a little communication error. Yeah,
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I feel like during halftime, we also
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talked about like rotating over. If
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somebody gets driven baseline, like
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that's okay. We're going to live with
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it. But then when we when the big guy
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helps, we got to also take grab the big
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guys. That way they don't get an easy
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layup because I think in first half they
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got a couple of those as well.
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Coach Coach, you helped Kaden Charles to
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six points, you know, through the first
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five games for St. Bonjur. He's been big
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double figures, points and rebounds. You
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know, what were you doing on him
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specifically tonight that kept him up?
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Well, one of the things that uh Kaden's
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really good at is getting offensive
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rebounds. So, we only got two offensive
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rebounds. I mean, that's huge for him.
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And, you know, coming into the game, I
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think they were six in the country in
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offensive rebounding percentage. So, it
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was a big key for us to limit them to
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one shot every possession. They still
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got 11 offensive rebounds, but it wasn't
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um where they had been in their previous
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five games. And in regards to Kaden,
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he's he's he's a really good driver and
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a really good offensive rebounder and
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and we did a good job of boxing him out.
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Over here on the left end, Brian,
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coach, when you are in a situation like
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this where you have to play a team like
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Michigan State on Thursday on
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Thanksgiving, how do you prepare for
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that given all the surrounding
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distractions?
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I don't What do you mean by
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distractions?
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Just being the holidays, being on the
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road.
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Oh, no. This is not a distraction. We
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got all of our family and friends here.
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Actually, it's a benefit. I mean, um,
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all of our family and friends are here
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and, um, it's great during the holiday
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season to be able to spend time with
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them. And so, we'll we'll celebrate
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tonight and have a good dinner with our
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family and friends and then get back to
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work in preparation for Michigan State
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on Thursday. Brian, uh, Kyle, uh, I know
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you pride yourself kind of on your ball
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handling and your passing skills, but
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four for five from the field, three for
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four. Are you becoming more comfortable,
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I guess, with that outside shot and kind
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of becoming more aggressive in terms of
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shooting the ball?
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Yeah, I would say, um, I feel like I've
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always been comfortable shooting. Um,
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I've missed a few shots these last few
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games, but, um, I knew I was going to
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get back to where, you know, shots are
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going in, they're always going to fall.
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Just got to keep shooting.
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Take a couple more Jeremiah than Shelby
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than Andrew.
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Yeah, Cubert. Obviously, you know,
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Kale's a guy always plays aggressively,
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good at getting to the free throw line,
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does take, you know, some tough shots at
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times. Do you ever have to, I guess, in
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conversations with him, help him
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balance, you know, staying aggressive
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and not, you know, forcing shots at
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times? Is there a balance to strike
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there?
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Well, I think there's a balance with the
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entire team. I think that's one of the
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things that contributed to them coming
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back in the first half. It wasn't just
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turnovers. I I felt like um our shot
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selection wasn't very good. And so
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that's something that we talked about as
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a team at halftime that it just has to
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be better. It's not just taking care of
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the basketball. It's getting not just a
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shot, getting good shots every
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possession. Um you know, all of our guys
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are really skilled. They got a lot in
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their bag and I know they can feel like
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they can make plays and um just
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understanding when to make those plays
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at the right time to be able to do so.
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Last two, Shelby and Andrew. I
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guess just for every career buying
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points if I'm not mistaken. I'm curious.
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And rebounds.
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Oh, and hey, my bad. And in rebounds.
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Um, just what was going well for you
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tonight? I mean, it seemed obviously
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they have a lot of physicality. Maybe
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you guys can't get as many, you know,
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lob attempts in in the front court, but
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just what was going well for you?
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I feel like as a team, we're just moving
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the ball well and kind of my teammates
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were fighting me and easy layups were
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kind of giving me a little advantage and
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I was able to take care of that and use
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that. And obviously, we were getting
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some good shots as well. So there's like
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some short rebounds. I was able to
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easily get a couple offensive rebounds
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and be able to put it back and I think
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that helps it to that helps me score.
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Andrew, this is also for Henry.
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Mitchell's listed at 68270. He bangs a
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lot. How challenging is to keep the
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discipline to stay upright and not kind
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of bite into some of those fouls and
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foul himself. I
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mean, yeah, definitely is a little bit
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difficult. You definitely want to reach
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or make the play with your hands and
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then just the most important make him
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score. He's really strong, so he'll
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definitely push you a little bit and try
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to get to his spot and kind of try to
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disrupt it with like a like holding a
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handbar and then just making him kind of
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shoot it further over me and do my best
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as I can to contain it.
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Thank you everybody. Nice.
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