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SMU coach Toyelle Wilson after her Mustangs got blown out by #UNC
Jan 17, 2025
SMU coach Toyelle Wilson after her Mustangs got blown out by #UNC
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the country um why they're number one in
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the ACC and defense um they're a great
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team and um so credit to them I thought
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I thought our girls came out with a
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little more fight and effort and
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grittiness and hungriness um but our
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shots just weren't falling now a little
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bit credit that to their defense but
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also we got to be able to hit shots um
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we helped them I think they have 44
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points at half um or 42 points at half
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and you got to be able to score okay we
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got you got to be able to score you got
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to be able to shoot the ball
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what makes their defense so tough um
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well they can switch one through four
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they're long they're athletic they can
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make you settle for bad shots um they
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force you into turnovers um this
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disruptive um they speed you up all
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those things that they did to our
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players and um you know we kept telling
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them to play with Pace but at the point
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of with with poise so paint with Pace
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with poise not just I didn't want them
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to to to be confused I didn't want you
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Pace with Hur um but them up you know
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and so I think that's why um you know we
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had 21 turnovers I told the girls before
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the game we won attempts versus
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turnovers attempts meaning putting shots
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up on the
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rim talk about Kia woods and her
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consistency now these last I mean few
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games that she's been in yeah Kia you
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know we got to find her I thought she
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did a lot of good stuff 12 and six um
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but that she's out there she knows why
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she's out there on the floorida score
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the basketball and she can score in
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different ways and she's blue collar and
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she she hustles and she does all the
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things that we need her to do and you
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just can't have your leading score go
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one for 19 and then you don't have any
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other production she's our only
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production um and we got wide open looks
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now like we got to be able to shoot the
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ball what did their defense do to throw
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n off for game um I like I just said I
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think like I said they rushed her
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hurried her kept her in front rushed her
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and hurried her made speed sped her up
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um um but they're long they're athletic
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they can test at everything she has to
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find a way to kick that ball you know
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when two and three people collapse on
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her you can you can penetrate too deep
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too do you get the feeling I I've heard
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you say consistency a couple times in
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this press conference that this team
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that this SMU team kind of thrives on
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just getting that spark and then getting
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on a roll and it felt like it almost
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happened a couple times tonight that
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just couldn't get over the hump yeah
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like we got a couple scores a couple
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stops and again we were getting stops in
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the first quarter I mean it's 13- six
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like I was in the in the in um huddle
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like we're doing great on the defensive
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and we got to figure out a way to score
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but you got to scream teams in the 14
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team in the country if you don't screen
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if you can't hit wide open shots on what
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they give you you're not going to be
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successful but our energy was good our
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effort was good our positivity was good
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we just have to continue to offensively
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execute I thought we didn't have really
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good transition D tonight besides you
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know about 12 points and eight rebounds
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what are you guys missing when Shante is
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not on the floor a player that's so
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experienced and can play 30 minutes for
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youit yeah she's smart she's experienced
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um she can score the ball she's she's
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physical um she can space the floor and
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adds another shooter on the floor you
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know I had her sometimes subbing with
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Jess you know and now we got Sandra you
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know coming in for Jess Sandra does what
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she does you know rebounds um and things
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like that but the experience sers
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doesn't have the experience so um you're
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missing that experience you might not be
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as nervous she might be more a little
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more confident um but she can also
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defend T take and defend different
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people on defense so um you know but we
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got we we can't use any anything or
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anyone as an excuse we got to keep
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hugging and keep pushing and the games
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aren't going to get easier in the next
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couple weeks what in addition to the
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defense what impresses you about North
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Carolina um just everything I think I
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think I mean we just we had our open
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shots again I just think they sped us up
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um they got you to penetrate too deep
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they're physical um but I thought we got
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some looks that we just didn't hit um I
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thought we were okay um we got to just
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make sure we continue to to to get the
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ball to two and three sides and um
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playing within ourselves can we get your
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thoughts on Notre game and what it's
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going to take for your kids to kind of
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reset after a tough couple games yeah I
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mean you had to go in there one um
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refocus it's going to be a different
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game plan for them uh second thing is um
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just going in there with the compet
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attitude like they put on their stuff
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just like we do so a competitive
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attitude and mentality um we got to hit
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shots so get in the gym for the next two
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two days and three days and get in the
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gym and shoot and we got to be able to
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hit shots any more questions awesome
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thanks guys