Up next in 10
UNC's Jalen Washington, Elliot Cadeau and Seth Trimble after win at N.C. State #UNC
Jan 11, 2025
UNC's Jalen Washington, Elliot Cadeau and Seth Trimble after win at N.C. State #UNC
View Video Transcript
0:00
tell me about this La the the dunk and
0:02
and the block on the Ed again take me
0:04
through this plays we a little bit of a
0:07
broken play at the end um Elliot made
0:11
eye contact with me I moved to the right
0:12
spot he made an incredible pass U so
0:15
there was nobody but a guard down there
0:16
t down there so I know I had to go
0:18
finish finish strong um on the defensive
0:21
end um Taylor drove Elliot he did a
0:23
great job of you know not allowing him
0:25
to get all the way to the basket as soon
0:27
as he put it up and went to go make play
0:28
I knew I was going to go SP the just
0:31
just your your overall progress in the
0:33
last few games it seems like you've
0:35
really taken a lot of strides uh what
0:39
what do you attribute that to just um
0:42
just staying consistent in my work um
0:45
you know just trying to make
0:47
improvements um and just you know like
0:49
my like effort and making an impact
0:50
finding a way just to you know just to
0:53
help the team um you know it doesn't
0:55
matter what it is you know just trying
0:57
to find a way and then just stay um
0:59
staying balanced I never I try not to
1:01
get too high not try not to get too low
1:03
I got a great circle around me a great
1:05
uh group of coaches teammates that that
1:07
that keep me um out of my head and you
1:10
know keep me present and um that's
1:12
helped out a lot and you you're you're
1:13
disrupting a lot of shots
1:15
defensively that seems to be a big help
1:18
for you for the defense overall yeah for
1:21
sure um you know any way I can make an
1:23
impact uh especially you know on the
1:25
defensive end you know defense wins
1:26
games so being able to alra shots block
1:28
shots uh that's huge for us what was the
1:32
reaction from your teammates after those
1:33
two plays at the end man they were
1:35
excited I was excited too uh we we
1:37
fought hard all game and I was able to
1:39
come up with two big plays you know that
1:40
seal the game you you don't seem all
1:43
that excited about it I'm I'm excited
1:45
I'm definitely excited I'm a little
1:46
tired right now I'm hungry but uh have
1:49
you ever made two big plays like that at
1:51
the end of the game any any level of
1:53
your career I mean I'm sure yeah
1:54
definitely a high school um you know but
1:57
this North Carolina
2:00
the Rival yeah for sure and then first
2:03
three game win streak since November so
2:05
you guys feel like you're hitting the
2:06
stride yeah we're um just trying to
2:08
build momentum we're um you know not
2:10
getting too too like I said not getting
2:11
too high not getting too low just trying
2:13
to put one foot in front of the other
2:14
each each game um and just grow each
2:17
game we want to make improvements each
2:18
game and say that we can we got better
2:21
uh we did better did a better job at
2:23
this this and this we did last last time
2:25
we played thank you seem like this is
2:28
other than maybe a couple turnovers in
2:29
the second half it was your one of your
2:30
more efficient games how did you feel
2:33
you did today yeah I felt like I play
2:35
well played well I did what I was
2:36
supposed to do I defended and set my
2:37
team up so tell me about the the play
2:40
that led to the JW do yeah so yeah I
2:44
came off the screen and I they kind of
2:46
like double team me a little bit which
2:47
led Jay watch to be open and then then
2:50
then just so that wasn't the play n the
2:52
the play was for me to come off a screen
2:54
but yeah and I just made a play off that
2:56
and then what what about the strides
2:58
that the teams made the last three three
3:00
games uh what do you think is went to
3:03
this three win stre I just think our
3:04
focus on defense and U just
3:06
communicating a lot on the defensive end
3:08
and just getting stops I feel like
3:09
offense is never a problem for us and I
3:12
think just rebounding and defense is
3:13
what we've been focusing on and and
3:15
hav't close games earlier in the season
3:17
how much did that help you in this
3:18
situation today on the road yeah it
3:20
definitely helps us cuz we feel like
3:22
we're pretty much in this position every
3:23
game is kind of normal to us so to just
3:27
like be tied up a minute left kind of
3:30
done that drill like we felt like a 100
3:32
times so we knew exactly what we wanted
3:34
to get and what we wanted to do and then
3:37
and then Jay wash has been such a force
3:40
in the last few games what's made the
3:42
difference for him um I think just his
3:44
confidence um I feel like when he's
3:45
playing with a lot of confidence he's
3:47
one of the best players in the country
3:49
thank you all right today so I mean his
3:53
just himself just embracing that role
3:56
that you know we kind of want him to be
3:58
and that that leader to being a
4:00
defensive end has been huge SE because
4:02
because you dealt with this last season
4:06
does it make getting trying to get back
4:08
up to speed any easier is there are
4:11
there is it sort of a template you can
4:13
follow absolutely there's definitely a
4:14
template there's definitely a template
4:17
uh one thing I think that's Plus for me
4:19
this year is I'm definitely in a bigger
4:20
role so my opportunities to get in the
4:22
Rhythm uh my opportunity just to find
4:25
myself and get myself going that's their
4:29
way way more than it was there last year
4:31
so I think it definitely it's definitely
4:34
a better situation for me this year but
4:36
I've been here before you know I know
4:38
how it goes so thank you thank you