Bryant Dillon
Bryant Dillon
bad four game gave half last minutes parts run second shots took transition
We just took some bad shots and they got some transition points. Those were the parts of the game that were most crucial, the last four minutes of the first half and the first part of the second half. They made a run and that gave them some momentum.
additional advantage game gave good instead points shots
We had a lot of unforced turnovers in the first half. That gave them the advantage. They only had 27 points at halftime, which was pretty good defense. Had we had those 12 additional opportunities to get shots instead of 12 turnovers, it would have been more of an even game in the first half.
defensive inside open shots work
We started working the ball, not getting in a rush, pinning them on defense, making them work on the defensive end. We got what we wanted. We got a lot of open shots and inside play.
ball easy knocked losing short shots sight
Just being short on some closeouts and losing sight of the ball and your man. They had some easy shots. We didn't make the shots tough, and you have to give them credit. They knocked their shots down.
contest free shots tough
Just try to make him take tough shots and don't let him get any free looks. We just got to be there to contest their shots and not let them get anything easy.
bad game gave half led points run shots took transition
We took some bad shots that led to transition points. Those were the points of the game that were most crucial. We let them make a run at the end of the first half that gave them momentum.
few hurt indiana last missing playing point points quick run second shots taking took
The last few games, when we have been playing well, we were playing patiently. Taking quick shots wasn't something we had been doing. We started to do it (in the second half) of this game. That hurt us when we took quick shots and were missing them. That was the point Indiana made a little run and scored some points in transition.
almost five hurt passes row second shot top
In the second half, crosscourt passes at the top of the key, they shot the gaps, and we had about five turnovers in a row that was almost consecutive that hurt us real bad.
against coach looking minutes open shot
You can play that many minutes against Northwestern, because they are not a real up-and-down team. I was looking for my shot tonight. Coach told me to take open shots.
force head tough tried
We tried to force him into tough shots, which we did. He's like the head of the dragon; if we take him away, then we'll probably get a victory.
ball catch clock coming hard moved moving sure tried work
We just moved the ball and tried to make them work on D and work the clock down. We just had to make sure everyone was moving and coming hard to catch the ball.
against bad florida loss month shown since state
We just got back to basics. It's been about a month since the bad loss against Florida State and we have shown improvement.
best harder lock
We try to take out their best scorers. We lock them down and try to make it harder for them than it was before.
best bit difference game harder lock
Each game we try to take out the best scorers and lock down on them. Just making everything a little bit harder makes a big difference and we did that.