by DEREK WILLIS POSTGAME INTERVIEW
On his 12 rebounds against Georgia and if he made a conscience effort to go to the boards …
“No. I didn’t think I had a really good game, honestly. I think defensively with the pick-and-roll, with the open side open, it was kind of tough because the Frazier kid you had to stay long enough to let the guard get back over and get in front of him. But if he saw that happening he was throwing a bounce pass to at the time it was my guy. I think it was 32 (Mike Edwards) or something. That kid had like two or three baskets right around a little stretch. That was definitely getting under my skin. I just tried to do something else and rebounds was the thing I came up with. A couple offensive rebounds at the end and tried to do something.”
On if he has an awareness knowing while the ball is in the air that it could be a big rebound …
“Yeah, of course. Just try to stay calm and stay in the moment. Don’t let – they score a basket on you and the energy of the whole (Stegeman Coliseum) gets the Georgia team hyped up a little bit. Just stay calm, come down and make a play on the other end, get a stop and you’re right back in the game. We just ended up breaking away from them at the end, hit our free throws and locked down.”
On how significant it was for Fox to step up at the end …
“Yeah, Fox did a great job penetrating. I think there was at one point someone had a shot and he came from behind and tipped it away and Zay grabbed the ball and put it in. I mean, he did a lot of things that factored in the game. I think with the ball screens we set for him it was just like an open lane for him. I was open too. He had every option and he played well. He played great.”
On if Briscoe said anything after a frustrating night …
“You have nights like that. That’s with everyone. I’ve had nights like that. It’s part of basketball, you’re not going to be on every night, but the thing is when that happens you have to pick up the slack for someone. Isaiah did do some good things while he was in there but he fouled out and we made an adjustment and came out with the win.”
