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 It's time for UNA Basketball Night at Lost Pizza Company featuring Coach Candy Whitaker and Coach Tony Pujol.

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 Now live from Lost Pizza Company in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the UNA Lions, Benjamin Ray.

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 Hello and welcome back down to Lost Pizza Shoals for another week of UNA Basketball Night.

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 I'm Benjamin Ray alongside Mike Ezekiel and after taking a week off due to the winter weather, Mike, it's nice to be back and it's even better to be back talking about some UNA dubs from the weekend.

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 Man, I tell you, it was cold and it kind of got boring being trapped all weekend, even without basketball on Saturday, but it was good to be back out this week and some exciting basketball.

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 A couple of wins on the men's and women's side for each, so really good to see that and good to be back in the swing of things.

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 On the women's side, they have been red hot of late after having the four-game win streak.

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 They dropped one to Stetson, bounced back with a win against Florida Gulf Coast.

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 Winners of five of the last six, and here's a deep cut stat.

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 Since 2018, UNA entered the Atlantic Sun.

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 Only four schools had beaten Florida Gulf Coast.

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 Stetson, North Florida, Jacksonville, and North Alabama.

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 This year, Lipscomb, Austin Peay, and West Georgia have all defeated Florida Gulf Coast.

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 Then you add UNA into that mix.

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 UNA and Stetson are the only programs with multiple wins over FGCU during that stretch, but Mike, Saturday was a humongous win.

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 Yeah, and even though FGCU is not that undefeated team they were a year ago, they're still a great program,

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 and that is a huge win for this women's basketball team to do it at home, to do it the way they did in that fourth quarter,

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 to really grid out that win, to come back, and to pull it off in front of the home fans.

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 That was a huge win, going to be a memorable one for the next few years, and a signature win for Candy Whitaker.

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 Allie Alvarado against Stetson had 21 points and six assists, then in the win against Florida Gulf Coast, 19 points, four assists.

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 Most of that coming in the second half.

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 She was named Atlantic Sun, player and newcomer of the week.

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 But we've got Katie Criswell and Jazzy Kling in the house.

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 We'll talk to them momentarily.

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 And Mike, the men went on the road and got a split, and it was a much-needed split.

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 Anytime you can win on the road, that kind of makes up for some of the home losses.

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 Yeah, it's hard to win on the road, and Stetson's a team that they've been hard to beat this year.

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 They've really improved their roster.

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 And to go down there and get a win, to do it the way they did, a big win for the men on the road.

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 Hard to win in this league, and you have to show up for every game.

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 And you're kind of seeing the balance right now.

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 Nobody's undefeated.

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 Nobody's without a win right now.

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 So I think it's really shaping up for a fun February.

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 You've kind of got a top four established on the men's side in terms of Austin Peay, Lipscomb, Central Arkansas, and Queens, right?

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 And then five through 12, separated by two games.

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 You could make that up in one weekend.

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 February's going to be very exciting, and it's really heating up for UNA.

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 Starting this Wednesday, both teams will play four games in eight days.

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 The men will play Wednesday in Conway, Arkansas, against Central Arkansas.

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 Saturday on the road against Austin Peay.

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 Monday's the make-up game inside the bank against Central Arkansas.

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 Then next Wednesday, it will be at home against West Georgia as well.

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 For the women, let's see if I can rattle all of this off.

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 It gets really confusing when you're doing two different schedules.

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 Wednesday, home against Austin Peay.

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 Saturday, they play at Queens.

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 Monday, they play at Central Arkansas.

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 Next Wednesday, they play at Carrollton.

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 So they're going east coast to Arkansas.

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 Arkansas back to Atlanta in the next couple of days.

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 Four games in eight days.

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 Mike, it almost feels like March and February.

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 Yeah, it's funny.

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 All these back-to-back games, but they're in different locations.

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 That's what makes it difficult.

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 And I feel for the women a little more because you're going from Charlotte to Little Rock or Conway,

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 and then you've got to go all the way to West Georgia, and you're doing that back-to-back

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 with one day off in between, and that's a travel day.

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 So it's going to be tough for them.

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 And obviously, the men, too.

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 A couple of those at home, Central Arkansas, West Georgia back-to-back,

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 and having to do that after going to Austin Peay, who right now is atop the league.

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 It's going to be a grind, but that's how it is right now.

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 And hopefully, in March, that's going to pay off come tournament time.

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 And this stretch will be capped off with the UNA men hosting Eastern Kentucky.

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 February 15th, that's a Sunday, 3 o'clock.

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 It'll be a historic day.

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 We hope everybody will mark their calendars.

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 February 15th, come on out.

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 It's going to be a big weekend as well as we open up Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independence Stadium.

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 So, all right, let's take our first time out.

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 When we come back, Head Coach Candy Whittaker will join us to talk some UNA women's hoops.

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 Now 5-4 in Atlantic Sun play.

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 Since we chatted last, the UNA women went down to Florida,

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 knocked off North Florida, Jacksonville, Queens,

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 and then last week split on the road, or at home rather,

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 Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast chatted with North Alabama head coach Candy Whitaker

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 and 5-6 coach, you guys are playing great basketball.

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 How does it feel to see this team really clicking right now?

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 Well, it's been a lot of fun.

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 You know, we're a short bench, but I think in some ways it's helped us kind of find a rhythm

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 and expectation for everybody and roles for everybody.

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 So, yeah, really happy with how we've been playing ever since our EKU game here.

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 Honestly, I thought it was probably our best performance,

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 but it put us on a track, I think, of understanding more about ourselves and how to win games.

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 And the best thing about the two wins, Coach, it felt like both games,

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 you had so many different players step up this weekend.

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 Yeah, I mean, you know, from the beginning of the year, I thought that would be the case.

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 I think we have a lot of people that can make plays and a lot of very good players,

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 and every game's been a little bit different,

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 but we've had multiple people step up and make big plays

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 and been leaders for us in a lot of ways.

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 Coach, you alluded to the short bench earlier

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 and how you've been able to succeed even despite that.

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 How do you go about balancing those minutes when you have so many

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 that are having to play so much right now?

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 and then we also take Monday for most of our players just to have more recovery time

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 and then, you know, three days of practice basically in two games.

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 This week's a little different.

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 When we have Wednesday games, it'll be a little different.

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 but very limited minutes in practice.

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 We're down to an hour and 15, an hour and 20, and not much up and down.

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 when we need to rep our execution, our opponents,

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 but just trying to be really smart about the pounding that they're taking

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 with not being able to play many people.

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 I mean, Coach, Sophia Cipollotti, 38 minutes against Stetson,

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 40 against Florida Gulf coach.

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 So, I'm looking here, Katie Crystal, we'll talk to her in just a second.

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 36 minutes, 38 minutes.

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 to try to keep them as fresh as possible because it does take a toll, you know.

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 So, just really proud of their toughness.

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 Coach, let's talk about those two players that are here tonight, Jazzy and Katie.

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 You look at the box score, and you can just see how evident it was.

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 They did a little bit of everything.

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 They could score the ball.

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 They could pass the ball a little bit.

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 and embraces that.

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 I think you've seen the Katie Criswell that we know.

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 Jazzy is someone who has always been, you know, hard-nosed, super tough,

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 Kind of a gritty player that does the dirty things.

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 But I thought she was so good in so many ways against Gulf Coast.

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 But I also liked her on the offensive side because she found a way to get other people to basketball.

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 She had a great job of driving, drawing defense, and kicking.

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 Allie got some open looks because of her.

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 So, I thought she did a great job of finding a way to impact us on the offensive end, too.

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 So, really, she just got one basket, you know, on Katie the whole night.

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 The first half and the second half is different.

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 Also, Florida Gulf Coast game coach, foul trouble in the first half.

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 Some of your top players barely played.

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 Also against Stetson, she had 21 points, I believe.

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 The assist numbers were high as well.

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 Just how bright was Allie this weekend?

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 I mean, for a long time now.

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 I think finally getting the recognition she deserves as far as ASUN honors.

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 But great assist, great, you know, sets other people up, probably puts a highlight reel together

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 of really assisting others, but definitely wants to score it, can score it at all three

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 levels, makes great decisions, takes charges.

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 So we just, we love what she brings.

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 The foul trouble that you mentioned, I thought was tremendous for a team effort to hold,

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 Florida Gulf Coast to 23.

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 But to stay in that ballgame the way we did without Gabby, without Allie, and without India,

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 I thought was a huge team effort to do.

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 And I thought Gabby and Allie were tremendous in the second half.

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 And let's talk about Allie, that effort that you talked about on both sides of the court.

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 Back in the Stetson game, she had that crossover into the three-point shot.

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 Now, as a fan, we're watching that maybe a little differently than you are as a coach.

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 SportsCenter top 10, all that great stuff.

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 on defense?

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 Or is it actually set in like, wow, that was a great play?

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 There were not just that play.

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 I mean, players love that a little more than coaches, right?

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 And of course, that is what's on all of their Instagram stories.

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 But there were times in that game that we on the bench as a staff were like, she's really

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 And she delivers, you know, timely times, you know, where maybe it's a step back or she's

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 And she just is a smart player.

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 But she's just as good defensively as she is on the offensive end.

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 She's just such a competitor.

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 So she's been a lot of fun to watch.

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 All right, Coach, speaking of highlight plays, let's go to the monitor here.

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 If you're watching at home, you'll get to see it.

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 If you're in the restaurant, it's on the TV.

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 If you're on the radio, you'll have to go back and watch this on the social streams.

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 But this was in the first half against Florida Gulf Coast the other night.

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 The official was making a call.

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 It was a charge.

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 I don't remember who drew the charge.

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 This is it right here.

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 Look, it's Allie Alvarado right on cue.

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 Look up at the top.

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 Coach Whitaker right here.

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 Watch the official.

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 Coach Whitaker pops up.

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 The official gives the epic charge call.

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 You almost took a little left-handed jab right there, Coach.

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 Did you feel that coming?

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 Did you pop back right there?

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 My boxing days are coming back into my memory.

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 Obviously, I reacted, but seeing the replay, it was pretty funny.

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 I'm glad I reacted.

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 That would have been extra special.

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 Have you come close with an official like that before?

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 I haven't, oddly enough.

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 You know, it's tight on that sideline.

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 And I'm probably a little more active than they want me to be, so that probably was on me.

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 How much did that get talked about after the game?

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 Did anybody even bring that up?

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 So, no, I didn't notice that.

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 I told my kids about me catching the ball at halftime because I was like,

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 your mom has good hands.

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 Look at your mother.

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 We joked with Chase Glover that you saved his life.

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 That ball was coming right through both of you, and you just flashed the mitts.

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 All right, Coach, four games in eight days coming up.

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 You're going to go coast-to-coast almost at home Wednesday against Austin Peay, then on

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 the road at Queens Saturday at Central Arkansas Monday in the make-up game at West Georgia

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 next Wednesday.

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 First and foremost, just tell her about the travel plans for this next week.

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 Well, we're fortunate that there's airports, right?

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 I mean, we could be in some places where that wouldn't be the case.

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 So, fortunately, we'll fly from Muscle Shoals to Charlotte, then we'll fly from Charlotte to Little Rock,

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 and then Little Rock to Atlanta.

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 And then we'll bus home after that game and then hit the road in a bus to EKU.

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 So, yeah, rough stretch, but, you know, it worked out well as far as flights, direct flights.

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 I think that will help us tremendously in handling the travel, you know, of that string of games together.

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 And we've had a lot of fun together on the road, so it'll be a good trip.

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 Do setups like that somehow maybe help later in March when you're in conference play

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 and you're having a turnaround, or conference tournament, you're having to turn around so quickly?

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 You know, we'll have one-day prep for all those games, which we've had a little bit anyway,

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 obviously with a Thursday-Saturday turn, but also with us moving to a short work week.

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 At this time of the year, you know what you're doing or you should,

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 and for the most part we've watched these guys play so many games,

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 preparing for other people if we haven't played them yet, and we've seen them a lot.

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 So our staff will be ready to go.

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 So, Coach, as it stands right now, you guys are a half game out of a three-way tie for third place.

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 Then you look back behind you.

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 I mean, Central Arkansas is down there in eighth place for the fourth.

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 I mean, it's tight, these conference standings.

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 Yeah, we knew it would be.

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 I really felt that.

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 I mean, I think this league is always going to, you know, for the most part be like that.

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 I think the middle of the pack is always going to be one game out of, you know, from third to tenth.

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 And that's why every game is important.

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 We stress it.

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 That's why every possession is important because they're all coming down to one possessions.

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 I mean, Austin Peay lost two games on one possession at the end of the regulation on each game this last week.

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 That could have gone the other direction.

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 So just really important to minimize your mistakes on the defensive end and take advantage of easy things that you get on the offensive end.

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 Well, Coach, Wednesday in the bank, 6 o'clock.

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 We hope you'll make your plans to come on out.

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 Then the road trip begins.

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 We appreciate you chatting with us, and we'll be there along the ride with you this week.

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 So best of luck, and we appreciate you.

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 Sounds good.

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 Thanks for having me.

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 Roar Lions.

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 Katie, we're excited to have you on.

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 Big weekend for the team.

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 Winners of five of the last six.

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 I mean, what's clicking right now for this group?

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 calmed down and learned about each other

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 and learned how to win games.

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 But like Coach said,

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 the first game that really clicked for us was EKU,

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 in every aspect, I feel like.

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 what's been really impressive to me

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 is to see how many minutes you guys

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 are having to play right now,

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 and we just went through the 30-plus minutes for you.

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 when you're only coming out once or twice a game?

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 towards the end of the game.

460
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,300
 But during the game,

461
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,060
 it's kind of just a next play mentality,

462
00:26:00,260 --> 00:26:02,180
 so I don't really focus on that.

463
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,340
 But I definitely feel it the next day.

464
00:26:04,420 --> 00:26:05,140
 I'll tell you that.

465
00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:08,060
 Florida, let's start with the Stetson game.

466
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,720
 And we've already talked about this.

467
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,020
 Cameron Thomas came in.

468
00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:13,520
 She was the league-leading scorer

469
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,520
 over 20 points per game in league play.

470
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:17,620
 You held her to three points.

471
00:26:17,700 --> 00:26:19,900
 She finished with six points for the ball game.

472
00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:21,200
 But just how much pride did you take

473
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,320
 in that defensive performance?

474
00:26:23,180 --> 00:26:26,060
 Yeah, I mean, I think that I take pride

475
00:26:26,060 --> 00:26:27,180
 in defense first.

476
00:26:27,780 --> 00:26:29,420
 I like defense a lot.

477
00:26:29,660 --> 00:26:30,560
 I think it's fun.

478
00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:33,440
 I like to lock down the other team's best player.

479
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,140
 And that was my main focus going into that game.

480
00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:40,320
 Just held her to, you know,

481
00:26:40,420 --> 00:26:42,940
 I was like, I'm going to hold her below this number.

482
00:26:43,220 --> 00:26:44,660
 And that was my goal the whole night.

483
00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:47,220
 And ideally, I would like to hold people nothing.

484
00:26:47,580 --> 00:26:50,540
 But, you know, some people make good basketball plays.

485
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:53,000
 But, yeah, that was my focus for that game.

486
00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:54,340
 And I'm proud of that.

487
00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:56,040
 So you set a number?

488
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:57,720
 Yeah, sometimes, yeah.

489
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,260
 What was the number?

490
00:26:59,420 --> 00:27:03,000
 I was like, if I can keep her for sure under 10,

491
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,080
 but I was like, I would like to keep her below, like, five.

492
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,620
 So, did you know or did you look at the box score afterwards

493
00:27:09,620 --> 00:27:11,200
 to see just how well you'd done?

494
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,300
 No, I didn't.

495
00:27:13,580 --> 00:27:14,040
 Well, that's great.

496
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:14,620
 We won.

497
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:16,460
 Wait, the first time?

498
00:27:16,540 --> 00:27:17,520
 Is that the first time or the second?

499
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:17,740
 Okay.

500
00:27:18,620 --> 00:27:19,820
 So, that's the second game.

501
00:27:19,820 --> 00:27:20,360
 Second game.

502
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:21,220
 Oh, they never won.

503
00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,540
 No, I don't think I looked.

504
00:27:22,980 --> 00:27:25,600
 Well, I think naturally the defensive side is going to come up

505
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:26,600
 for the FGCU game.

506
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,560
 But I want to first take a little sidebar,

507
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,980
 talk about the offense in the FGCU game.

508
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:32,420
 And Coach Whitaker alluded to this.

509
00:27:32,420 --> 00:27:36,360
 A lot of the credit that Allie got from scoring was some of the plays

510
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:37,700
 that you set up with your passing.

511
00:27:38,220 --> 00:27:40,760
 Just talk about how things worked for you offensively

512
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,340
 and what you were able to do to kind of help make the offense go along.

513
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,820
 I mean, I really just kind of feel what's going.

514
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,460
 You know, like I'll drive in and people will collapse,

515
00:27:53,580 --> 00:27:56,080
 and Allie has the quickest release I think I've ever seen.

516
00:27:56,540 --> 00:27:59,620
 So, I just passed to her, and she's going to make it.

517
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,140
 But I just – let me see here.

518
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,440
 I mean, yeah, I don't really – I don't know.

519
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:08,920
 It just seemed to work.

520
00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:10,700
 Yeah, it just seemed to work, I guess.

521
00:28:11,260 --> 00:28:12,800
 All right, a couple big moments.

522
00:28:12,980 --> 00:28:14,600
 Let's talk about Jazzy Kling.

523
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,040
 Big rebound there on that final free throw.

524
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:20,140
 What's going through your mind as you see that happen?

525
00:28:21,820 --> 00:28:24,660
 I was just excited because I saw her go up,

526
00:28:24,740 --> 00:28:27,200
 and she got the rebound and the foul called, and I was like, okay.

527
00:28:27,820 --> 00:28:29,180
 That made me feel good.

528
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:35,340
 And Jazzy played her tail ball, so I thought that it was great.

529
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,320
 Yeah, and walking through that whole fourth quarter, I mean,

530
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,040
 was there a moment there at the end of the third,

531
00:28:40,220 --> 00:28:43,100
 things seemed to start building up, and then it just really shifted.

532
00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:45,300
 I mean, was there a moment there in the fourth quarter where you're like,

533
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,200
 okay, we got this, we're about to pull this off?

534
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:47,940
 Oh, yeah.

535
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:50,520
 Especially after Jazzy hit both of her free throws.

536
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:51,860
 I was like, yeah, we're winning.

537
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,720
 So Allie Alvarado was named ASUN Player and Youcomer of the Week,

538
00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,080
 and it was the Queens game a week ago.

539
00:29:00,820 --> 00:29:01,800
 She had a big moment.

540
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,460
 Chase Glover for us, he was on the radio broadcast.

541
00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:07,580
 She had a crossover, and he yelled out, she dropped her,

542
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,020
 and it was kind of a big call.

543
00:29:09,420 --> 00:29:11,420
 They put it into the hype video and everything.

544
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:15,120
 Allie had another big crossover this past weekend where she stepped back,

545
00:29:15,180 --> 00:29:16,020
 hit the three as well.

546
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,280
 You as players, Mike asked Coach about her perspective.

547
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,900
 You as players, you see something like that happen.

548
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,880
 Does it kind of fire you up a little more out there on the floor?

549
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,180
 Oh, yeah, for sure.

550
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:30,020
 I mean, when stuff like that happens, you never want to be on the other end of things,

551
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:30,640
 for sure.

552
00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:33,420
 I would never want to get crossed up.

553
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,760
 But when your teammates do it, or if you do it, it's a great feeling.

554
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:39,800
 Let me ask this one, too.

555
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,720
 I feel like with a defensive-minded player, I may know the answer already,

556
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,200
 but a play like that's great.

557
00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:46,240
 But what about a charge?

558
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,860
 I mean, does that almost fire you up more when one of your teammates takes a charge like that?

559
00:29:50,020 --> 00:29:51,140
 Oh, yeah, especially Allie.

560
00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:52,440
 I mean, because she's just fearless.

561
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,200
 There's big girls coming in there, and she just stands there and takes a charge,

562
00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,400
 and then the ball's our possession, so it's awesome.

563
00:30:00,940 --> 00:30:04,120
 All right, take us through your mentality four games over the next eight days.

564
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,340
 You know, how do you get ready for this mentally?

565
00:30:07,460 --> 00:30:12,040
 I mean, for me, I just have to take it day by day, like team by team.

566
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,100
 So, like, for Austin Peay, I'm all locked in on Austin Peay right now.

567
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,380
 And then after that, it's the next team because, I mean, we have a quick turnaround,

568
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:22,620
 and, you know, it's a grind because we're going to be traveling constantly.

569
00:30:22,940 --> 00:30:27,000
 But I have no doubt in my mind that our team can handle it

570
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:31,000
 and be calm and composed and do what we have to do.

571
00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:33,440
 You've been at UNA a few years now.

572
00:30:33,540 --> 00:30:35,220
 You played a lot of high school ball as well.

573
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,300
 Have you ever had a schedule like that where you've had to fly

574
00:30:38,300 --> 00:30:40,740
 to three different cities in the span of a week?

575
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:42,480
 I can't say that I have.

576
00:30:42,780 --> 00:30:44,780
 I've never been in this predicament before.

577
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,640
 But it feels almost like when you would play AAU

578
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,560
 and you'd have those, like, week-long tournaments,

579
00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,660
 and then it would be sometimes there was, like, week-long ones back-to-back.

580
00:30:55,220 --> 00:30:56,880
 But I never really did that much either, so.

581
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,140
 Wednesday at home in the bank, then you're on the road for a little stretch.

582
00:31:00,140 --> 00:31:05,260
 But every single home game, it's like there's a Katie Criswell fan club section, right?

583
00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:07,200
 I know your high school coach was here this week,

584
00:31:07,220 --> 00:31:09,560
 and you've always got family coming to watch you play.

585
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,100
 What's it like being in your backyard getting to play college basketball?

586
00:31:12,300 --> 00:31:13,220
 Yeah, it's awesome.

587
00:31:14,140 --> 00:31:18,380
 It's really cool because, you know, there will be people that I don't even know are coming,

588
00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:21,580
 and they'll just show up because it's close enough and they can do that.

589
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,260
 And it's really cool because people get to come watch me play

590
00:31:24,260 --> 00:31:25,700
 that I haven't seen in forever.

591
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,560
 And, yeah, it's really special.

592
00:31:29,460 --> 00:31:30,900
 Well, Katie, let's wrap up with this.

593
00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:32,080
 Four games in eight days.

594
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,720
 You guys are right there in the thick of it in the conference standings.

595
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,280
 How do you keep this momentum going forward?

596
00:31:37,860 --> 00:31:40,840
 Just keep getting better at everything we're doing.

597
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,500
 Focus in on the teams and what we need to do.

598
00:31:45,020 --> 00:31:49,280
 And, I mean, I think that we all want to win.

599
00:31:49,660 --> 00:31:52,860
 So, I mean, I feel like that's what it boils down to.

600
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,800
 Well, Wednesday at the bank, I know you'll have another big turnout of family

601
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:58,020
 and friends that can watch you play.

602
00:31:58,100 --> 00:31:58,740
 Then the road trip.

603
00:31:58,840 --> 00:31:59,500
 Best of luck, Katie.

604
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 Thanks for stopping by.

605
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 Thank you.

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 Shoals from Overland Park, Kansas, a senior.

671
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672
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 Eight points, ten rebounds, dished out four assists.

673
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676
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677
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678
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,060
 I mean, I feel like we worked really hard for it.

679
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 We earned it.

680
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 I kind of mentioned this that night.

681
00:36:26,020 --> 00:36:32,240
 It felt really good to kind of win right after you lose there, you know, get it back.

682
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,780
 So, a little inside basketball here.

683
00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:39,440
 Mike, myself, some others, we'll have a little text group during the game of like, hey, who

684
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 are we going to get for post-game media?

685
00:36:41,580 --> 00:36:43,500
 And we were talking and we're like, well, we got to get Allie.

686
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 And in the final two minutes, I was like, well, we might need to look at getting Jazzy on.

687
00:36:47,180 --> 00:36:50,080
 It's Chase Glover, who did the sideline interview with you post-game.

688
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,640
 He goes, I need her to have one more moment and then we'll put her on.

689
00:36:53,700 --> 00:36:58,360
 And right on cue, you got the rebound off of the free throw at the end of the ball game,

690
00:36:58,440 --> 00:36:59,700
 got fouled, hit the free throws.

691
00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:02,840
 Take us through that final play, that push to grab that ball off the rim.

692
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:07,500
 I mean, to be honest, the rebound is easier for me than the free throws.

693
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 As you can tell, I've been kind of struggling this year with that.

694
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 But I don't know.

695
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 I love free throw, rebounds, stuff like that.

696
00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:20,960
 The free throws, when it got to that, for me, I was just really trying to lock in,

697
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 stepping up to the line.

698
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 And, you know, you got to let the misses before go.

699
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 You got to let everything else go and just live in the moment.

700
00:37:28,420 --> 00:37:31,300
 Well, let's go back to those free throws a little bit.

701
00:37:31,420 --> 00:37:34,660
 Does it feel like a big weight off your shoulders when those both go in?

702
00:37:34,860 --> 00:37:38,160
 And I guess, how does the mood shift after you make the free throws?

703
00:37:38,780 --> 00:37:39,180
 Absolutely.

704
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:45,400
 I mean, it was kind of funny, which coach kind of got a little mad at us

705
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:46,960
 because no one went to the huddle.

706
00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,500
 Like, I didn't even realize there was a timeout called for a minute.

707
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:50,620
 I got back on defense.

708
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:55,740
 And everyone was so happy for me because they know that I've been struggling with my free throws.

709
00:37:56,340 --> 00:38:00,400
 And so once I hit them, everyone was already celebrating.

710
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,580
 And coach was like, hey, there's still a lot of basketball left to play.

711
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,800
 Like, you guys need to get in the huddle, play some defense.

712
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:08,520
 So it was kind of funny.

713
00:38:08,740 --> 00:38:11,260
 Let's go back to that post-game interview as well with Chase.

714
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,960
 And we got to move the location because you guys do it right there with the speakers.

715
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,060
 And I know it's hard to hear.

716
00:38:16,140 --> 00:38:19,920
 And his last question that he asked you, I don't know what it was, but your response was,

717
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,900
 I can't really hear what you're saying right now, but I just want to go celebrate with my team.

718
00:38:23,980 --> 00:38:25,120
 It was a great response.

719
00:38:25,220 --> 00:38:27,300
 What was that celebration like in the locker room?

720
00:38:27,420 --> 00:38:28,080
 It was great.

721
00:38:28,180 --> 00:38:29,300
 I mean, we have great teammates.

722
00:38:29,300 --> 00:38:31,980
 We're really starting to get close.

723
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:38,580
 And it's just, after a win like that, even when coach came down, like, chasing her down with my water bottle,

724
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:42,700
 like, it's just, yeah, I can't really hear what he's saying.

725
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:44,340
 And then I also thought he was talking to Allie.

726
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:47,880
 So I was just not thinking of the interview at all.

727
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:50,720
 And I was just, I was ready to go down and celebrate with them.

728
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:52,920
 Yeah, we know all wins are good wins.

729
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:57,820
 But if you had to compare this one, where does it rank on your top list of wins since you've been at UNA?

730
00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:05,180
 Since I've been at UNA, I mean, I think Central Arkansas last year still tops everything so far.

731
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,920
 But, I mean, there's a few that are up there.

732
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,480
 It's just, it's always really nice to win those close games.

733
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,560
 Like, those are what I live for all the time.

734
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,060
 I just really like the ones that are very competitive the entire time.

735
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,600
 You're, maybe have a couple of lead changes at the end, stuff like that.

736
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:23,820
 Winners of five of the last six.

737
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,480
 And there's been so many great efforts from so many different players.

738
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,960
 But what do you feel like is really clicking for this group right now?

739
00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:30,440
 Playing together.

740
00:39:30,860 --> 00:39:35,140
 I mean, we, like you guys kind of mentioned before, foul trouble.

741
00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:38,220
 We have some adversity that hits us.

742
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,800
 And I feel like we are very good at bouncing back because we play together.

743
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:47,180
 Like I mentioned earlier about the post-game celebration, we're a very close group.

744
00:39:47,720 --> 00:39:52,520
 And so, with us being that close, it's pretty easy for us to get through a lot of things.

745
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,740
 Dan and I are kind of stat nerds, obviously.

746
00:39:55,980 --> 00:39:57,620
 I'll classify myself as that.

747
00:39:57,640 --> 00:39:58,360
 I'm definitely one, too.

748
00:39:58,480 --> 00:39:59,960
 Yeah, we're both stat nerds.

749
00:40:00,060 --> 00:40:03,180
 And I want to go deep dive a little bit into your stat line.

750
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,040
 Four steals, four assists, two turnovers.

751
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:10,460
 I think any time you have more assists and steals than turnovers, you've played a really good game.

752
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:12,620
 Is that kind of a point of pride for players?

753
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,460
 Like, hey, I had less turnovers than I had everything else.

754
00:40:16,300 --> 00:40:16,780
 For sure.

755
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:21,420
 I mean, two turnovers is still kind of a little big.

756
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,720
 Like, in my opinion, just I'm going to remember those two.

757
00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:27,920
 But, if anything, it just kind of helps you for the next game.

758
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,060
 Like, all right, this is what I need to do, what I need to work on.

759
00:40:31,740 --> 00:40:37,320
 And it's also just a good thing to kind of, like, focus on something that you maybe need to fix.

760
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,960
 So, but, I mean, of course, it's always better to have higher and other than numbers.

761
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:43,600
 Well, and you more than got them back with those four steals.

762
00:40:44,100 --> 00:40:44,460
 Thanks.

763
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,800
 You're a veteran, you've played JUCO two years now here at North Alabama.

764
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,820
 Four games over the next eight days.

765
00:40:51,140 --> 00:40:53,840
 I mean, what's your mentality heading into this busy stretch?

766
00:40:55,220 --> 00:40:57,780
 I mean, just go out there and play.

767
00:40:58,060 --> 00:41:02,960
 Like, Coach kind of mentioned how it's nice that we have direct flights, or as many as we can get.

768
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,540
 And I think that's pretty important, too.

769
00:41:05,780 --> 00:41:09,860
 I mean, you've got to travel and play with every away game.

770
00:41:09,980 --> 00:41:13,860
 So, you just kind of look at it as a stretch of away games.

771
00:41:13,860 --> 00:41:16,020
 And go take care of business on the road.

772
00:41:16,420 --> 00:41:19,380
 And how does this team, last thing for you, keep this momentum going forward?

773
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:21,320
 Wait, what?

774
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:22,400
 Sorry.

775
00:41:22,500 --> 00:41:24,540
 You want to go celebrate with your team right now, don't you?

776
00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:28,420
 How do you guys keep this momentum going forward right now?

777
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,620
 I mean, we just keep doing what we're doing every single day.

778
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,000
 You don't really change anything up.

779
00:41:33,100 --> 00:41:35,440
 You make sure, like, you're staying focused.

780
00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:38,160
 You don't get too high, too low.

781
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,100
 And you just keep doing your job.

782
00:41:40,300 --> 00:41:42,600
 Well, Jazzy, we appreciate you breaking it down with us.

783
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:45,200
 Wednesday night at the bank, we hope you'll come out and join the UNA women.

784
00:41:45,340 --> 00:41:47,100
 Six o'clock, then they'll hit the road.

785
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,420
 I know you've got some wings and some pizza back over there.

786
00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:52,180
 So, you can't go celebrate with your team, but you can go eat with your team right now.

787
00:41:52,180 --> 00:41:53,840
 I'm ready for those wings, for sure.

788
00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:55,640
 Jazzy, thank you for stopping by.

789
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:56,100
 Thank you.

790
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:57,440
 Let's take a time out.

791
00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:58,240
 We've got more to come.

792
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,460
 Tony Poole holds up next.

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844
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845
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846
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:50,060
 Welcome back down to Lost Pizza here in historic downtown Florence.

847
00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:52,180
 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel with you.

848
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:55,820
 And we got North Alabama head basketball coach Tony Pujol in the house.

849
00:45:55,820 --> 00:45:59,880
 Coming off of a split, Lions dropped a tough road game to Florida Gulf Coast.

850
00:45:59,980 --> 00:46:04,720
 Bounced back with a road dub against Stetson to get the season split with the Hatters.

851
00:46:04,980 --> 00:46:09,520
 And, Coach, this is a team that's battled this year, and I know they really needed a win.

852
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,680
 How good did it feel on Saturday to see them finally get to celebrate?

853
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:18,560
 Yeah, I think it's a great feeling, right, whenever you can go on the road in our league and get a win,

854
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:23,500
 especially with a team like Stetson, who's so well coached.

855
00:46:23,500 --> 00:46:24,960
 Donnie Jones does a great job.

856
00:46:25,820 --> 00:46:27,580
 Donnie and I go back a long time.

857
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:35,340
 My days as a high school coach in Miami, Florida, he was an assistant at Florida with Billy Donovan and, you know,

858
00:46:35,420 --> 00:46:39,060
 guys like Anthony Grant, who I worked for at VCU at Alabama.

859
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,180
 Donnie was part of that staff that won two national championships.

860
00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:46,840
 What is it about that area and that time, Coach, North Florida's interim coach?

861
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,060
 He was down there with you guys as well.

862
00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:55,740
 It just feels like your era from that Miami high school basketball days has pumped out so many great coaches.

863
00:46:56,040 --> 00:47:02,860
 Yeah, and I think it all started with Marco Shakey Rodriguez, who is a Hall of Famer in the state of Florida.

864
00:47:02,940 --> 00:47:08,020
 He was one of the best high school coaches, one, I think, I can't even tell you how many state titles he won,

865
00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:18,420
 but everybody that is out right now coaching from that area in the collegiate level, we were all mentored by Shakey.

866
00:47:18,820 --> 00:47:24,360
 Frank Martin, Anthony Grant, the list goes on and on, you know, just a bunch.

867
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:29,920
 We've just produced so many guys from down there, and Shakey was a big part of that.

868
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:31,920
 There's a 30 for 30 in there or something.

869
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:32,480
 There should be.

870
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:33,100
 Oh, no doubt.

871
00:47:33,180 --> 00:47:34,000
 Well, there is.

872
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:43,200
 There's an ESPN movie about, it's called The Asylum, and it's Miami Senior High School,

873
00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:47,180
 and it's dominance during the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s.

874
00:47:47,540 --> 00:47:50,500
 You know, that might be a Roar Lions Forever type documentary, maybe.

875
00:47:50,900 --> 00:47:51,340
 Who knows?

876
00:47:51,460 --> 00:47:51,840
 Week, week.

877
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,340
 Well, anyway, Coach, going down to Florida, it's always special for you personally

878
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:57,040
 because you also have some family down there.

879
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,620
 What's it like any time you get to go for the Florida Roach League?

880
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,960
 Yeah, and then the fun part is Jacksonville, right?

881
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:06,880
 So whenever we get to go to Jacksonville, my mom lives in Jacksonville, my brother, my two nephews.

882
00:48:07,660 --> 00:48:12,160
 You know, it's always a great time to kind of visit with family while they're down there.

883
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:19,120
 My brother did make the trip down to Delan to watch us play against Stetson.

884
00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:21,920
 But, yeah, I mean, that's where my roots are.

885
00:48:22,220 --> 00:48:23,360
 You know, I grew up in South Florida.

886
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:24,060
 I grew up in Miami.

887
00:48:24,720 --> 00:48:28,360
 And, you know, in fact, I was just talking to the buyers.

888
00:48:28,940 --> 00:48:31,840
 They were down in the Keys in Key West.

889
00:48:32,420 --> 00:48:40,100
 And Patty told me that she just had a Cuban sandwich down in Key West, which that was kind of cool.

890
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:45,620
 But, yeah, there's just, again, Florida's home, and it feels good.

891
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:46,600
 Now, I will say this.

892
00:48:47,060 --> 00:48:50,000
 The weather down there was ridiculously cold for Florida.

893
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:55,160
 When we left from Orlando flying back to Birmingham, it was 22 degrees.

894
00:48:55,380 --> 00:48:58,600
 In fact, it was colder in Juneau, Alaska.

895
00:48:59,460 --> 00:49:02,420
 I mean, it was colder in Orlando, Florida than Juneau, Alaska that day.

896
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,840
 I think it was in the 30s in Juneau, and it was 22 in Orlando.

897
00:49:06,140 --> 00:49:06,520
 Oh, wow.

898
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,320
 And, Coach, you had a lot of support there at Stetson.

899
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:10,540
 I was just talking to Sean Foley.

900
00:49:10,620 --> 00:49:13,760
 He said there was, like, an alumni event almost there.

901
00:49:13,820 --> 00:49:18,140
 But there's also one big alumni there, and Kevin Simmons, UNA fans will remember that name.

902
00:49:18,220 --> 00:49:22,120
 He was a starting guard on UNA's 1991 national championship team.

903
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,220
 Played under head coach Gary Elliott.

904
00:49:24,380 --> 00:49:28,300
 He reached out to Jeff Hodges during the week, said he wanted to come and bring his family.

905
00:49:28,460 --> 00:49:31,960
 But tell us about getting to interact with a UNA line legend like that.

906
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:34,900
 It was great, right, because he talked a lot about that team.

907
00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:36,320
 He talked a lot about his teammates.

908
00:49:37,180 --> 00:49:40,620
 Talked a lot about Coach Elliott, right, how special Coach Elliott was to him

909
00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:47,240
 and how he kind of pushed him to be, thank you, pushed him to be, I mean,

910
00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,440
 one of the best point guards in the area.

911
00:49:49,640 --> 00:49:54,260
 So I just want you to know that it was a privilege to meet him.

912
00:49:55,060 --> 00:49:59,640
 He had a lot of great stories, told a lot of great stories about Flowers Hall

913
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:05,660
 and, you know, the games against Valdosta State and Troy and, you know, all those programs.

914
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:09,440
 You know, it was just, it was really cool to hang out with him for a while.

915
00:50:10,100 --> 00:50:11,560
 Coach, let's take it to the court, man.

916
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,860
 A huge win to end that road swing against Stetson.

917
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:19,520
 Some big performances, and I think the ESPN interview you did at the end of the game,

918
00:50:19,580 --> 00:50:23,720
 they started with Dante Bacchus and just how well he's done specifically against Stetson.

919
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:27,900
 But it seemed like in that game, definitely turned it on with those 23 points.

920
00:50:28,260 --> 00:50:30,680
 I've been happy with Dante, especially those last two games.

921
00:50:30,780 --> 00:50:34,760
 He's, you could tell, there was a time there he was struggling a little bit.

922
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:38,580
 And to see him bounce back the way he did this weekend, I thought was really good.

923
00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:44,160
 I thought he had a really good game against Florida Gulf Coast, and especially the game against Stetson.

924
00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:46,820
 And for whatever reason, he's got Stetson's number.

925
00:50:46,920 --> 00:50:50,820
 I think he scored 22 the first time and then 23 in the second.

926
00:50:51,460 --> 00:50:53,120
 But that's Dante for you.

927
00:50:53,180 --> 00:50:59,200
 I'm just glad that he got those two games under his belt, and I'm hoping that that momentum continues for him.

928
00:50:59,420 --> 00:51:03,180
 And how fitting was it that this team needed some guys to step up right?

929
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,720
 And it was the veterans, Dante Bacchus, who we just talked about.

930
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,000
 Cannon Jefferson, he's here.

931
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,740
 He had the double-double, 10 points, 10 assists.

932
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:13,840
 And then Dallas Howell, the sixth-year legend, four threes hit.

933
00:51:13,900 --> 00:51:15,460
 He finished with 18 points.

934
00:51:15,620 --> 00:51:18,860
 I mean, how proud are you of that group specifically for really raising the bar?

935
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:22,100
 You know, yeah, I'm really proud of the guys and the way they competed.

936
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:28,680
 But what I was most proud of is the way that they have kind of gone through some adversity but have stayed connected.

937
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,500
 They've stayed, you know, they've stayed true to one another.

938
00:51:32,660 --> 00:51:34,460
 They keep encouraging one another.

939
00:51:35,020 --> 00:51:40,620
 I think Dallas, I think you're going to start seeing Dallas kind of making a little bit of a turn here

940
00:51:40,620 --> 00:51:45,960
 because, again, you could just see how his teammates continue just believing him and get him the ball.

941
00:51:46,460 --> 00:51:53,100
 I thought Cannon did a really great job of orchestrating and just doing a great job with our offense in that game

942
00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:56,460
 to give out 10 assists, I think, almost broke the record.

943
00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:59,060
 I think that was held by Jakari Lane last year.

944
00:51:59,060 --> 00:52:02,740
 He had 11 or two years ago where he had 11 against Kansas State.

945
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:10,180
 So it just goes to show you when this team gets clicking, man, it could be a special group.

946
00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:12,340
 Yeah, there was a lot of guys you just mentioned there.

947
00:52:12,460 --> 00:52:16,180
 And Cornelius Williams kind of limited on scoring there but still had 10 rebounds.

948
00:52:16,260 --> 00:52:18,020
 And you really felt his presence in that game.

949
00:52:18,100 --> 00:52:23,840
 But probably really good for you to know that, you know, teams are probably zoning in on Neal and game planning around him.

950
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:27,760
 And you have other guys like Adante that could really open up and take advantage of that.

951
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,400
 You know, that's been one of our MOs since we've been here, right?

952
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:38,160
 We've had guys that have averaged close to double-figure, like four or five guys that will always average close to double-figure points.

953
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,580
 So it's kind of hard to just focus in on one guy.

954
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:46,200
 But, you know, Cornelius is getting a lot of attention.

955
00:52:46,740 --> 00:53:02,680
 And I think things will loosen up if, you know, like I said, if you get Dallas consistent on the perimeter, Cannon consistent on the perimeter, you know, guys like Kevin Dekovicic, if you get those guys consistent playing on the perimeter, it'll open things up for Neal even more.

956
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,800
 Now those guys are starting to take advantage of those opportunities.

957
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:09,660
 So now we'll see how this whole thing balances out for them.

958
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:14,900
 You know, Coach, you just sent me down a deep wormhole there when you mentioned the K-State game.

959
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:18,520
 And I started just thinking about some of the memorable games.

960
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:23,700
 I say memorable, but the tough games that we've had over the years that just everything comes back.

961
00:53:23,740 --> 00:53:25,520
 I remember every second of that K-State game.

962
00:53:25,580 --> 00:53:29,260
 I go back to 2019, NJIT, a tough loss.

963
00:53:29,340 --> 00:53:30,580
 You and I talk about it all the time.

964
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:33,820
 They hit a half-court shot, right, to force overtime.

965
00:53:34,340 --> 00:53:39,800
 How often do you get flooded with memories like that, not just from UNA, but all the way through your coaching career?

966
00:53:40,220 --> 00:53:43,540
 Yeah, I mean, to be honest with you, during the season, I really don't get caught up in it.

967
00:53:43,540 --> 00:53:47,680
 But there are games that we play that will remind me of certain games, right?

968
00:53:48,260 --> 00:53:49,780
 And I thought of this game, right?

969
00:53:49,820 --> 00:53:55,280
 And the first game that came to my mind after the Stetson game was our game at San Francisco, right?

970
00:53:55,780 --> 00:54:00,900
 Just guys being able to hang in there and finish a game out.

971
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,900
 I thought, you know, when we played San Francisco, they hit two big threes down the stretch.

972
00:54:05,060 --> 00:54:08,320
 And Ken and Jefferson came up with a tremendous shot at the end.

973
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:12,040
 And I thought there was a game that Dante really did a great job in that game.

974
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:19,040
 So to see our guys not only compete, have a lead, then have another team come back

975
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:22,580
 and make it close for them to hold on and finish the game.

976
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:27,340
 I thought it spoke volumes of, again, the connectivity that this team has.

977
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,520
 By the way, I remember everything from that Kansas State game.

978
00:54:30,640 --> 00:54:32,520
 I try to block it out as much as I can.

979
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:34,660
 That was such a heartbreaker at the end.

980
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,060
 And that headline photo kind of told the story.

981
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:38,880
 But we'll move on from that.

982
00:54:38,940 --> 00:54:44,800
 But the last time a player had 10 assists before Cannon did was the Bellarmine game last year.

983
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,960
 That was Jakari had 10 assists in that game.

984
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,540
 And everything just really clicked and set the tone.

985
00:54:49,540 --> 00:54:55,700
 But, Coach, to kind of bring it back here, those three games on the road, you've got two more to finish this five-game road swing.

986
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:59,060
 How hard is it to play five on the road without a home game there to break it up?

987
00:54:59,300 --> 00:55:01,760
 Yeah, it's not fun.

988
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:02,460
 It's not easy.

989
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:02,960
 Right?

990
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,140
 But it's part of the deal.

991
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:09,260
 And the cool thing about it is we focus a game at a time anyway.

992
00:55:09,460 --> 00:55:11,860
 So for us, road or away, it doesn't matter.

993
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:17,540
 Our focus right now is just continuing to build, right?

994
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:18,920
 Just brick by brick right now.

995
00:55:19,400 --> 00:55:19,920
 Grind it out.

996
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:27,620
 Make sure that we continue to grow as a team and put ourselves in the best position possible come March when we start to play in the tournament.

997
00:55:28,300 --> 00:55:35,140
 And it starts at Central Arkansas, one of the top teams in the league, and then go on the road to go up against first-place team, Austin Peay.

998
00:55:35,620 --> 00:55:44,180
 I think these are two games that are going to really kind of show our team what the expectations are as far as our growth is concerned.

999
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:47,260
 You know, Coach, we've got four games in the next eight days.

1000
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:53,480
 It's going to be a grueling stretch, but also it's probably a stretch that these guys love because it's nothing but basketball for eight days.

1001
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:55,060
 Yeah, they do love that, right?

1002
00:55:55,180 --> 00:55:57,340
 Less practice and more games.

1003
00:55:57,580 --> 00:55:58,660
 That's what they're going to enjoy doing.

1004
00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:03,880
 But, you know, for us right now, you know, we're locking in on Central Arkansas.

1005
00:56:05,060 --> 00:56:06,380
 They're going to be a handful.

1006
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:08,140
 I mean, that's just the way it is.

1007
00:56:08,180 --> 00:56:09,580
 They're going to be a handful, and we know that.

1008
00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:12,240
 So that's where our focus lies right now.

1009
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:20,600
 Yeah, and Cameron Hunter, what he's done there, and some of the other players they have, almost, you would probably say, maybe the most improved team in the league.

1010
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:22,000
 No doubt.

1011
00:56:22,240 --> 00:56:24,220
 And Coach Shulman just does a great job.

1012
00:56:24,460 --> 00:56:32,560
 Coach Shulman and I, and Coach, in fact, Coach Ahmad Smith and I were assistant coaches at App State when Coach Shulman was the head coach at Chattanooga.

1013
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:37,980
 And, man, he always had one of the best teams in the SOCON at that time.

1014
00:56:38,580 --> 00:56:42,140
 When I heard he got the job at UAH, I thought that was a great hire for UAH.

1015
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:46,060
 And then when he got the job at Central Arkansas, I thought it was a great hire.

1016
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:52,520
 He's just really an extremely talented coach, understands who to recruit to the program and the way they play.

1017
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:58,760
 So, you know, again, he made our conference better once he joined Central Arkansas.

1018
00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:02,460
 And, Coach, not to look too far ahead because we've got a lot of basketball in between,

1019
00:57:02,460 --> 00:57:05,820
 but Sunday, February 15th, Eastern Kentucky.

1020
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,960
 And Eastern Kentucky, it's always a great game with them, but more, not more importantly,

1021
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:13,040
 but the big story for that game, it's the ESPNU game.

1022
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:17,760
 The Atlantic Sun gets one game a year on one of the big ESPN channels.

1023
00:57:17,860 --> 00:57:23,400
 And this year, UNA was chosen to host ESPNU, 3 o'clock, national broadcast.

1024
00:57:23,980 --> 00:57:27,820
 I mean, how big is this for this program, this community, this university?

1025
00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:29,720
 I mean, it kind of tells you the story.

1026
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:32,100
 And this, to me, it's even beyond basketball.

1027
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:44,860
 To me, it's getting a game like that here at home is, it goes back to the decision that the university made 10 years ago to go Division I, right?

1028
00:57:45,660 --> 00:57:49,440
 The vision of President Kitts to make that decision.

1029
00:57:50,080 --> 00:58:00,480
 The whole board of trustees, you know, the executive council, the athletic department, making that commitment.

1030
00:58:01,020 --> 00:58:05,160
 And I think what it does is, I think it validates that decision, right?

1031
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:13,220
 It validates the decision because now the rest of the world will get to see firsthand, you know, what it's like in this community.

1032
00:58:13,580 --> 00:58:24,980
 And I'll tell you this, I was very proud of the way last year our folks came out during the run that we made in the postseason.

1033
00:58:25,680 --> 00:58:38,020
 But I've been more impressed with the way that this community has continued to support our players, our programs, good or bad, right?

1034
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:44,100
 And I think that tells up even a better story of what the Florence community is all about.

1035
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:52,340
 It's about supporting young people and making sure that they understand that no matter what, these fans are going to be behind them.

1036
00:58:52,940 --> 00:58:54,640
 And we know they're always behind you, Coach.

1037
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:58,060
 And a big stretch coming up, four games over the next eight days.

1038
00:58:58,060 --> 00:59:08,440
 Central Arkansas Wednesday, Austin Peay Saturday, then the home run picks up next Monday, Central Arkansas next Wednesday, West Georgia, then next Sunday, Eastern Kentucky.

1039
00:59:08,580 --> 00:59:13,360
 Busy stretch, Coach, nothing we'd rather do than hang out with UNA basketball, so we're looking forward to it.

1040
00:59:13,860 --> 00:59:14,220
 Thank you.

1041
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:15,480
 Let's take a timeout.

1042
00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:16,420
 Hey, one more note.

1043
00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:25,760
 That game, 2,500 white t-shirts that are going to be available, so if it's a sellout, everybody's going to get a white t-shirt, so definitely be at that game on the 15th.

1044
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:27,140
 There you go, that's worth the price of it.

1045
00:59:27,140 --> 00:59:29,220
 There you go.

1046
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:31,880
 Come out, get a white t-shirt, be on ESPNU.

1047
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:32,660
 Let's take a timeout.

1048
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:34,040
 We've got some players coming up next.

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1104
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 The tables have turned.

1105
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 Cannon Jefferson is taking over the show.

1106
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:36,280
 He's going to interview Mike and I here on UNA Basketball Night from Lost Pizza Shoals in

1107
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:37,640
 historic downtown Florence.

1108
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:42,860
 North Alabama's top scorer on the season in A-Sun play had a double-double on Saturday in

1109
01:03:42,860 --> 01:03:45,060
 the win against Stetson, 10 points, 10 assists.

1110
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:49,980
 Cannon, we were talking off-air about food, and you dove into the wings.

1111
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:51,900
 Here tonight, always good pizza choices.

1112
01:03:52,020 --> 01:03:55,300
 But from Louisiana, big alligator fan?

1113
01:03:55,980 --> 01:03:56,400
 I do.

1114
01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:59,360
 I have gotten some alligator down in Louisiana, New Orleans.

1115
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:02,020
 Just another good piece of chicken.

1116
01:04:02,140 --> 01:04:03,000
 Honestly, that's what it is.

1117
01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:07,140
 Is there anything up here that takes you back home?

1118
01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:09,160
 I'm going to be honest.

1119
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:10,800
 I haven't found it yet, but that's okay.

1120
01:04:10,980 --> 01:04:12,860
 I haven't found it, and it's all right.

1121
01:04:13,260 --> 01:04:13,780
 I'll tell you what.

1122
01:04:13,820 --> 01:04:18,200
 I found out tonight, back to Lost Pizza, that golden flavor wing.

1123
01:04:18,420 --> 01:04:22,460
 I'm hearing multiple people have gotten that tonight, and that's kind of my favorite wing

1124
01:04:22,460 --> 01:04:23,880
 saw, so I might have to try that out tonight.

1125
01:04:23,900 --> 01:04:24,200
 Yes, sir.

1126
01:04:24,220 --> 01:04:24,560
 I agree.

1127
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:25,540
 Let me know how it is.

1128
01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:26,080
 I got you.

1129
01:04:26,140 --> 01:04:26,540
 I got you.

1130
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:28,160
 Cannon, a big win on Saturday.

1131
01:04:28,420 --> 01:04:31,880
 This team's been through a lot this year, but how good did it feel for this group to

1132
01:04:31,880 --> 01:04:34,020
 finally get to celebrate one in the locker room?

1133
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:39,240
 It was good, just to get back in the win column, celebrate with the guys, and just kind of take

1134
01:04:39,240 --> 01:04:40,620
 a step forward in the right direction.

1135
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:42,600
 I got to ask the obvious question.

1136
01:04:42,720 --> 01:04:44,420
 First career double-double, 10 assists.

1137
01:04:44,540 --> 01:04:45,600
 I mean, that had to feel pretty good.

1138
01:04:45,600 --> 01:04:50,000
 They're moving the ball that well and knowing that, hey, that's a good sign that the offense

1139
01:04:50,000 --> 01:04:50,440
 was working.

1140
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:51,440
 It was.

1141
01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:51,780
 It was.

1142
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:52,760
 We had a good flow.

1143
01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:54,680
 We had a good connection out there on Saturday.

1144
01:04:55,980 --> 01:04:57,480
 We're just moving the ball as a team.

1145
01:04:57,620 --> 01:05:02,960
 I was put in position to make the right plays, and I had opportunities to hit the open teammate,

1146
01:05:03,220 --> 01:05:04,260
 and that's just what I did.

1147
01:05:04,800 --> 01:05:05,420
 10 assists.

1148
01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:11,040
 I mean, we talk about how it feels when somebody scores a lot of points, to dish out a lot.

1149
01:05:11,160 --> 01:05:15,400
 I mean, God, you're counting for almost 20-something points in that ball game, right?

1150
01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:18,260
 How did it feel when you saw the box score 10 assists?

1151
01:05:19,080 --> 01:05:19,720
 It was good.

1152
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:25,200
 Coach TP at one media timeout told me I had six, and I didn't really realize, but when

1153
01:05:25,200 --> 01:05:28,340
 he said that, I kind of started keeping count in my head a little bit.

1154
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:30,960
 I went to Dallas Howe at a free throw line.

1155
01:05:31,020 --> 01:05:32,720
 I said, you want to do me a favor?

1156
01:05:32,820 --> 01:05:33,560
 And he said, what's that?

1157
01:05:33,600 --> 01:05:35,580
 And I said, can you help me get 10 assists?

1158
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:37,420
 So I just kept passing it to him.

1159
01:05:37,460 --> 01:05:41,100
 He kept shooting with confidence, and yeah, he just helped me get there.

1160
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:43,200
 So how many of the 10 went to Dallas, do you think?

1161
01:05:43,220 --> 01:05:44,500
 He hit six shots, I think.

1162
01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:50,140
 I'm not sure, but he definitely helped him, and Dante were definitely big, big parts on

1163
01:05:50,140 --> 01:05:51,860
 that 10 assist, and I thank them for that.

1164
01:05:52,120 --> 01:05:53,300
 Yeah, I can tell you this.

1165
01:05:53,320 --> 01:05:57,220
 I know that the three-pointers you probably helped with, possibly all of them, I do know

1166
01:05:57,220 --> 01:06:00,840
 that there was one play where Dallas kind of pump faked, and then he drove the lane,

1167
01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:03,800
 and you don't always see that, and got an early and one opportunity.

1168
01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:06,480
 And then Dante, he's here tonight.

1169
01:06:06,620 --> 01:06:11,100
 Talk about your teammate a little bit, and two career highs against Stetson, 23 points

1170
01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:11,640
 in that game.

1171
01:06:11,740 --> 01:06:13,560
 What did he do to really impact that game?

1172
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:16,200
 Dante kind of just found his rhythm.

1173
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:19,200
 I was just kind of hitting him in the gaps.

1174
01:06:19,380 --> 01:06:21,120
 Stetson went zone, and I was just trying to find him.

1175
01:06:21,340 --> 01:06:24,660
 He was finishing well, and I was just trying to get it to him as much as I can, just feed

1176
01:06:24,660 --> 01:06:25,500
 the hot hand, honestly.

1177
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:30,340
 Speaking of hot hands, Dallas Howell, his sixth year here at North Alabama, you've played

1178
01:06:30,340 --> 01:06:31,680
 all three years with him.

1179
01:06:31,680 --> 01:06:34,300
 What kind of teammate has he been throughout your time here?

1180
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:35,100
 He's a leader.

1181
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:39,720
 Dallas just wants the best for everyone, individually and team-wise, and that's always

1182
01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:40,720
 a great teammate to have.

1183
01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:43,060
 Good locker room guy, good energy, good spirit.

1184
01:06:43,740 --> 01:06:47,440
 Just a positive, older vet that you can just lean on whenever you're kind of getting your

1185
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:48,100
 head a little bit.

1186
01:06:48,860 --> 01:06:51,160
 Yeah, a lot of lead changes in that Stetson game.

1187
01:06:51,220 --> 01:06:54,020
 I think it changed eight times, and the score was tied seven times.

1188
01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:58,740
 It got very testy there late, but held on and got the big win, but I'm looking at the

1189
01:06:58,740 --> 01:06:59,020
 minutes.

1190
01:06:59,020 --> 01:07:03,680
 38 for Dante, 38 for Dallas, 38 for yourself, 36 for Neal.

1191
01:07:04,200 --> 01:07:06,260
 I mean, you guys are taking on a big load there.

1192
01:07:06,380 --> 01:07:10,180
 I mean, what is that like for you to try to balance it, knowing you're probably only coming

1193
01:07:10,180 --> 01:07:11,400
 out once or twice at that point?

1194
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:14,920
 Just really trying to do whatever we can to win.

1195
01:07:15,060 --> 01:07:19,540
 I mean, whether that's high 20 minutes, low 30, high 30, it doesn't really matter.

1196
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:24,640
 Whatever coach has us instructed to do, just go out there and just compete and follow what

1197
01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:25,400
 we need to do to get the win.

1198
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:27,940
 You know, we talk about confidence a lot, right?

1199
01:07:28,020 --> 01:07:29,760
 And this team's had a tough go.

1200
01:07:29,860 --> 01:07:34,600
 You've been in a lot of tight games as well, but there's still nine more conference games

1201
01:07:34,600 --> 01:07:35,060
 to go.

1202
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:38,480
 What do you feel like this group's confidence is at right now as we get set for the home

1203
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:38,880
 stretch?

1204
01:07:39,060 --> 01:07:39,540
 We're good.

1205
01:07:39,660 --> 01:07:42,120
 I mean, we're just trying to stay together.

1206
01:07:42,580 --> 01:07:44,380
 It's a long, basketball's a long season.

1207
01:07:44,460 --> 01:07:47,920
 You're going to have ups and downs with it, but as long as we just stay connected through

1208
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,940
 it all, we're just ready to push through tournament time.

1209
01:07:52,020 --> 01:07:55,880
 Just kind of keep building confidence, get momentum going in the right direction, and get

1210
01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:57,120
 ready for that tournament, honestly.

1211
01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:01,440
 Cannon, we've been on the road a lot, and by the time we finish this thing and we get

1212
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:05,440
 to Monday, February 9th, it's going to be 23 days away from CB&S Bank Arena.

1213
01:08:05,580 --> 01:08:07,260
 How much are y'all missing playing at home right now?

1214
01:08:07,300 --> 01:08:08,480
 I miss it a lot, honestly.

1215
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:14,760
 Just being on the road, traveling hotel to hotel, going to other people's gyms.

1216
01:08:14,760 --> 01:08:17,160
 I just miss the bank, honestly.

1217
01:08:17,280 --> 01:08:19,240
 Miss playing in front of our fans, community.

1218
01:08:19,900 --> 01:08:21,260
 I miss it, and I'm excited to get back.

1219
01:08:21,560 --> 01:08:24,960
 I mean, this road stretch, Charlotte, North Carolina, that was a good flight, though.

1220
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:26,800
 The Muscle Shoals flight, you can't beat that.

1221
01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:30,860
 Time down in Florida, and you go down to Florida, you want some sun, and you guys had cold weather,

1222
01:08:30,980 --> 01:08:32,360
 just like we had cold weather.

1223
01:08:32,760 --> 01:08:36,360
 Long trip to Conway, and you're going straight to Clarksville after that.

1224
01:08:36,420 --> 01:08:39,080
 I mean, what is life like for you guys on the road?

1225
01:08:40,440 --> 01:08:41,120
 It's a lot.

1226
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:43,360
 You just got to stay focused, honestly.

1227
01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:46,220
 Just the traveling, the long bus rides.

1228
01:08:47,120 --> 01:08:51,720
 It's just a different atmosphere, different city each day, each weekend, and you just got

1229
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:52,660
 to stay focused, honestly.

1230
01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:54,580
 Now, who on the team do you know?

1231
01:08:54,680 --> 01:08:56,680
 It's like, okay, they're bringing the entertainment.

1232
01:08:58,260 --> 01:08:59,240
 Our young guys.

1233
01:08:59,960 --> 01:09:05,160
 They're just excited for the trip, excited for the plane rides, excited for the bus rides.

1234
01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:13,300
 So our young guys, Braylon, Cortez, bring energy, bring the comedy on the bus ride when kind of the older guys are a little tired, want to take a nap.

1235
01:09:13,420 --> 01:09:15,360
 They're there to get us laughing a little bit.

1236
01:09:15,380 --> 01:09:19,560
 Mike, that sounds like us traveling with the young boys in the back that go with us.

1237
01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:21,440
 They bring the entertainment, that's for sure.

1238
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:23,620
 And Brandy G's up here throwing his hands up.

1239
01:09:23,760 --> 01:09:25,500
 Not me, but yeah, it is actually.

1240
01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:27,840
 It's Brandy G and the boys in the back.

1241
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:28,740
 We have a lot of fun.

1242
01:09:29,020 --> 01:09:31,920
 But I'm glad to hear that the young guys are bringing the juice.

1243
01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:36,180
 And Cannon, I can't remember if it was you or if it was somebody else we had on the show,

1244
01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:41,280
 but we asked who the life of the team is, the life of the party, the funniest on the team.

1245
01:09:41,740 --> 01:09:43,000
 And I remember them saying the freshman.

1246
01:09:43,660 --> 01:09:44,260
 It might have been you.

1247
01:09:44,320 --> 01:09:44,860
 I can't remember.

1248
01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:47,420
 Yeah, I am a fan of the freshman.

1249
01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:48,980
 They're my guys.

1250
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:49,520
 They're funny.

1251
01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:53,940
 Braylon, Cortez, they're just good, positive energy to be around.

1252
01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:57,520
 They kind of just uplift everyone and just keep the positivity rolling.

1253
01:09:58,040 --> 01:09:58,880
 And what's it like for you?

1254
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:02,820
 I mean, you were once that young guy coming up with older veterans on the team.

1255
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:05,120
 What's it like for you now that that role is kind of reversed?

1256
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:07,960
 It's kind of interesting to look at.

1257
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:10,920
 I kind of look at myself and kind of see Braylon a little bit.

1258
01:10:10,980 --> 01:10:15,260
 My freshman year, I was kind of brought up around guys like Jakari Lane, K.J. Johnson.

1259
01:10:15,460 --> 01:10:18,960
 I was always at their apartment just playing the game, laughing, joking.

1260
01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:21,920
 And that's kind of Braylon I see in myself.

1261
01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:26,620
 He's kind of always at my place, eating all my food, just walks in, just goes straight to the refrigerator.

1262
01:10:27,340 --> 01:10:31,200
 But it's my guy, and I just kind of see myself in him a little bit.

1263
01:10:31,580 --> 01:10:32,260
 What's he taking?

1264
01:10:32,360 --> 01:10:33,880
 What's his go-to in your refrigerator?

1265
01:10:34,480 --> 01:10:40,580
 My mom came and cooked the other weekend and left a lot of food for me, and Braylon kind

1266
01:10:40,580 --> 01:10:41,960
 of helped me clean it out a little bit.

1267
01:10:42,500 --> 01:10:44,400
 She left it for you and Braylon.

1268
01:10:44,480 --> 01:10:44,680
 Yeah.

1269
01:10:44,860 --> 01:10:45,600
 Yes, yes, sir.

1270
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:47,560
 And Braylon was happy to oblige.

1271
01:10:48,220 --> 01:10:51,880
 I remember Braylon had a pretty good play in that Stetson game.

1272
01:10:51,940 --> 01:10:53,380
 I think it was kind of a pass.

1273
01:10:53,980 --> 01:10:55,500
 It's like a no-looker to Neil.

1274
01:10:55,700 --> 01:10:59,640
 I don't know if anybody saw it in real time, but watching it on the broadcast, it seemed

1275
01:10:59,640 --> 01:11:00,340
 like a pretty big play.

1276
01:11:00,400 --> 01:11:01,380
 Do you remember that one at all?

1277
01:11:01,380 --> 01:11:01,720
 I do.

1278
01:11:01,900 --> 01:11:03,000
 Braylon, Braylon's going to go out there.

1279
01:11:03,060 --> 01:11:03,780
 He's confident.

1280
01:11:04,040 --> 01:11:07,580
 I've been telling him, because that's kind of the main thing when you're young, new team,

1281
01:11:07,700 --> 01:11:09,040
 college, just confidence kind of.

1282
01:11:09,580 --> 01:11:12,320
 You can sometimes question it a little bit, and I just told him to go out there and have fun.

1283
01:11:12,360 --> 01:11:16,720
 He's here for a reason, and he goes out there and just plays his game, plays confident,

1284
01:11:16,800 --> 01:11:17,560
 and that's just what we need.

1285
01:11:19,780 --> 01:11:21,580
 And I want to ask you about one more play.

1286
01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:25,600
 You went one from six behind the arc, but that one was a huge one.

1287
01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:30,080
 It came as the shot clock was ticking down, and it's almost like, man, you've got to get

1288
01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:34,740
 rid of that ball, and you were really far behind the arc, but you sunk that thing like

1289
01:11:34,740 --> 01:11:39,880
 there was a ton of time on the shot clock, but what kind of pressure goes in, and what's

1290
01:11:39,880 --> 01:11:40,760
 going through your brain?

1291
01:11:41,300 --> 01:11:42,900
 Do you know how much time's left?

1292
01:11:42,940 --> 01:11:45,820
 How do you figure that out, and what happens when you have to fire it up?

1293
01:11:46,120 --> 01:11:50,240
 Yeah, when you're just passing the ball around for so long, you start to question, all right,

1294
01:11:50,260 --> 01:11:51,480
 what's the shot clock?

1295
01:11:51,540 --> 01:11:56,380
 So I just look up, and I seen two seconds, and I just got ready to launch it, and I didn't.

1296
01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:57,320
 Gladly it went in.

1297
01:11:57,380 --> 01:12:02,020
 It was kind of a relief to have that go in, but yeah, it was interesting.

1298
01:12:02,020 --> 01:12:06,400
 Out of all the shots I took from beyond the arc, that one goes in, but it is what it is.

1299
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,140
 It feels, I was just looking, you've hit 28 threes this year, and it feels like most of

1300
01:12:10,140 --> 01:12:12,260
 those have come with about five seconds on the shot clock.

1301
01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:16,840
 Yeah, they're kind of just prayers, honestly, just coming off late shot clock, just throwing

1302
01:12:16,840 --> 01:12:18,400
 it up, and they go in.

1303
01:12:18,460 --> 01:12:20,200
 As long as they go in, it's good.

1304
01:12:20,420 --> 01:12:21,940
 Okay, now let's wrap it up with this.

1305
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:26,600
 Four games over the next eight days, a lot of basketball to play here in February as we

1306
01:12:26,600 --> 01:12:30,080
 lead up to the ASUN tournament in March, the first week of March.

1307
01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:33,400
 I mean, how does this team build off of Saturday and start finding some momentum?

1308
01:12:34,680 --> 01:12:36,500
 Just keep building off that win, honestly.

1309
01:12:36,680 --> 01:12:37,900
 Just keep growing.

1310
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:40,000
 Every pregame is just grow.

1311
01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:41,860
 Take a step forward, and that's kind of what we did.

1312
01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:46,180
 I mean, just keep staying together, honestly, just have fun, have fun playing with each other,

1313
01:12:46,260 --> 01:12:48,640
 enjoy the moment, and just take it day by day, honestly.

1314
01:12:48,720 --> 01:12:52,080
 Not even just on game days, practices, everything, just day by day.

1315
01:12:52,580 --> 01:12:56,500
 Cannon, as always, we appreciate you stopping by, and Mike and I will be with you Wednesday

1316
01:12:56,500 --> 01:12:58,980
 in Central Arkansas, and we're excited for this run, man.

1317
01:12:59,060 --> 01:12:59,460
 Best of luck.

1318
01:12:59,540 --> 01:12:59,920
 Keep it going.

1319
01:13:00,320 --> 01:13:00,780
 Thank y'all.

1320
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:01,280
 Thank y'all.

1321
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 That's Cannon Jefferson.

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01:15:41,320 --> 01:15:45,700
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1364
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1365
01:15:52,500 --> 01:15:56,660
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1366
01:15:57,800 --> 01:16:01,180
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1367
01:16:04,340 --> 01:16:05,760
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1368
01:16:06,100 --> 01:16:09,440
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1369
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:12,000
 Prohibition is over.

1370
01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:17,340
 And the good times will flow once again at the Florence Wine Fest, February 20th and 21st.

1371
01:16:17,380 --> 01:16:21,820
 Friday night sets its own with coops, cocktails, and velvet smooth live music.

1372
01:16:21,960 --> 01:16:25,300
 Saturday afternoon, taste your way through an unforgettable wine experience.

1373
01:16:25,440 --> 01:16:30,320
 Then Saturday night, the city comes alive with the Florence Wine Fest Free Block Party and Concert,

1374
01:16:30,480 --> 01:16:32,940
 featuring Atlanta's great grand finale band.

1375
01:16:33,060 --> 01:16:37,420
 Free block party tickets and full event details are at FlorenceWineFest.com.

1376
01:16:37,540 --> 01:16:44,780
 Proudly presented by Visit the Shoals with support from CB&S Bank, Clearview Cancer Institute, and the Hotels of Florence.

1377
01:16:50,200 --> 01:16:51,520
 We're not done yet.

1378
01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:56,340
 Some more UNA basketball talk here from Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

1379
01:16:56,440 --> 01:16:59,580
 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel, and Dante Bacchus up next.

1380
01:16:59,660 --> 01:17:02,960
 But before we get to Dante, don't forget the Lions Athletic Club.

1381
01:17:03,100 --> 01:17:09,180
 The marquee event, the dinner and auction this year will be Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.

1382
01:17:09,540 --> 01:17:13,000
 It's a change-up from the August date to May date this year.

1383
01:17:13,460 --> 01:17:15,060
 Ozzie Newsome, the speaker.

1384
01:17:15,440 --> 01:17:20,100
 If you're in the house tonight, I have some table options if you want to take a look at those.

1385
01:17:20,160 --> 01:17:24,360
 And, of course, for more information, you can go to RoarLions.com or reach out to Megan Dye.

1386
01:17:24,460 --> 01:17:26,680
 Mike's got a nice write-up on the website as well.

1387
01:17:26,760 --> 01:17:27,620
 But we hope you'll join us.

1388
01:17:27,680 --> 01:17:34,320
 Ozzie Newsome, Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, the UNA Lion Pride Dinner and Auction.

1389
01:17:34,320 --> 01:17:38,260
 So we'll kind of wrap up a year instead of kicking off a year.

1390
01:17:38,340 --> 01:17:44,200
 So it should be a good night hearing from one of the all-time greats out of the NFL and college football, Mike.

1391
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:44,900
 Yeah, that's right.

1392
01:17:44,940 --> 01:17:47,140
 From Calvert County, Muscle Shoals nearby.

1393
01:17:47,580 --> 01:17:49,020
 And just a legend.

1394
01:17:49,220 --> 01:17:55,360
 Played with the Cleveland Browns for a long time and has been an NFL front office member for the Baltimore Ravens for many, many years.

1395
01:17:55,500 --> 01:17:59,320
 And obviously a busy offseason for him with the new hire of a coach.

1396
01:17:59,320 --> 01:18:04,980
 But excited to have him back where he's at home in the Shoals talking with all the great folks at UNA.

1397
01:18:05,340 --> 01:18:09,980
 We've got a great UNA basketball player with us, Dante Bonk is one of UNA's top scorers.

1398
01:18:10,060 --> 01:18:14,420
 Had a pair of 20-point performances, 21 points, 8 rebounds against Florida Gulf Coast.

1399
01:18:14,840 --> 01:18:19,260
 Followed that up with 23 points and 7 rebounds against Stetson in the win.

1400
01:18:19,300 --> 01:18:21,160
 We thought he was going to be A-Sun Player of the Week.

1401
01:18:21,380 --> 01:18:23,780
 He's our A-Sun Player of the Week this week.

1402
01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:27,100
 Dante, man, how did it feel to get that W this weekend down in Stetson?

1403
01:18:27,100 --> 01:18:29,400
 Oh, man, it just felt great, you know what I'm saying.

1404
01:18:29,500 --> 01:18:32,120
 The year has been going, you know, how we wanted.

1405
01:18:32,260 --> 01:18:38,220
 But what I just love about this team is every day we just come in with high energy, just, you know, do whatever it takes to just get better.

1406
01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:38,760
 You know what I'm saying?

1407
01:18:38,960 --> 01:18:43,160
 I feel like we have really been connected recently, and I just love playing with these guys.

1408
01:18:43,220 --> 01:18:44,720
 So I'm just excited to just go from here.

1409
01:18:45,260 --> 01:18:46,260
 You know, it is kind of fun.

1410
01:18:46,360 --> 01:18:48,980
 Ben kind of set this up, you know, talking about the Player of the Week thing.

1411
01:18:49,080 --> 01:18:52,140
 And I know that you guys don't really think about that as much as maybe we do.

1412
01:18:52,140 --> 01:18:56,980
 But I do have a fun fact because I always try to find something that stands out to present our candidate.

1413
01:18:57,220 --> 01:19:05,140
 And the thing that stood out with you, you break down the last two games of the week, the top ten for points, rebounds, and blocks.

1414
01:19:05,380 --> 01:19:09,920
 There's only one player in the top ten for all three of those average per game, this guy right here.

1415
01:19:10,420 --> 01:19:14,380
 You did a lot of things this week with your defense.

1416
01:19:14,900 --> 01:19:19,920
 And how does it feel to know that, like, you thrived in those three categories, and those three are pretty major?

1417
01:19:20,780 --> 01:19:21,620
 It feels good.

1418
01:19:21,660 --> 01:19:22,120
 You know what I'm saying?

1419
01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:24,380
 Me, I just try to do whatever it takes for the team.

1420
01:19:24,500 --> 01:19:25,260
 You know what I'm saying?

1421
01:19:25,340 --> 01:19:29,780
 Putting the ball in the hoop, rebounding, defending, just anything that it takes to just win for my team.

1422
01:19:29,860 --> 01:19:30,720
 So that's good to know.

1423
01:19:31,180 --> 01:19:33,540
 You look at that win against Stetson, you had 23.

1424
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:35,160
 Dallas had 18.

1425
01:19:35,420 --> 01:19:37,620
 Cannon, the 10 and 10, the double-double.

1426
01:19:37,620 --> 01:19:40,180
 And wouldn't you know it, you guys are the longest-tenured dudes.

1427
01:19:40,300 --> 01:19:41,800
 Like, you're the old dude now, right?

1428
01:19:41,980 --> 01:19:42,480
 Yeah, yeah, that's great.

1429
01:19:42,480 --> 01:19:45,460
 What was it about that group stepping up in that moment?

1430
01:19:45,680 --> 01:19:47,420
 Oh, man, it just felt good, like I said.

1431
01:19:47,480 --> 01:19:50,040
 It was just kind of being the older group, you know what I'm saying?

1432
01:19:50,060 --> 01:19:51,360
 We just kind of got that connection.

1433
01:19:51,460 --> 01:19:53,280
 I'm just so glad how D. Howard played, man.

1434
01:19:53,340 --> 01:19:58,600
 It's just so, you know, it's just a good experience just being out there and having fun, seeing him a smile, and Cannon, man.

1435
01:19:58,860 --> 01:20:04,120
 Like I said, him being the true point guard, getting those 10 assists, that double-double, that's a great accolade for him.

1436
01:20:04,120 --> 01:20:06,820
 So I'm just happy for my guys that they're just out there just having fun.

1437
01:20:07,620 --> 01:20:09,240
 It's kind of funny.

1438
01:20:09,340 --> 01:20:12,040
 Cannon was talking about at one media timeout.

1439
01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:14,400
 I think it was Coach that told him, hey, you got six right now.

1440
01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:14,680
 Yeah.

1441
01:20:15,260 --> 01:20:21,180
 Was there kind of a feeling with everybody else on the team, like, okay, Cannon's got this many assists, or do you all ever think about that at all?

1442
01:20:21,360 --> 01:20:22,240
 Or how does that usually go?

1443
01:20:22,240 --> 01:20:26,860
 To be honest, I actually had no clue that he had – I knew he was making some good dishes, you know what I'm saying?

1444
01:20:26,940 --> 01:20:32,080
 Usually he'd do that pretty good, but I actually had no clue he was close to getting 10 assists, you know what I'm saying?

1445
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:36,020
 I probably would have maybe took a few more shots from him if I knew he was that close.

1446
01:20:36,100 --> 01:20:39,660
 But he still got it done, just us playing together as a team and us being connected.

1447
01:20:39,780 --> 01:20:41,120
 So kudos to him for that.

1448
01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:45,460
 Now, the announcers were talking about this on air, so I can definitely ask you this.

1449
01:20:45,740 --> 01:20:48,660
 What is it about you playing Stetson and having big games?

1450
01:20:50,120 --> 01:20:54,160
 I don't know, maybe – I think it's just – I know I had my career high on them both times.

1451
01:20:54,240 --> 01:20:57,220
 I think it's just, like I said, my teammates just put me in the right position.

1452
01:20:57,460 --> 01:21:00,160
 Them running that zone, like I said, Cannon, the Cove of B****.

1453
01:21:00,500 --> 01:21:01,880
 Even I give credit to Neil.

1454
01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:03,260
 He's a really good passer out there.

1455
01:21:03,980 --> 01:21:05,760
 Post, I feel like some people don't acknowledge that.

1456
01:21:05,860 --> 01:21:07,060
 I got to give it to my teammates.

1457
01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:12,020
 They put me in those positions to give me the ball to even get those, you know what I'm saying, career high.

1458
01:21:12,120 --> 01:21:13,760
 So I ain't going to take the credit for that.

1459
01:21:13,780 --> 01:21:15,160
 I got to give it to my teammates for sure.

1460
01:21:15,160 --> 01:21:18,800
 Now, you have some great passers on this team, but you have great hands.

1461
01:21:18,940 --> 01:21:22,980
 Some of these passes that you catch, I mean, they're bullets, they're bounce passes.

1462
01:21:23,420 --> 01:21:25,640
 I mean, that feels like an underrated part of your game.

1463
01:21:26,020 --> 01:21:28,900
 Yeah, I feel like, you know what I'm saying, me playing multiple sports.

1464
01:21:29,020 --> 01:21:30,900
 I did use to play football and stuff, baseball.

1465
01:21:31,060 --> 01:21:34,420
 I feel like, you know what I'm saying, just being an athlete just kind of runs in the family.

1466
01:21:34,520 --> 01:21:38,940
 So maybe just got passed down from my, you know what I'm saying, maybe my mom or dad, you know what I'm saying,

1467
01:21:39,220 --> 01:21:40,520
 for me to have hands like that.

1468
01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:45,220
 You know, when you have these high-scoring games, like go back to North Florida last year.

1469
01:21:45,220 --> 01:21:48,620
 I think you went 9-13 in this game with Stetson, 9-14.

1470
01:21:48,760 --> 01:21:52,500
 I mean, the New Year's Day game against Stetson, it just seemed like everything was working.

1471
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:56,220
 Do you ever, like, realize, like, early in the game, like, hey, I'm in a rhythm right now.

1472
01:21:56,680 --> 01:21:57,680
 Shots just seem to be falling.

1473
01:21:57,800 --> 01:21:59,940
 Does it ever set in for you in a game like this?

1474
01:22:00,220 --> 01:22:00,580
 Oh, yeah.

1475
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:05,120
 Sometimes, you know what I'm saying, I just kind of go into the beginning game, I'm like, man, I'm kind of getting to my spots and stuff.

1476
01:22:05,200 --> 01:22:07,200
 Like I said, that all goes to my teammates.

1477
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:08,360
 They're putting me in that position.

1478
01:22:08,480 --> 01:22:10,160
 It's not like I'm just doing everything by myself.

1479
01:22:10,500 --> 01:22:13,180
 Cannon, you know what I'm saying, being a real point guard, putting me in the position.

1480
01:22:13,620 --> 01:22:14,600
 The how is getting me in the mix.

1481
01:22:14,680 --> 01:22:17,900
 Everybody is just getting me in the mix for me to have those type of games like that.

1482
01:22:18,460 --> 01:22:20,460
 Four games in the next eight days.

1483
01:22:20,960 --> 01:22:21,940
 We all hear that.

1484
01:22:22,120 --> 01:22:23,580
 Well, you just said, oof, we all hear that.

1485
01:22:23,680 --> 01:22:24,660
 Man, that's a lot of basketball.

1486
01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:26,940
 Are you guys kind of excited about it as well?

1487
01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:27,340
 Oh, yeah.

1488
01:22:27,460 --> 01:22:29,180
 I definitely am excited for it, you know what I'm saying.

1489
01:22:29,200 --> 01:22:30,180
 I love basketball.

1490
01:22:30,320 --> 01:22:35,300
 The one I'm definitely looking forward to the most is that Austin Peay game, you know what I'm saying, just some stuff from last year.

1491
01:22:35,300 --> 01:22:40,100
 Like I said, I'm excited just to be on the road with this team and just, you know what I'm saying, hopefully get some wins.

1492
01:22:41,040 --> 01:22:43,080
 Let's go back to Saturday.

1493
01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:49,960
 Obviously, we're in the midst of a pretty big road stretch, but in the midst of that as well, 38 minutes for you, 38 minutes for Dallas,

1494
01:22:50,180 --> 01:22:52,240
 38 minutes for Cannon, 36 for Neal.

1495
01:22:52,640 --> 01:22:56,040
 You guys are playing a lot right now, and how do you go, I ask this to Cannon,

1496
01:22:56,140 --> 01:23:01,300
 how do you balance that as you get this late in the season when you're playing a lot of minutes, not really coming off the court a whole lot?

1497
01:23:01,800 --> 01:23:06,420
 I feel like what's most important is what we're doing just kind of off the court, how we're just taking care of our bodies

1498
01:23:06,420 --> 01:23:09,060
 and, you know what I'm saying, making sure we're doing the right thing.

1499
01:23:09,140 --> 01:23:13,340
 I feel like that's the hardest thing TP kind of is on us about, like, what are you doing off the court?

1500
01:23:13,420 --> 01:23:16,340
 So for us to be able to just play those hard minutes when needed,

1501
01:23:16,600 --> 01:23:20,920
 it's just us just doing the right things off the court, getting enough sleep, make sure we're eating the right things,

1502
01:23:20,980 --> 01:23:22,860
 and just make sure we're just doing everything correct.

1503
01:23:23,160 --> 01:23:25,160
 And I was going to get you to kind of deep dive into that.

1504
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:26,580
 What does that look like?

1505
01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:28,420
 Because the games are the easy part, right?

1506
01:23:28,520 --> 01:23:28,720
 Yeah.

1507
01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:31,400
 You say off the court, what is it like?

1508
01:23:32,020 --> 01:23:38,920
 For me, I say it's probably just a lot of sleeping, a lot of sleeping, treatment, and just eating.

1509
01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:40,520
 I'll just leave it at that.

1510
01:23:40,580 --> 01:23:42,960
 Sleeping and eating is probably the main things I do off the court.

1511
01:23:43,780 --> 01:23:49,040
 Us traveling with you guys, what impresses me the most is how quickly you guys can fall asleep.

1512
01:23:49,200 --> 01:23:49,480
 Yes.

1513
01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:55,500
 You guys can sleep anywhere, on a bus, in an airport, in a hotel, on a couch.

1514
01:23:55,600 --> 01:23:56,880
 It's a remarkable talent.

1515
01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:59,460
 Yeah, I might say I fall asleep, you know, anywhere.

1516
01:23:59,560 --> 01:24:00,460
 I just be so tired.

1517
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:04,180
 Like I said, all this traveling, going from hotel to hotel, then having practice,

1518
01:24:04,260 --> 01:24:08,440
 it does get a little overwhelming, but, say, the biggest thing is just sleeping.

1519
01:24:09,660 --> 01:24:14,380
 Speaking of that, I know you guys are obviously one game at a time, so Central Arkansas is the focus.

1520
01:24:15,020 --> 01:24:20,100
 But five games in a row on the road, 23 days away from CB&S Bank Arena.

1521
01:24:20,220 --> 01:24:22,800
 How much are you guys missing the hometown crowd right now?

1522
01:24:22,840 --> 01:24:23,460
 Oh, a lot.

1523
01:24:23,580 --> 01:24:25,220
 Like, I was just talking to one of them, man.

1524
01:24:25,460 --> 01:24:29,680
 I haven't played at home in a month, so I'm definitely excited to just be back in the bank,

1525
01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:30,240
 you know what I'm saying?

1526
01:24:30,600 --> 01:24:33,580
 Students come out, be in the vault, and just have that atmosphere.

1527
01:24:33,740 --> 01:24:36,980
 I really love playing that atmosphere, so excited to be back at home.

1528
01:24:36,980 --> 01:24:41,800
 It's really been a strange home schedule where you guys had one game at home, right?

1529
01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:43,640
 Or you didn't play at home in the month of December.

1530
01:24:43,660 --> 01:24:44,400
 No, not at all.

1531
01:24:44,480 --> 01:24:48,260
 Came home January, and it was New Year's, so a lot of people were gone.

1532
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:52,020
 You had the snow, the winter storm that delayed one game.

1533
01:24:52,180 --> 01:24:57,280
 But February 15th, we got a game against Eastern Kentucky on ESPNU,

1534
01:24:57,280 --> 01:25:00,160
 and you remember what those postseason crowds were like.

1535
01:25:00,280 --> 01:25:04,440
 How excited are you to see you get that opportunity to play on the big stage,

1536
01:25:04,440 --> 01:25:07,920
 but for you and A fans to have the opportunity to be on the big stage?

1537
01:25:08,220 --> 01:25:09,720
 Yes, I'm definitely excited.

1538
01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:11,920
 Like, the EKU game, I'm definitely looking forward to it.

1539
01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:14,680
 I know it's a wide-out game and stuff, too.

1540
01:25:14,760 --> 01:25:17,100
 So, like I said, I know it's going to be a good crowd.

1541
01:25:17,220 --> 01:25:19,200
 I love how this community just supports us.

1542
01:25:19,360 --> 01:25:23,880
 I don't think they realize how much they truly do mean for them just having that support.

1543
01:25:24,380 --> 01:25:27,500
 Like I said, T.P. always says they wait after the game for us to win or loss,

1544
01:25:27,540 --> 01:25:30,760
 so we just love that it's always there, just supporting us, you know what I'm saying,

1545
01:25:30,860 --> 01:25:32,800
 going through, dapping them every game.

1546
01:25:32,900 --> 01:25:34,980
 So, like I said, I just love UNA overall.

1547
01:25:35,560 --> 01:25:37,840
 It's got to feel good to know the nation's going to get to see that.

1548
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:43,400
 February 15th, 2,500 free T-shirts that are going to be wiped, sponsored by CB&S Bank.

1549
01:25:43,760 --> 01:25:46,320
 So, everybody, if we sell it out, is going to get a T-shirt.

1550
01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:49,860
 And going back to those sellouts back in the tournament last year,

1551
01:25:50,280 --> 01:25:53,240
 how much does that environment really drive this team,

1552
01:25:53,360 --> 01:25:55,980
 and how much of an advantage is that compared to –

1553
01:25:55,980 --> 01:25:57,960
 because obviously when you're playing at home, it's always an advantage.

1554
01:25:58,100 --> 01:25:58,260
 Yeah.

1555
01:25:58,460 --> 01:26:00,100
 But playing in front of a crowd like that.

1556
01:26:00,420 --> 01:26:02,340
 I feel like it's a huge advantage, man.

1557
01:26:02,600 --> 01:26:05,220
 Sometimes I just kind of go back and look at the games last year,

1558
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:07,780
 just the crowd we had, you know what I'm saying, in the postseason.

1559
01:26:07,940 --> 01:26:12,220
 It was just – it just meant a lot, and that really just motivated and got us going,

1560
01:26:12,220 --> 01:26:15,460
 you know what I'm saying, hit a big three, or Cornelius getting a huge dunk

1561
01:26:15,460 --> 01:26:17,980
 and just hearing the – you know what I'm saying, the crowd erupt, man,

1562
01:26:18,020 --> 01:26:18,840
 really gets us going.

1563
01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:23,060
 So, I'm excited, like I said, be back at home, excited for the West Georgia game at home,

1564
01:26:23,160 --> 01:26:25,280
 EKU game, just playing in front of the crowd.

1565
01:26:25,660 --> 01:26:27,680
 All right, it continues this week.

1566
01:26:27,740 --> 01:26:29,760
 We'll start Wednesday at Central Arkansas.

1567
01:26:30,080 --> 01:26:33,400
 And, Dante, how can this team kind of keep up the momentum moving forward?

1568
01:26:33,760 --> 01:26:36,900
 Just staying together, like I said, just taking it day by day, you know what I'm saying.

1569
01:26:37,500 --> 01:26:38,900
 It's going to be times where we're down.

1570
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:40,340
 It's going to be times where we're up, you know what I'm saying.

1571
01:26:40,340 --> 01:26:44,180
 And as long as we just keep that connection and stay together, that's – you know what I'm saying?

1572
01:26:44,320 --> 01:26:45,380
 That's what's going to keep us together.

1573
01:26:45,980 --> 01:26:48,060
 Well, Dante, we appreciate you stopping by.

1574
01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:50,300
 It's a big stretch coming up for you guys.

1575
01:26:50,420 --> 01:26:50,720
 Yes, sir.

1576
01:26:50,740 --> 01:26:51,680
 Hey, we're ready for it.

1577
01:26:51,720 --> 01:26:52,460
 Yes, sir. Thank you.

1578
01:26:52,700 --> 01:26:54,140
 That's Dante Bacchus.

1579
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:55,520
 Well, that's going to do it.

1580
01:26:55,580 --> 01:26:57,540
 So, a couple of programming notes.

1581
01:26:57,980 --> 01:27:00,540
 We will be back with you next Tuesday.

1582
01:27:00,900 --> 01:27:05,000
 So, we can't have a Monday show because the UNA men and women are both playing.

1583
01:27:05,100 --> 01:27:06,140
 The women will be on the road.

1584
01:27:06,240 --> 01:27:07,400
 The men will be at home.

1585
01:27:07,480 --> 01:27:10,620
 So, we're going to call an audible Tuesday night here at Lost Pizza Shoals.

1586
01:27:11,060 --> 01:27:13,440
 6 p.m. is when we're going to start the show.

1587
01:27:13,880 --> 01:27:16,840
 The UNA men will be here, and we're going to have some special guests as well

1588
01:27:16,840 --> 01:27:19,500
 that we're going to work on booking from within the UNA Athletic Department,

1589
01:27:19,580 --> 01:27:21,620
 try to get some baseball and some softball.

1590
01:27:21,720 --> 01:27:24,060
 Because, Mike, we also need to plug baseball.

1591
01:27:24,260 --> 01:27:25,440
 Softball will start this weekend.

1592
01:27:25,600 --> 01:27:27,020
 Ashley Cozart's 13th season.

1593
01:27:27,140 --> 01:27:32,660
 But, baseball, next weekend, 13th, 14th, 15th, they open up Bank Independent Field,

1594
01:27:32,800 --> 01:27:33,800
 Mike D. Lane Field.

1595
01:27:33,860 --> 01:27:35,420
 We had the soft opening last year.

1596
01:27:35,500 --> 01:27:37,120
 Well, this year, everything's ready.

1597
01:27:37,520 --> 01:27:39,500
 Scoreboard, video board, all the bleachers.

1598
01:27:39,540 --> 01:27:40,760
 Not a bad seat in the house.

1599
01:27:40,840 --> 01:27:44,180
 You've got the purple monster up there, purple pulpit, which is a great seat.

1600
01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:46,040
 Great seats inside the house.

1601
01:27:46,160 --> 01:27:48,280
 But, talk about a monumental weekend next week.

1602
01:27:48,380 --> 01:27:49,540
 Yeah, the grand opening.

1603
01:27:49,680 --> 01:27:51,600
 So, you talked about the soft launch last year.

1604
01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:53,520
 We had those games with the construction going on.

1605
01:27:53,620 --> 01:27:54,860
 Well, it's completely done.

1606
01:27:54,940 --> 01:27:56,120
 The keys have been turned over.

1607
01:27:56,520 --> 01:28:00,300
 We're ready to host a real baseball game with all the amenities.

1608
01:28:00,540 --> 01:28:02,060
 So, come out February 13th.

1609
01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:04,620
 That's the Friday opener at 3 o'clock.

1610
01:28:04,980 --> 01:28:08,620
 Then, Saturday will be the ribbon cutting and all the great things right there,

1611
01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:09,400
 the first pitch.

1612
01:28:10,200 --> 01:28:12,800
 That'll be at 2 o'clock Saturday, then 1 o'clock Sunday.

1613
01:28:13,200 --> 01:28:14,180
 It's going to be a great weekend.

1614
01:28:14,320 --> 01:28:15,820
 Hopefully, the weather cooperates.

1615
01:28:16,480 --> 01:28:18,200
 Then, going back to softball this week,

1616
01:28:18,260 --> 01:28:21,260
 they start down in Troy with the big tournament.

1617
01:28:21,440 --> 01:28:22,440
 So, we are in the spring.

1618
01:28:22,560 --> 01:28:24,520
 We kind of got that crossover going on right now.

1619
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:25,900
 Basketball's right in the heart of it.

1620
01:28:25,900 --> 01:28:29,020
 Ben, this is an exciting time to open a new stadium.

1621
01:28:29,280 --> 01:28:31,760
 And thinking about the football schedule that went out today,

1622
01:28:31,860 --> 01:28:35,080
 you've got the opening of Bank Independent Stadium in September.

1623
01:28:35,480 --> 01:28:37,340
 Man, what an exciting time to be a UNA Lion.

1624
01:28:37,460 --> 01:28:40,080
 You only get one shot to be a part of a stadium opening.

1625
01:28:40,320 --> 01:28:42,800
 And the first opening will be next Friday.

1626
01:28:43,220 --> 01:28:43,780
 Come on out.

1627
01:28:43,940 --> 01:28:45,500
 Saturday will be the big shebang.

1628
01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:48,320
 And then, of course, Sunday, the finals game of that series.

1629
01:28:48,400 --> 01:28:50,220
 But also, that'll be the game on ESPNU.

1630
01:28:50,300 --> 01:28:52,960
 So, a busy stretch coming up for both basketball teams.

1631
01:28:53,080 --> 01:28:54,520
 Four games over the next eight days.

1632
01:28:54,900 --> 01:28:57,560
 UNA Women at home Wednesday, 6 o'clock.

1633
01:28:57,880 --> 01:28:58,620
 Make your plans.

1634
01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:02,780
 Mike and I will be with the UNA men in Conway as they take on Central Arkansas.

1635
01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:04,160
 So, busy stretch coming up.

1636
01:29:04,200 --> 01:29:06,920
 Be sure to visit RoarLions.com to keep up with it all.

1637
01:29:07,020 --> 01:29:08,240
 So, that's going to do it for us.

1638
01:29:08,280 --> 01:29:12,420
 We appreciate Dante Bacchus sticking around overtime for that little wrap-up right there.

1639
01:29:12,720 --> 01:29:14,180
 Thanks to everybody for coming out.

1640
01:29:14,260 --> 01:29:18,000
 Thanks to Brayden, Eli, Grant, and Ty running the show in-house.

1641
01:29:18,080 --> 01:29:18,920
 They do a great job.

1642
01:29:19,020 --> 01:29:20,480
 Thanks for Blair back at the station.

1643
01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:23,340
 For Chuck, Greg, Thornton, Mikey, Zekio, I'm Benjamin Wright.

1644
01:29:23,420 --> 01:29:33,820
 You've been listening to UNA Basketball Night at Lost Pizza Company featuring Coach Candy Whittaker and Coach Tony Poole.

1645
01:29:34,360 --> 01:29:49,720
 UNA Basketball Night has been brought to you by Lost Pizza, Bank Independent, Burnley Spine and Sport, Renaissance Eye Care, The Carriage Wine and Market, Alabama Health Guidance, and Singing River Brewery.

1646
01:29:49,720 --> 01:29:52,760
 Thanks for listening and Roar Lions.

1647
01:29:53,420 --> 01:29:59,980
 We'll be right back.