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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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 UNA Basketball Night is 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.

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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 to another night of UNA Basketball Night from Lost Pizza Shoals in historic downtown Florence.

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 Benjamin Ray and Mike Ezekiel with you here on a Tuesday special.

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 We've got a busy week of basketball taking place right now.

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 The men and women both played on Monday night when the show would normally be, so we've shifted to Tuesday night for this week.

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 And Mike, it's a busy time of the year.

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 It's what's referred to as crossover season in college athletics, so we're having a crossover episode.

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 Softball's underway, our first spring sport to start.

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 Baseball will ramp up this weekend.

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 Both basketballs are going.

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 It's the busiest time of the year.

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 That's right.

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 Crossover season.

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 It takes place in November, usually with the fall and the winter, and then now we're in February,

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 and the winter and spring kind of clash.

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 And while it is a busy time, it's a very exciting time, and obviously we'll have softball on in just a moment.

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 They had a big weekend going 4-1 down at Troy in their Trojan Classic, and obviously basketball going right now.

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 We'll hear from the men.

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 Since the women are on the road, the men will be here tonight.

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 And then baseball, a big opener coming up this weekend.

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 A lot of excitement there.

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 I also found out that the tennis team won today, beat Jacksonville State, so that's a big win.

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 That's about to be read on roarlines.com, so a lot of interesting things going on in the spring right now.

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 So tennis was actually the first sport to start.

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 You forget all the time that they start in January and go until about the end of the year.

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 That's right.

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 A lot of indoor playing going on right now for them.

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 But today was a great day to play outside, so there you go.

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 So the UNA women are on the road tonight.

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 They've had quite the road trip.

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 They started it on the road against Queens on – actually, let me keep going down their schedule.

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 They started this road trip on the road at Queens on Saturday.

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 Grant Wakefield was there in the Queen City for that one.

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 The Lions won it 71-55.

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 Then they flew to Little Rock, Arkansas, bused to Conway, Arkansas.

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 Last night they dropped a tough one to Central Arkansas.

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 That game was tied late in the second half.

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 The Sugar Bears of UCA pulled away late.

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 Then they got on a plane today and flew from Little Rock to Atlanta,

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 where then they bused about 30 minutes to Carrollton, Georgia.

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 So Candy Whitaker and the UNA women have kind of crisscrossed back and forth,

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 east coast to Arkansas, back to the east coast.

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 They might not know where they're at right now, Mike, but they're playing West Georgia on Wednesday night.

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 Right now they're practicing.

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 We're going to try to get Candy Whitaker on with us tonight, but they're trying to get things going yet again.

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 They've been really good so far this year.

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 They traveled through three states in five days.

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 Pretty remarkable what they have to do on the road.

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 And to still win as they have, I believe now, what, wins in seven of the last nine or is it eight of the last ten?

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 Something like that.

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 Actually, seven of the last ten now.

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 So trying to make it eight with a big road trip coming up at West Georgia.

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 But, yeah, they've been everywhere.

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 You've got to go from North Carolina, and then a day later you've got to travel,

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 and then the next day play in Arkansas.

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 Not an easy thing to do at all.

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 And this is a really good basketball team, and they're peaking right now,

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 and I look forward to seeing what they do on Wednesday.

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 The men will play their fourth game at about eight days tomorrow night in the bank.

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 Wednesday, an old Gulf South Conference foe comes to town in West Georgia.

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 And then Sunday, Mike, a game we've all had circled since about October when it was announced.

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 The UNA men will host Eastern Kentucky, the first ever what we call linear broadcast

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 on one of the main ESPN channels inside of Historic Flowers Hall, CB&S Bank Arena.

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 ESPNU, 3 o'clock.

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 It's one of the most exciting basketball games we've had in the regular season.

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 Yeah, and starting with tomorrow night, that's going to be a great one with West Georgia.

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 Classic rivalry.

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 That series is even, by the way.

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 I mean, I think it's been 76 meetings.

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 It's split right down the middle, so whoever wins gets the series advantage.

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 That's going to be eSports night as well, so very excited there.

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 But like you said, Ben, on Sunday at 3 p.m., ESPNU,

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 packing the gym is going to be very important to show the nation what the bank is like

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 and how great of an environment it is.

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 2,500 fans will get a white T-shirt, so be sure to pack out the bank on Sunday.

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 It's going to be a great day to be on ESPNU.

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 And here's the deal.

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 ESPN didn't just pick this game because of the success last year.

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 They picked this game because of the crowds we have been getting inside of the bank,

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 so it's an opportunity for the Shoals area to be on display on the mothership ESPNU.

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 That's right.

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 And you go back to the 90s and those national championships and the crowds that were there,

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 the sellout crowds.

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 where people are going to be watching.

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 This is scheduled on your TV guide, and you're going to be seeing North Alabama there on the marquee.

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 Let's show them what we can do as a crowd because we've had some really great ones,

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 and we continue to lead the ASA in attendance right now.

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 Wednesday, 6 o'clock, Sunday, 3 p.m.

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 Hope to see you out there.

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 Let's get into it.

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 We've got a jam-packed show here in just a little while.

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 We're going to hear from North Alabama head basketball coach Tony Pujol.

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 Dallas Howell will swing by as well.

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 We're going to talk some baseball.

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 Jad Pratniak's here, Gavin Oswald, Charlie Cochran.

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 But next, we're going to jump into some UNA softball.

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 Bailey Rouse and Laura Lee Wheeler enjoying some pizza over here to our right.

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 But when we return, the national champion, the 13-year head coach

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 at the University of North Alabama joins us next, Ashley Cozart.

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 We're off and running.

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 We're back with you from Lost Pizza Shoals in historic downtown Florence.

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 Benjamin Ray and Mike Ezekiel,

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 joined next by a national championship-winning head softball coach,

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 Ashley Cozart, in her 13th season.

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 Coach, we did a little shindig earlier this morning,

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 and you got me thinking about a lot of things.

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 You asked me a question.

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 I want to kind of reference back to that.

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 How often do you think back to the national championship run?

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 I think about it every week, just about.

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 One of the most incredible parts of my life.

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 I'll never forget it.

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 I remember a lot of things from that year.

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 Ended up winning it that night,

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 punching our ticket to the national championship in Colorado.

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 That was really my first year broadcasting for UNA.

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 So it started with UNA softball.

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 I always think back to that.

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 Mike and I were doing it.

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 Unbelievable leadership.

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 Coach, your team outscored opponents 39-21 in those five games down at the Trojan Classic.

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 And we'll just go through it a little bit.

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 You go and beat Middle Tennessee in the first game.

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 You get them again and have a come-from-behind victory,

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 and that's the one I really want to talk about in a moment.

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 But then you go and beat Chattanooga, the defending SoCon champion,

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 and you run-roll them in five innings, and then you beat Southern in six innings.

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 Heartbreaker against Troy that was really closer than the score indicated

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 that just kind of, you know, happened at the end there,

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 and some controversy, if you will.

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 But overall, incredible weekend and an incredible start for you.

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 Just what worked this weekend?

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 Yeah, great weekend against some great competition.

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 You know, you go into opening weekend,

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 and you just never know how things are going to lay out.

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 And our girls brought the right mindset from the get-go.

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 I mean, given led off with a triple.

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 I think it was a single, but it was a triple, you know, to me.

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 And score two runs in that first game is just huge.

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 And then A-Lev comes out and has 13 strikeouts.

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 That will make anybody kind of relax and, you know,

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 just be able to play the game.

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 So, huge weekend.

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 I loved our mentality.

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 Also, even when it got kind of dicey and our, you know,

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 we weren't hitting as well and then the pitching was a little off,

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 we still stayed, you know, to the course

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 and still did a great job of just mentally staying in the game.

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 And then the come-from-behind win Sunday,

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 I think I was more proud of that, just rebounding from the Troy game.

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 And then just seeing what our club did that Sunday,

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 I was happy about that.

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 Let's talk about the offense just a little bit.

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 We had a lot of power from the middle of the order.

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 You've had different makeups almost every year, right,

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 from speed-heavy lineups to power-heavy lineups.

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 How does this team fit in?

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 Definitely power.

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 I would say our 2, 3, 4, 5 could be one of the best in the ASUN.

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 You know, you've got Briley, who had, you know,

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 double-digit home runs last year, has a lot of speed,

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 so she can really do it all.

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 And then you've got Bailey Rouse, who I think led us in home runs last year,

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 and then you've got, or maybe Larley, and then you've got Larley after that.

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 And then we added a transfer, Holly Merritt, who, real strong kid,

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 lefty, who can go out, take it out of the park at any time too.

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 So we definitely have a lot of pop this year.

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 I'm excited about that.

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 Coach, let's go back to the MTSU game that you alluded to.

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 We were down 2-0 going into the sixth inning.

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 Only had two hits up to that point,

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 but finally it just started to click there in the bottom half.

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 And we had had great offense all weekend.

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 So for it to not be in that game Sunday, it was, you know, a little surprising.

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 And then it finally just started to click.

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 You talked about those 2-3, Briley and Bailey,

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 and getting those back-to-back singles.

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 Laura Lee and what she was able to do to get the RBI in.

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 And then Emma Kate Wright comes up and he has the big hit,

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 the go-ahead home run that ended up being the winning runs.

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 Talk about that at bat and how Emma Kate impacted that game.

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 Yeah, EK, I don't think I would want it for anybody else on the team than her.

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 She works so hard, has the right mentality.

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 She's really just kind of bought her time, her freshman and sophomore year.

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 And now she just has like a different air about her, and I love that.

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 And huge moment.

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 I think it was first and second and hits the three-run homer.

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 As soon as she hit it, I knew it was gone.

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 And so I'm just so happy for her.

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 She deserves it.

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 And she was on it the whole game.

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 She had actually hit two shots before that and lined out to it right at somebody

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 and then, you know, made that happen.

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 So I'm super happy for her.

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 Emma Kate Wright from right here in Florence, Alabama.

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 Mars Hill product.

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 Briley Dover right up the road.

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 Loretto, Tennessee.

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 All of your teams, you're always able to find great local talent.

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 Yeah, local talent's important.

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 You know, we kind of have that as our core and kind of build around that.

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 So love our local girls for sure.

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 Coach, you've got a lot of familiar faces on this roster too.

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 And speaking of local talent, Briley Dover's one of those.

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 And one thing I'd like to ask, you know, started her career at third base, you know,

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 had a really good shortstop at the point she came in as a freshman, Haven Curvy.

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 Then she moves over to shortstop last year.

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 Now she's playing second base for Haley Jones.

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 What's it been like for her to move around the infield and how has she done at second

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 base so far?

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 Yeah, she's just so athletic.

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 I literally can put her anywhere and she wouldn't say anything, but she's just been a dream

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 to coach.

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 But yeah, just coming in, she was actually a shortstop in high school.

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 She's just, she's such a great fielder.

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 So we put her over there at third, needed her at short last year and she did a great job

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 for us.

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 But we, we have a freshman that came in this year and just has great hands, just kind

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 of a natural.

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 And so kind of wanted to take some pressure off Briley.

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 I do think she felt a little pressure last year and so she loves second base and I think

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 it's definitely helped her hitting wise too, just to kind of relax and not have to worry

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 about some of those little things.

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 So again, can put her anywhere, but I'm happy she's at second base and she learned a lot

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 from Haley.

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 I'm sure they were best friends.

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 So any chance she plays first base next year?

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 So we kind of complete the, maybe catch some as well.

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 I'm not sure she has the height, but if, if we needed her over there, I'd totally feel

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 comfortable her going over there.

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 Exciting non-conference home schedule highlighted by Ole Miss coming to town in middle of

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 March.

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 You've hosted Alabama twice.

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 Mississippi State played two games back first year, second year division one, I think it

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 was.

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 Now you get another SEC opponent coming in, but I know it's thrilling, not just for the

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 Shoals area, but it says a lot about your program.

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 Yeah, we always try to, you know, schedule, you know, some tough teams, but any SEC team

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 we can get.

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 And so we, we went to Ole Miss several different times.

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 So she agreed to come to us this year or so, but we've enjoyed every game.

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 I'm telling you, the crowd has been unreal.

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 This community, just everything.

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 My girls feel the love and the support.

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 And so we love hosting those big teams because we know we're going to have a lot of purple.

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 Now you've played a lot of SEC teams the last eight years of the division one level.

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 Are you always pestering the other coaches?

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 Hey, we came here.

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 You got to come our way next.

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 I am.

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 I am.

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 And some of these, they're just greedy, you know?

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 I mean, it was, it was tough getting Ole Miss here, but finally got her here.

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 So Murphy at Alabama, he is so great.

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 We actually rotate.

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 So we're going to them this year.

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 He'll come to us, you know, next year.

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 So it rotates, and he's really great about that.

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 Yeah, and Ben, talking about those SEC teams and coach, just how we've competed with them.

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 Even last year, it was a heartbreaking loss, but went toe-to-toe with Alabama, who's won national championships.

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 It's been a great program.

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 It says a lot about us.

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 And one of the players that really impacted that game was Olivia Wilkin.

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 Had just a tremendous pitching day, and to do what she did again in the tournament, 13 strikeouts this year.

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 I mean, how she developed as her fifth-year senior.

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 Yeah, you know, when she's on, I would put her up against the best in the country.

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 I mean, she just, the way she spins the ball, her mentality.

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 She's just so calm and collected on the mound, and I love that about her.

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 But she did.

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 I mean, we had Alabama down 2-0, you know, top of the seventh, pitched unreal.

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 But she's thrown a lot of huge games for us, and, you know, I always say a good pitcher is good job security.

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 So I was glad she was back for her fifth year.

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 All right, hear me out.

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 Two years, Alabama's coming back.

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 Yep.

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 What about a game inside a bank-independent stadium?

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 I love that idea.

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 I love that.

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 That would be incredible, wouldn't it?

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 Yes, I love that, yep.

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 Community support around your program, Coach.

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 I mean, it feels like you don't have to do much marketing.

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 People turn out to watch this team.

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 What can they expect when they come out this year to see this year's team?

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 You know, we have preached hitting, you know, since the fall.

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 And I'm going to be honest, our hitting, I have so much confidence in our hitting.

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 We have some wow hitters.

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 And, like, last year we kind of had a little bit of a mix of speed.

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 Every now and then some pop.

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 I'm going to tell you, we've got some pop this year, and I'm real excited to see that.

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 And so I think that's going to be exciting to see our offense, you know, continue to get better and do some big things.

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 This weekend, down to Birmingham, playing in the Samford Tournament.

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 We've got to get a more exciting name for them with that tournament.

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 Maybe we can brand it for them.

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 Lindenwood, Belmont, Sanford, Lindenwood, Belmont.

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 That will be the opponents.

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 Then South Alabama.

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 Then the home opener against Evansville, February 28th at the end of this month.

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 Softball season is here, and I know everybody's fired up.

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 Coach, thank you for swinging by.

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 Before you go, though, Larley Wheeler, Bailey Roussler coming up next.

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 Set them up for us.

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 Tell us about our next guest coming up.

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 Well, two great girls.

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 They have been huge in our success last year.

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 What I love is they've got a year under their belt this year, last year,

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 and so they're coming in with just a different mentality.

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 They're settled.

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 They're confident.

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 And they're huge leaders for us.

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 They work hard and just super excited they're here tonight.

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 Coming up next, it's the UNA Sluggers, Bailey Rouss and Larley Wheeler.

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 Don't miss out on the good times.

470
00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:45,340
 Come sip, socialize, and savor the taste of Singing River Brewery.

471
00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:53,140
 Prohibition is over, and the good times will flow once again at the Florence Wine Fest, February 20th and 21st.

472
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:57,640
 Friday night sets its own with coops, cocktails, and velvet smooth live music.

473
00:22:57,780 --> 00:23:01,120
 Saturday afternoon, taste your way through an unforgettable wine experience.

474
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:06,160
 Then Saturday night, the city comes alive with the Florence Wine Fest Free Block Party and Concert,

475
00:23:06,300 --> 00:23:08,780
 featuring Atlanta's great grand finale band.

476
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:13,260
 Free block party tickets and full event details are at FlorenceWineFest.com.

477
00:23:13,380 --> 00:23:17,260
 Proudly presented by Visit the Shoals, with support from CB&S Bank,

478
00:23:17,380 --> 00:23:20,600
 Clearview Cancer Institute, and the Hotels of Florence.

479
00:23:27,660 --> 00:23:34,220
 Our UNA Softball Talk continues here from UNA Basketball Night at Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

480
00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,020
 Benjamin Ray alongside Mike Ezekiel.

481
00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:42,020
 And in between us, we've got Laura Lee Wheeler, a senior from Sullivan, Alabama, her second year at North Alabama.

482
00:23:42,020 --> 00:23:46,260
 And Bailey Rouse from Kennesaw, Georgia, her second year as well.

483
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,820
 They're here to talk some UNA Softball with us.

484
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,200
 The power in the middle of the order that Coach Cozart was just talking about.

485
00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,600
 Thank you both for joining us here tonight.

486
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:59,700
 All right, Laura Lee, year two, how's it feeling now for you that you've had one year in the program?

487
00:24:00,420 --> 00:24:01,080
 I love it.

488
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,980
 I feel like this year I'm more settled and more comfortable with how everything runs

489
00:24:04,980 --> 00:24:09,360
 and how, like, what the coaches expect of you and, like, what they want from you.

490
00:24:09,460 --> 00:24:13,740
 But I feel this year I'm more comfortable and more, like, I can be a leader more this year.

491
00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:15,080
 Bailey, do you feel the same way?

492
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,300
 Absolutely, absolutely.

493
00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:22,020
 It's so nice coming back and being more comfortable and also being an upperclassman this year makes it a lot easier.

494
00:24:22,380 --> 00:24:22,620
 Yes.

495
00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:26,680
 Yeah, and talk about how you guys bat kind of back-to-back in the order.

496
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,520
 And Coach just complimented how great our three, four, fives are.

497
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,900
 Ben, I think you said the same thing.

498
00:24:31,260 --> 00:24:34,720
 What's it like knowing that, you know, you're going first, you're right behind her,

499
00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:38,860
 and you kind of know, okay, we kind of hit back-to-back and we got each other's backs.

500
00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:41,280
 We play well off of each other.

501
00:24:41,740 --> 00:24:44,220
 We tell each other every game, like, I got your back.

502
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:46,520
 Like, if she hits, I'm like, I got this.

503
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:47,960
 Like, we got each other's backs.

504
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:50,340
 We really do play well off of each other.

505
00:24:50,420 --> 00:24:50,780
 Absolutely.

506
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:54,500
 And I love hitting with Briley as well in the lineup right there.

507
00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,180
 Like, me and her, we really feed off of each other.

508
00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,060
 And then knowing that Laura, like, no matter what me and her do together,

509
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,760
 like, Laura's right behind us and we're a good team.

510
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,900
 All-Ace on Laura Lee Wheeler last year.

511
00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:09,000
 How did it feel to earn some conference honors like that?

512
00:25:11,140 --> 00:25:16,160
 Coming in as, like, this being my first year here, like, it felt good.

513
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:20,100
 Like, it gave me a little bit of more confidence that coming into a new program

514
00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:23,440
 that I think I definitely needed from last year

515
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,840
 and carrying it over into this year just making me want to work harder.

516
00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:31,300
 And, Bailey, let's talk about the honor that you got last year on SportsCenter.

517
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,860
 You made top ten, the number nine play against Memphis.

518
00:25:34,460 --> 00:25:36,160
 I believe it was one out runner on third.

519
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,360
 You made a catch and tagged the runner at third to end the game.

520
00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:43,980
 And just to be able to see yourself on TV, on ESPN like that, how did that feel?

521
00:25:44,180 --> 00:25:44,980
 It was awesome.

522
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:48,720
 I mean, it kind of made it feel like everything that I had worked for, like,

523
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,980
 paid off in that moment, especially because in that moment I was actually sick.

524
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:58,260
 So it was like, well, I finally made it because I played at Wallace before.

525
00:25:58,500 --> 00:25:59,800
 And it was like I finally went JUCO.

526
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,240
 And then I finally made it to D1.

527
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,160
 And then I finally got on the stage that, like, I've always dreamed of.

528
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,220
 So it was really awesome.

529
00:26:05,340 --> 00:26:09,680
 And all my teammates supporting me really made that moment really special and unforgettable.

530
00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:10,580
 Okay.

531
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,120
 The Wallace State takeover.

532
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,880
 You both played there together, right?

533
00:26:13,980 --> 00:26:15,200
 And there's so many on this team.

534
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,540
 Was it almost like you all enjoyed playing together so much and you all picked a school to go to?

535
00:26:19,860 --> 00:26:22,800
 How did this take place that you all decided to come to North Alabama?

536
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,220
 I think the Simon twins got recruited here first.

537
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,520
 And then I came after them.

538
00:26:30,620 --> 00:26:33,080
 We actually looked at apartments together.

539
00:26:33,820 --> 00:26:36,880
 And then it started like everyone was like, oh, I'm going to go to North Alabama.

540
00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:39,500
 And then you just started hearing, like, we're all going to go together.

541
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,120
 And we're like, wow, we've learned so much together from each other at Wallace.

542
00:26:43,120 --> 00:26:45,420
 Like, how well are we going to do at this next stage?

543
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,780
 And, like, us knowing each other, going in somewhere new.

544
00:26:48,380 --> 00:26:53,580
 I think also it's comforting knowing that you know someone and have someone lean on in a new program.

545
00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:55,020
 Absolutely.

546
00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:56,420
 And I feel the same exact way.

547
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:03,820
 Like, coming here and actually knowing people, taking it to the next level with those same people that we had won conference

548
00:27:03,820 --> 00:27:10,300
 and faced a lot of adversity the year previous made it a lot, a lot more fun and a lot better to have them around.

549
00:27:11,180 --> 00:27:11,940
 That's awesome.

550
00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:17,760
 And just to see, like, the seniors all stay together, the Wallace State clan all stay together, it's really good to see.

551
00:27:18,260 --> 00:27:24,300
 Let's talk about this opening weekend at Trojan Classic, 4-1, come away with four wins against some really good teams.

552
00:27:24,620 --> 00:27:25,880
 MTSU beat them twice.

553
00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:29,400
 Chattanooga, a team that won their conference last year, run-ruled them.

554
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:31,060
 Just some huge wins.

555
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,680
 But let's talk about that last game.

556
00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:34,260
 You guys were big.

557
00:27:34,340 --> 00:27:35,020
 You got the RBI.

558
00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:37,300
 You got the single to get on base as well.

559
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,700
 And then the home run from Emma Kate.

560
00:27:39,820 --> 00:27:43,040
 Just talk about that feeling and what happened in that sixth inning that was so special.

561
00:27:43,220 --> 00:27:44,200
 It was awesome.

562
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:45,960
 EK kept coming out there.

563
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:47,260
 Like, she was a little frustrated in her head.

564
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:50,200
 And I told her before I laughed at her, I was like, you've got this.

565
00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:51,900
 Like, get your head out of your butt.

566
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:53,660
 And she was like, I got it.

567
00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:54,440
 And she went up there.

568
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,520
 And I told her, I was like, this is your chance.

569
00:27:58,580 --> 00:27:59,320
 And she did it.

570
00:27:59,340 --> 00:28:02,960
 And I was so proud of her because there was no one more deserving than her.

571
00:28:03,060 --> 00:28:03,960
 She'd worked so hard.

572
00:28:04,860 --> 00:28:05,220
 Absolutely.

573
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:10,860
 And it goes back to what we were talking about a minute ago with the whole Briley and then me and then Laura.

574
00:28:11,140 --> 00:28:14,560
 Like, it's almost as if when one of us is on, we're all on.

575
00:28:14,940 --> 00:28:21,180
 So, Briley was huge coming in, getting that hit, getting on base, and then me getting on, and then Laura coming in and scoring her.

576
00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:23,180
 And that really was a huge momentum shift.

577
00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,860
 And EK, gosh, she has worked so hard.

578
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,920
 And she deserved that moment 100%.

579
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,360
 And she was so excited.

580
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:30,260
 It was amazing.

581
00:28:30,780 --> 00:28:31,020
 All right.

582
00:28:31,060 --> 00:28:34,600
 I don't know if I'm stealing this from Mike, but I'm going to go here.

583
00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:41,880
 Bailey, first female to hit a home run at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves, opened, I think, back in 2017.

584
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,280
 I'm a diehard Braves fan.

585
00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:46,260
 Tell me this story and how it felt to have that honor.

586
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:46,840
 Okay.

587
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,880
 So, the story was we were playing in the All-State game at Truist Park.

588
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,180
 And I actually, what's funny about it, I wasn't supposed to hit where I had hit.

589
00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:59,000
 So, I had the previous play gotten cleated in my finger.

590
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,560
 So, I went to the training room.

591
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:01,680
 They skipped my at-bat.

592
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,740
 They taped my finger up.

593
00:29:03,940 --> 00:29:05,020
 And then bases were loaded.

594
00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:06,600
 I get up to hit.

595
00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:07,620
 And I hit it over the fence.

596
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:09,120
 And I was like, wait, what the heck?

597
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:15,900
 And the crazy part about that was before the game, they announced over the intercom, they were like, history is going to be made today.

598
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,840
 Like, somebody is going to hit a home run here.

599
00:29:17,940 --> 00:29:19,540
 And my dad kind of gave me this look.

600
00:29:19,660 --> 00:29:22,460
 He was like, okay, like, this could be you.

601
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,400
 And it was me.

602
00:29:24,540 --> 00:29:25,560
 And it was insane.

603
00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:27,840
 It was the craziest feeling ever.

604
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:32,300
 I mean, that and the SportsCenter top ten, definitely top two moments I've ever experienced.

605
00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,700
 Now, a lot to unload right here.

606
00:29:34,780 --> 00:29:36,120
 It was a grand slam.

607
00:29:36,180 --> 00:29:36,680
 Yes, sir.

608
00:29:37,020 --> 00:29:37,260
 Wow.

609
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:38,320
 That's something you dream of.

610
00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:39,260
 Do you still have the ball?

611
00:29:39,660 --> 00:29:40,140
 Yes, I do.

612
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:40,780
 Yes, I do.

613
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,900
 And then, well, I have a replica of the ball.

614
00:29:43,020 --> 00:29:45,600
 But the actual ball is in a case in the Braves stadium.

615
00:29:45,740 --> 00:29:46,440
 Oh, wow.

616
00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:47,500
 So, there you are.

617
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:52,220
 You've got history, you know, one of the most historic franchises in major.

618
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,040
 Are you a Braves fan being from Kennesaw, Georgia?

619
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:54,780
 Absolutely, absolutely.

620
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:59,100
 So, I know that I think Inder Enciarte had the first home run in the park.

621
00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:00,320
 Yes, I think you're correct.

622
00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:01,780
 So, now there you are.

623
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:02,480
 Your name's up there.

624
00:30:02,540 --> 00:30:04,400
 Hank Aaron, one of the all-time great home run hitters.

625
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:05,620
 And then Bailey Rouse, right?

626
00:30:05,620 --> 00:30:06,160
 Yes, I know.

627
00:30:06,820 --> 00:30:09,640
 Crazy feeling, crazy feeling to be up there next to those big names.

628
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,960
 And to play in that park was just, I was beside myself.

629
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:13,800
 That's fantastic.

630
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,080
 Well, I've got a quick question.

631
00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:17,160
 Which one was better, the SportsCenter one or the home run?

632
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:18,120
 Oh, I don't know.

633
00:30:18,780 --> 00:30:20,700
 If I had to pick, I would say probably the home run.

634
00:30:20,820 --> 00:30:24,960
 Because the SportsCenter one, I didn't know I was on SportsCenter until, like, two days

635
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:25,720
 later at practice.

636
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,900
 Haley Jones, who was here last year, she was like, you're on SportsCenter.

637
00:30:28,980 --> 00:30:30,280
 And I was like, what are you talking about?

638
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:35,120
 So, like, when I was at Trist, I knew, like, in the moment that it had happened.

639
00:30:35,420 --> 00:30:37,400
 But with the SportsCenter, I didn't find out until later.

640
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:38,920
 That's cool.

641
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,340
 And, Larley, let's bring it back to you a little bit.

642
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:42,780
 Last day of deer season.

643
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:43,900
 You're a big hunter.

644
00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:46,300
 You're very good at that as well is what I hear.

645
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:47,880
 And you enjoy time on the lake.

646
00:30:47,940 --> 00:30:49,060
 What's your favorite thing about hunting?

647
00:30:50,580 --> 00:30:51,560
 Oh, that's hard.

648
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:56,820
 I would definitely say probably getting up early or being in the woods late and, like,

649
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,840
 hearing the nature and, like, enjoying that.

650
00:30:58,900 --> 00:31:02,800
 And also, like, the adrenaline rush that you get from it.

651
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:07,500
 Definitely, like, if you kill a big buck or, like, kill a turkey or if you're duck hunting,

652
00:31:07,660 --> 00:31:10,520
 like, the adrenaline rush, like, that you get from it.

653
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:11,140
 I just love it.

654
00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:16,120
 Now, as someone that doesn't know hardly anything about hunting, any memorable shots?

655
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:17,680
 Oh, yes.

656
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:23,380
 The buck that I killed this year, I was about to shoot another deer, and I just told my dad,

657
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,760
 I'm like, I'm going to shoot this deer.

658
00:31:25,220 --> 00:31:28,820
 And then I literally turned to my right, and there he stood.

659
00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:30,040
 And I was like, oh, my gosh.

660
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,780
 So then I had to jerk my gun the other way.

661
00:31:31,860 --> 00:31:34,820
 And then it was just, like, I'd been hunting him all year.

662
00:31:34,820 --> 00:31:38,180
 So, yeah, doing all the work, and then it finally paid off.

663
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,020
 That's great.

664
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,120
 Well, let's wrap it up with this.

665
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,760
 This has been a great time with you all.

666
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:42,780
 You were both nervous.

667
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,180
 You both knocked this out.

668
00:31:44,220 --> 00:31:45,600
 But a hard question to end.

669
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,260
 Favorite thing about playing for Ashley Cozart?

670
00:31:47,940 --> 00:31:48,580
 Favorite thing.

671
00:31:48,660 --> 00:31:51,800
 Okay, my favorite thing about playing for her is she's a great coach,

672
00:31:51,820 --> 00:31:52,820
 but she's also a great person.

673
00:31:53,220 --> 00:31:57,620
 So that was one of my big things on recruiting going out of Wallace was, like,

674
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:02,500
 I need someone that is going to be there for me, even off the field.

675
00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:03,680
 And she's always there.

676
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,100
 I mean, she's, like, in a way she's, like, my other mom.

677
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,600
 Like, you know, when you're five hours from home, like,

678
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:12,340
 that's all you got is your teammate and your coaches.

679
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,480
 And, yeah, so she's a great person, and she's big on family.

680
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,400
 And I really am very admirable with that.

681
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,840
 Yeah, I'll say the family aspect of everything,

682
00:32:21,980 --> 00:32:24,180
 like her being so big about us being family.

683
00:32:24,860 --> 00:32:27,620
 Like, I'm a big family person, so that means a lot to me.

684
00:32:27,660 --> 00:32:30,640
 And her, like, always, like, even if we do bad,

685
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:31,940
 she's always there to pick you up, too.

686
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,480
 Like, she's always there to find the positive,

687
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,560
 even when she gets on to you about something.

688
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,160
 She's like, oh, well, here's something positive.

689
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,380
 So I really love that about her.

690
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,560
 Well, softball season is here.

691
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,460
 They'll head down to Birmingham, home opener at the end of this month,

692
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,060
 and make plans to go watch them host Ole Miss in the middle of March as well.

693
00:32:48,060 --> 00:32:51,400
 Thank you both for swinging by, and let's get a couple of long balls this weekend.

694
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,000
 How's that sound?

695
00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:52,700
 Yes, sir.

696
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:53,400
 Sounds great.

697
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,500
 That's Bailey Rouse and Laura Lee Wheeler.

698
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,900
 We'll take a timeout, we'll shift back to Hoops Talk when we return.

699
00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:00,580
 Dallas Howell is here.

700
00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:02,960
 We'll check in with the North Alabama leader.

701
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,780
 This is UNA Basketball Night from Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

702
00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:08,660
 Shoals drop everything.

703
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:10,020
 This is not a drill.

704
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,320
 Lost Pizza Company Shoals is running the full court press.

705
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,540
 The full court press Cuban sandwich, inspired by Coach Tony Pujol.

706
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752
00:36:52,540 --> 00:36:56,820
 We've got a long-time caller, long-time listener stopping by next.

753
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:00,480
 Dallas Howell, sixth season at the University of North Alabama,

754
00:37:00,940 --> 00:37:04,880
 coming up now on 117 games played.

755
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:05,560
 Is it more than that?

756
00:37:05,940 --> 00:37:06,380
 122.

757
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:07,140
 120.

758
00:37:07,420 --> 00:37:07,860
 120.

759
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:08,860
 I'll get there eventually.

760
00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:09,060
 You're in the middle.

761
00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:14,780
 I lost my note there, but it's sixth year at North Alabama from Coffee Springs, Alabama,

762
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,140
 Enterprise High School.

763
00:37:16,340 --> 00:37:18,320
 And Dallas, it's a crossover night.

764
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:19,900
 I think we've talked to you before.

765
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,160
 You played some basketball back in the day.

766
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,960
 Could you play some baseball, anything like that?

767
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,740
 I played a little baseball, for sure.

768
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,180
 It wasn't my thing, but I played it.

769
00:37:30,860 --> 00:37:31,920
 What position did you play?

770
00:37:32,260 --> 00:37:36,620
 I was a pitcher and then first baseman, because of the lefty.

771
00:37:36,700 --> 00:37:38,560
 You know, they stick you at first base or in the outfield.

772
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:42,580
 And then basketball is what you ultimately settled in on.

773
00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:46,360
 And, hey, I know this team's coming off of a super tough loss last night.

774
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,360
 Central Arkansas, second in the league in the standings.

775
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,140
 You guys led for 33 minutes.

776
00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:55,620
 And there's a lot of positives that we can build off of, right, as we head down the crunch time.

777
00:37:55,740 --> 00:37:57,960
 And what are some of those as you look back at that one?

778
00:37:58,300 --> 00:37:58,760
 For sure.

779
00:37:58,820 --> 00:38:03,300
 And it's just something that we've been, you know, trying to work towards with this team is just having fight.

780
00:38:03,540 --> 00:38:05,760
 And we're working towards that for sure.

781
00:38:05,860 --> 00:38:09,480
 We had a little slip up at Austin Peay before this where we didn't show as much fight as we want.

782
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:17,420
 And in this past game, I think we really turned it around and showed that we can be a dominant team in this league if we lock in for 40 minutes.

783
00:38:17,420 --> 00:38:19,180
 And we showed 33 minutes of it last night.

784
00:38:19,700 --> 00:38:22,240
 And not just fight, but also the connection.

785
00:38:22,420 --> 00:38:26,780
 I feel like that's been a big message through this whole stretch of conference plans.

786
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,780
 Staying connected, staying together, and that's how you become – that's how you overcome these obstacles.

787
00:38:31,900 --> 00:38:33,660
 How important is connection as a team right now?

788
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:34,860
 It's really important.

789
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:40,600
 And, you know, it's so difficult when you're losing, but it's something that's – we're stressed every day.

790
00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:44,380
 And it's something that – it's the only thing that can save you when you're going through stretches like that.

791
00:38:44,380 --> 00:38:46,960
 So it's something that we've been really focusing on, even though it's so hard.

792
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:49,880
 But I think we're starting to grasp it and turn it around.

793
00:38:50,060 --> 00:38:54,960
 And the great part about this year is all we need is four wins in a row at the end, and we can win it.

794
00:38:55,080 --> 00:39:00,720
 So it's just – what our focus is on is just getting better every day, one step at a time, and then turn it on at the right time.

795
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:05,460
 Tomorrow night against West Georgia will mark four games in eight days.

796
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:10,300
 First of all, let's talk about this for just a little bit, but how are the legs feeling right now?

797
00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:13,820
 As you've played Wednesday, Saturday, Monday so far.

798
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,960
 They're a little dead for sure.

799
00:39:16,100 --> 00:39:20,220
 You know, I'm not old in the grand scheme of things, but in college basketball years, I'm ancient.

800
00:39:20,380 --> 00:39:22,340
 So I'm starting to feel a little wear and tear for sure.

801
00:39:22,420 --> 00:39:28,700
 But we're doing a good job of recovery and, you know, had an hour and a half of stretching and treatment today,

802
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,240
 just trying to get everything back going.

803
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,560
 But we're going to show 40 minutes of fight regardless of how we feel.

804
00:39:33,820 --> 00:39:39,580
 And then mentally, what's it like where it's just game, turnaround, game, turnaround, game, turnaround like this?

805
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:41,640
 I think there's pros and cons to it.

806
00:39:41,720 --> 00:39:45,960
 You know, you don't have as much time to kind of find your mistakes and figure them out.

807
00:39:46,060 --> 00:39:48,840
 But the other side of that is there's no time to dwell on anything.

808
00:39:48,980 --> 00:39:49,720
 It's a quick turnaround.

809
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,620
 You know, you go in to film the next day and it's right to the next team.

810
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:58,180
 So it's just kind of that next play mentality we talk about where, okay, the last one didn't go our way,

811
00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,340
 but we need to take a step in the right direction and keep fighting.

812
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:05,300
 You know, Dallas, I want to ask this because there's been a few weeks where we're getting a little short-handed

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 and, you know, we've had to play five guys the whole way.

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 And you were one of those where you're just playing the whole way.

815
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 And I think I remember seeing at one point you were like, I don't need to come off.

816
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:16,000
 I'm good.

817
00:40:16,060 --> 00:40:16,340
 I'm good.

818
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:17,500
 Just everybody checking on you.

819
00:40:17,540 --> 00:40:20,940
 But when you had to go 40 minutes, not just what Ben's talking about with the travel,

820
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:25,060
 but also having to play that whole entire stretch of the game, what is that like for you?

821
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,080
 It's just it's a test of mental fortitude in my eyes.

822
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:34,920
 Like at the end of the day, I can't let my, you know, if my body's the deciding factor, then so be it.

823
00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:37,120
 But I'm not going to let my mind be what takes me out of the game.

824
00:40:37,220 --> 00:40:43,660
 I'm going to and it helps being at home because you see that crowd and it's like, OK, I can I can fight for them.

825
00:40:43,820 --> 00:40:47,680
 I can fight for this team just because you just want to be out there doing everything you can to help win.

826
00:40:47,980 --> 00:40:51,360
 So six year, the old guy on the team.

827
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:55,520
 You called yourself that just a minute ago to one of the younger guys, Braylon Patton.

828
00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:00,460
 Last two games, 19 points against Austin Peay, 12 against Central Arkansas.

829
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:02,620
 Just how much has that young man grown up?

830
00:41:03,180 --> 00:41:11,140
 He's grown a lot this year and he's he's doing a great job, I think, with the with the hand he was dealt and the situation he's been thrust into with cannon being out with injury.

831
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,980
 He's he's done great and he's got a long way to go and he knows that.

832
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:21,740
 And I think that's what's what's amazing about him is he sees the stuff he can work on more than he sees what he's doing well.

833
00:41:21,740 --> 00:41:25,720
 And that's a mindset you have to have in this where you it's always about getting better.

834
00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:26,680
 And that's what he's focused on.

835
00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:27,540
 Yeah.

836
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:28,980
 And you really like to see that.

837
00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:31,220
 And let's talk about the other freshman, Cortez Graham Howard.

838
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:32,380
 He's working back into it.

839
00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:34,060
 Twenty games under his belt now.

840
00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:37,300
 What have you seen with him and what can he continue to do like Braylon?

841
00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:39,960
 Yeah, he's he's been great for us in spurts.

842
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:44,960
 I mean, even last game came in, hit some big shots to keep the run for us going in that first half to build an early lead.

843
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:51,240
 And I think he's a guy that really he benefits from the same thing that Braylon does, where he's always working to get better.

844
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:52,480
 I see him in the gym all the time.

845
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,140
 You know, he's a guy that's always trying to learn.

846
00:41:54,660 --> 00:41:57,200
 And they they're always talking to me, asking me stuff.

847
00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:00,440
 And that's when I see that, I know that the guy's trying to learn.

848
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,940
 And that's that's really what a main focus is for if they're going to be great.

849
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,700
 You know, we see you guys play a lot over the years throughout a season.

850
00:42:07,860 --> 00:42:11,040
 And it feels like every couple of games, somebody surprises us with something.

851
00:42:11,220 --> 00:42:15,080
 And Kevin Dukovicic, last year, I remember he had a fast break dunk.

852
00:42:15,260 --> 00:42:18,120
 I think it might have been in his big outing against Dalton State.

853
00:42:18,660 --> 00:42:24,220
 Monday night against Central Arkansas, he literally flew down the court, flew through the air.

854
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:26,840
 Does it ever surprise you when you see stuff like that from guys?

855
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,460
 That one that one definitely surprised me.

856
00:42:29,820 --> 00:42:34,040
 I wasn't ready for that one, mainly because I watched him in warm ups and I think he missed a dunk.

857
00:42:34,380 --> 00:42:36,180
 And I told him I was like, all right, maybe not tonight.

858
00:42:36,380 --> 00:42:38,720
 And then I think I saw the same dunk in warm ups.

859
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,640
 And then after I told him that he decided to go and game and get him one.

860
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:42,900
 So he definitely surprised me.

861
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:43,760
 But I was glad.

862
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:44,660
 Happy surprise.

863
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:50,120
 What's the most memorable in-game dunk you've had or witnessed or maybe both?

864
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,560
 Witnessed probably last year, Tay Fields, EKU.

865
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:58,000
 Yes.

866
00:42:58,140 --> 00:42:58,680
 The start of the season.

867
00:42:58,820 --> 00:43:00,080
 That's the one I was going to go with.

868
00:43:00,180 --> 00:43:03,180
 I was going to say, we hadn't really seen him do something like that yet.

869
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:08,120
 And then all of a sudden it came out of nowhere and just, it felt like it was the start of something special there.

870
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:14,320
 I think that's where Otay was born on the dunk call because everybody was just so shocked.

871
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:17,580
 Yeah, that was an incredible call, by the way.

872
00:43:17,660 --> 00:43:22,080
 But that photo, Drew Martin, shout out, lives in history.

873
00:43:22,300 --> 00:43:23,960
 I mean, I'm always going to remember that.

874
00:43:24,020 --> 00:43:25,560
 That is a true poster dunk.

875
00:43:25,580 --> 00:43:28,040
 And that's why they call it a poster because you're going to see that.

876
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:30,020
 And it's going to be hanging up at somebody's house.

877
00:43:30,220 --> 00:43:30,540
 Absolutely.

878
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:33,280
 I told him after that one that he needs to get it printed out and put up somewhere.

879
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,300
 I mean, as soon as the game ended, that's what I was telling him.

880
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:36,460
 That's right.

881
00:43:36,580 --> 00:43:40,100
 Well, Dallas, we know that your game is mostly outside the three-point shooting.

882
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,520
 We've seen you drive to the lane a few times in the last few.

883
00:43:42,860 --> 00:43:45,120
 Is there any chance we see a Dallas Howell dunk at any point?

884
00:43:45,620 --> 00:43:46,880
 Definitely going to be trying for it.

885
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,660
 We'll see if these old legs can keep me going for a little bit longer.

886
00:43:49,820 --> 00:43:52,400
 But if I have a chance to, I'm definitely going to try to get one for y'all.

887
00:43:52,740 --> 00:43:53,100
 All right.

888
00:43:53,180 --> 00:43:58,800
 From dunking and three-point shooting to block shots, you're one of the top shot blockers in the A-Sun.

889
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:00,980
 And that's always kind of been an aspect of your game.

890
00:44:01,020 --> 00:44:03,380
 But what is it about this season where it's really exploded?

891
00:44:04,380 --> 00:44:09,580
 I think it's just the mindset I'm coming with this year of just trying to do anything possible about this team.

892
00:44:09,720 --> 00:44:12,040
 My three-point shooting hasn't been where I want it to be this year.

893
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:18,600
 And I think I'm taking that in the best way possible and turning it into trying to fill any gap I can in the team right now.

894
00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:21,620
 And at this particular point in the season, it's shot-blocking.

895
00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:24,580
 So I've had a good stretch here, and hopefully I can keep it going for them.

896
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:26,520
 You certainly have had a great stretch.

897
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:28,540
 95 career block shots.

898
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,120
 You're coming up on 100 right now.

899
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:37,200
 And some of those have been, you know, the ones right in the post where you're coming from behind to block it.

900
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,000
 There's been some where you've been at the perimeter to block it.

901
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:42,420
 I can remember one at Stetson that you blocked.

902
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,380
 And you took it the other way, coast-to-coast.

903
00:44:45,860 --> 00:44:47,800
 Are they all equally satisfying?

904
00:44:47,940 --> 00:44:52,560
 Or is there one where it's like, okay, if I hit it off the goal, it's a little more satisfying?

905
00:44:52,740 --> 00:44:54,540
 Or maybe a perimeter three-point shot?

906
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:59,540
 I've found that when I try and get a satisfying one where I swing hard, I tend to miss.

907
00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:00,580
 I'm not as good at those.

908
00:45:00,660 --> 00:45:02,400
 Like, Jamal, Jamal's amazing at those.

909
00:45:02,620 --> 00:45:05,660
 But I just, I like to stick my hand out there and see if I can't get a piece of it.

910
00:45:05,740 --> 00:45:07,180
 And that's where I'm at my best.

911
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,660
 I don't think Jamal's had a block where it wasn't a big swing.

912
00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:13,600
 He goes for those all the time and he gets them most of the time.

913
00:45:13,660 --> 00:45:14,560
 He's the ratless.

914
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:15,460
 Yes.

915
00:45:16,180 --> 00:45:18,620
 All right, West Georgia on Wednesday night.

916
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:23,280
 Not to overlook West Georgia, but Sunday we got a big outing against Eastern Kentucky.

917
00:45:23,780 --> 00:45:25,260
 ESPNU's coming to town.

918
00:45:25,420 --> 00:45:32,060
 You've been a part of every UNA home basketball game since, what, you got here December of 2020, I believe?

919
00:45:32,260 --> 00:45:32,580
 That's right.

920
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,380
 So you've seen a lot of basketball inside the bank.

921
00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:37,780
 You arrived in 2020 to no crowds.

922
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:44,620
 What's it been like seeing the evolution of empty arena to the bank and the vault being born?

923
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:47,560
 Just an unreal feeling to just see that.

924
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:53,820
 You said it's just a distinct change from going from literally nobody, just cardboard cutouts down there with us.

925
00:45:54,540 --> 00:45:59,480
 And then to last year, breaking attendance records, you know, leading attendance this year.

926
00:46:00,540 --> 00:46:04,380
 It's just been an unreal experience to see the growth and the support from this community.

927
00:46:05,340 --> 00:46:09,140
 Yeah, and last thing for me, Dallas, just seeing all the places that we've been.

928
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:14,440
 We were on the road for five straight games, 23 days between home games, and finally be back at home last night.

929
00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:16,820
 It just seemed like you guys fed off that energy.

930
00:46:16,820 --> 00:46:19,800
 What was it like to finally be back home after that amount of time away?

931
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:21,780
 It was just a great, great feeling.

932
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:29,280
 And, you know, for, like we said, 33 minutes to that game, it felt like we were really giving them something that they could be proud of and support, you know.

933
00:46:29,340 --> 00:46:31,400
 And then we let it fall at the end.

934
00:46:31,460 --> 00:46:35,720
 But even after going around and shaking their hands, you know, they were just all positive to us.

935
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,600
 And it's just, that's what keeps us going.

936
00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:42,660
 You know, our next home game, we're going to come out just as hard because of that support, because of that loyalty to us,

937
00:46:42,660 --> 00:46:46,100
 regardless of how the results may be, they can see how hard we're fighting for them.

938
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:47,360
 And that's something that we're sticking with.

939
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,180
 It's a bounce back Wednesday against West Georgia.

940
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:52,620
 Dallas, as always, we appreciate you stopping by.

941
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:53,840
 And best of luck the rest of this year.

942
00:46:53,980 --> 00:46:54,280
 Yes, sir.

943
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:54,720
 Thank you.

944
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,260
 That's Dallas Howell of UNA Basketball.

945
00:46:57,500 --> 00:47:00,240
 We're going to jump into some UNA Baseball when we come back.

946
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,200
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1000
00:50:49,020 --> 00:50:51,860
 Well, it's officially baseball season.

1001
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:58,180
 Pitchers and catchers reported today in Major League Baseball, but UNA Baseball has been going for a while now.

1002
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:04,720
 They open up against SIUE this weekend inside of Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independence Stadium.

1003
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:09,540
 First 200 fans getting opening day t-shirt on Friday.

1004
00:51:10,060 --> 00:51:14,020
 First 500 fans get a commemorative bat for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

1005
00:51:14,020 --> 00:51:16,240
 We've got Jab Pratniak in the house next.

1006
00:51:16,460 --> 00:51:20,700
 And, Coach, before we talk about that, how many outs does your arm have in you?

1007
00:51:20,740 --> 00:51:23,840
 If you had to go out there and get some outs, former pitcher at Rhode Island.

1008
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:26,960
 I'm going, I could give you two outs.

1009
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:28,260
 I'm going to hit a guy.

1010
00:51:28,420 --> 00:51:29,640
 I'm going to walk two guys.

1011
00:51:29,740 --> 00:51:31,720
 I'm going to give up three runs, but I'll get two outs.

1012
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:32,920
 You'll get the two outs.

1013
00:51:32,980 --> 00:51:36,440
 What's it take to get ready to throw BP now these days?

1014
00:51:36,440 --> 00:51:37,400
 I don't throw much BP.

1015
00:51:37,720 --> 00:51:41,080
 I will say my arm from like 30 to 40 feet works good.

1016
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,440
 Once when I get beyond 50 feet, it's a struggle at this stage.

1017
00:51:44,580 --> 00:51:48,540
 But I can still crank it up there in the low 70s if I had to.

1018
00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:49,280
 Very nice.

1019
00:51:49,420 --> 00:51:52,900
 And then a left-handed pitching coach, right, in Jacob James.

1020
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:53,240
 Correct.

1021
00:51:53,240 --> 00:51:55,200
 So I guess he's probably not throwing a lot of BP either.

1022
00:51:55,300 --> 00:51:55,820
 He is not.

1023
00:51:55,900 --> 00:52:00,200
 And his arm slot, I feel like if Jacob threw BP to our hitters, our hitters would be in a slump for a while.

1024
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,340
 It's a funky arm slot, and that is not an enjoyable at-bat.

1025
00:52:04,860 --> 00:52:07,540
 Hey, 2026 baseball season is here.

1026
00:52:07,540 --> 00:52:11,040
 Last year, you didn't have a home to practice in because of the construction.

1027
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,060
 First 34 games on the road, just what's the feeling been like this year?

1028
00:52:15,180 --> 00:52:21,080
 I think guys are excited anytime you're getting a new stadium, but on the heels of last year being on the road, there's a buzz.

1029
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:27,520
 And it's having a chance to be on campus to practice, and knowing that 11 of our first 12 games will be in Florence, guys are excited.

1030
00:52:27,660 --> 00:52:28,360
 They're ready to go.

1031
00:52:28,820 --> 00:52:31,160
 Yeah, eight in a row at home, it's going to be exciting.

1032
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:37,940
 Coach, I want to ask you a lot about Bank Independent Stadium, but I don't want to bury the lead because we talked about Ashley Cozart being a national championship coach.

1033
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:40,280
 We've got another national championship coach.

1034
00:52:40,500 --> 00:52:41,380
 Let's go back to that.

1035
00:52:41,460 --> 00:52:44,400
 Back in the day, Westchester, two national championships.

1036
00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:47,460
 What is that feeling like when you can hoist a trophy like that?

1037
00:52:47,760 --> 00:52:49,520
 Those were obviously, I mean, good experiences.

1038
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,260
 The first one was year one of being a head coach.

1039
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:56,260
 So I think running through that season, it was a blur in a lot of ways.

1040
00:52:56,440 --> 00:53:01,380
 It was a lot of firsts, but having a chance to get to the World Series, and the guys played really well there that week.

1041
00:53:01,900 --> 00:53:07,240
 And I will say the five years in between, I think my appreciation grew for that 2012 season.

1042
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:13,540
 And it just, you kind of have a point somewhere in there where it's, you almost think like, was that the one chance we had to go to the World Series?

1043
00:53:13,540 --> 00:53:21,780
 But the 2017 team obviously made a run and got there, and it was, I feel like that group gave me an appreciation for what we accomplished before.

1044
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:23,500
 Where are the championship rings at?

1045
00:53:26,020 --> 00:53:28,020
 Bedroom somewhere, somewhere in the bedroom.

1046
00:53:28,140 --> 00:53:29,880
 So they don't come out too much?

1047
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:30,180
 No, I don't.

1048
00:53:30,580 --> 00:53:32,920
 The one I guessed on my size, it doesn't fit me.

1049
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:34,800
 The other one, I got sides for the other one.

1050
00:53:34,940 --> 00:53:37,940
 So it's, I think I've worn it once, one time.

1051
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:44,360
 All right, last year, historic year at the Division I level, made the tournament, won a ball game.

1052
00:53:44,460 --> 00:53:47,400
 I mean, has this team kind of been fueled by that success last year?

1053
00:53:47,620 --> 00:53:48,060
 They are.

1054
00:53:48,280 --> 00:53:50,500
 I think it's a group that experienced some success.

1055
00:53:50,500 --> 00:53:52,880
 I think they're hungry to get back in a postseason setting.

1056
00:53:53,380 --> 00:53:57,020
 And I think we have enough new faces where things are fresh and guys are competing with each other.

1057
00:53:57,500 --> 00:53:58,700
 But I feel like we're in a good spot.

1058
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:02,760
 And the message to the team last week was, I think we're ready for opening day.

1059
00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,320
 But the challenge is, we keep getting better every single week.

1060
00:54:05,420 --> 00:54:06,920
 But I think guys are ready for Friday.

1061
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:09,340
 Coach, you got two of your captains here tonight.

1062
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:10,540
 Excited to talk to them.

1063
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:12,360
 You got another one that we thought was going to be here.

1064
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:13,380
 Unfortunately, it's not.

1065
00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:19,140
 But just talk about this leadership group that you have this year, this core of seniors and what they mean to this team.

1066
00:54:19,340 --> 00:54:19,520
 Sure.

1067
00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:23,540
 The two guys that are here, Charlie Cochran and Gavin Oswald, I'll start with Charlie.

1068
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:25,620
 So Charlie is the local guy.

1069
00:54:25,740 --> 00:54:27,620
 So he is a walk-on from Florence.

1070
00:54:28,340 --> 00:54:31,920
 And Charlie checks every single good box of what you want in a student athlete.

1071
00:54:32,580 --> 00:54:34,120
 So Charlie is the local guy.

1072
00:54:34,220 --> 00:54:35,700
 But he has gotten better on the field.

1073
00:54:35,860 --> 00:54:36,820
 He's made our team better.

1074
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:44,800
 And basically, the fact that Charlie grew up around this campus and he's impacting our team in such a positive way, I think it speaks to Charlie and what he does.

1075
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:48,520
 But it's all the good things about college athletics, Charlie's attached to that.

1076
00:54:49,240 --> 00:54:51,640
 And then Gavin Oswald transferred in from Wichita State.

1077
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:53,740
 He's only been on campus for a year and a half.

1078
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:58,900
 Gavin, it's impressive to me if you've only been on campus for 18 months to be named a captain.

1079
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:01,820
 So it's in the current transfer portal era.

1080
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:03,500
 You can shape rosters in a lot of ways.

1081
00:55:03,700 --> 00:55:06,980
 We obviously like to do it with high school guys, but also with transfers.

1082
00:55:07,660 --> 00:55:11,500
 But in the recruiting process, we had a good feeling about Gavin on the mound.

1083
00:55:11,660 --> 00:55:13,360
 We heard really good things about personality.

1084
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:18,580
 I don't often, I would say, take a ton of stock in what a father says.

1085
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:22,040
 No offense to Mr. Oswald about what a father says about their son.

1086
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:28,780
 But he told me verbatim, he's like, my son's a leader and my son is like, he just wants a chance for his personality to come out.

1087
00:55:29,260 --> 00:55:31,440
 And I feel like Gavin's personality has come out for us.

1088
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:32,460
 And he's been infectious.

1089
00:55:32,940 --> 00:55:33,960
 He's been really good on the mound.

1090
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:34,860
 And it's the same deal.

1091
00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:38,000
 I'm proud of both of those guys and what they do for our program.

1092
00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:41,520
 Petey Kraska, the third captain, all-conference last season.

1093
00:55:41,980 --> 00:55:43,780
 Division I record for doubles in a year.

1094
00:55:43,860 --> 00:55:45,100
 We saw power really late.

1095
00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:46,500
 Redshirt freshman, right?

1096
00:55:46,660 --> 00:55:48,140
 So he's another young captain.

1097
00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:49,300
 What's his growth been like?

1098
00:55:49,820 --> 00:55:50,180
 Same.

1099
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:52,260
 So it's the on-the-field success speaks for itself.

1100
00:55:52,380 --> 00:55:53,420
 And Petey was named a captain.

1101
00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:54,960
 Similar profile to Gavin.

1102
00:55:55,580 --> 00:55:58,680
 Personality's a little different, but they share some of the same good qualities as well.

1103
00:55:59,260 --> 00:56:07,040
 But Petey is, he's infectious and guys gravitate towards him, partly on the performance, but also he understands what's supposed to happen on a baseball field.

1104
00:56:07,720 --> 00:56:11,720
 And Petey's a big reason why we had success last year and we're going to lean on again this year.

1105
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:16,360
 Excited to talk about more of these guys and this battery that we got here today.

1106
00:56:16,620 --> 00:56:18,780
 But, Coach, let's go into Bacon Independent Stadium.

1107
00:56:18,940 --> 00:56:21,740
 I kind of put you on the spot in the hallway the other day.

1108
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:24,620
 I was like, what are some of your favorite aspects of the stadium?

1109
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:26,640
 So let's bring it to this show.

1110
00:56:26,980 --> 00:56:31,900
 If you had to pick one or two things that you really like that maybe you don't see everywhere, what would you highlight?

1111
00:56:31,980 --> 00:56:33,540
 I would say the list is growing a little.

1112
00:56:33,740 --> 00:56:39,340
 So, like, the eyes go to the – I feel like they still go to the Purple Monster, and I think that's a cool charm to have in a college park.

1113
00:56:39,940 --> 00:56:43,080
 Now that the video board's up and running, those guys are doing a great job with it.

1114
00:56:43,640 --> 00:56:44,940
 That thing is fun to watch.

1115
00:56:45,180 --> 00:56:47,180
 They're in the house here, all four of them.

1116
00:56:47,180 --> 00:56:47,320
 I just gave a point.

1117
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:47,860
 I'm sorry.

1118
00:56:48,060 --> 00:56:52,040
 Yeah, but I know those guys have been putting the work in, and we've seen some samples.

1119
00:56:52,180 --> 00:56:54,080
 They came out for an inter-squad, but everything looks good.

1120
00:56:54,140 --> 00:56:55,160
 We're excited to see that.

1121
00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,300
 So those are the two things I would say catch your eye.

1122
00:56:58,820 --> 00:57:01,460
 One of the underrated things is a bathroom in the dugout.

1123
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:03,160
 It's big time, so we made sure that happened.

1124
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:07,640
 But just on game day, it's just a nice perk to have that bathroom in the dugout.

1125
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:12,540
 So I've really been pestering Dr. Looney about the windows in the press box areas,

1126
00:57:12,660 --> 00:57:14,960
 and we've got world-class, unbelievable windows.

1127
00:57:15,100 --> 00:57:17,040
 I think it's a new-released window, too.

1128
00:57:17,100 --> 00:57:18,900
 You'll start seeing it, top-of-the-line windows.

1129
00:57:19,260 --> 00:57:22,040
 After that, I asked for a restroom in the broadcast booth, and he said,

1130
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:23,100
 hey, you got your windows.

1131
00:57:23,180 --> 00:57:24,060
 Don't press your luck.

1132
00:57:24,180 --> 00:57:27,060
 Yeah, you're welcome to use our restroom whenever you want.

1133
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:35,400
 All right, Coach, I lost my train of thought there, but it opens up this weekend, and the monster, right?

1134
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:38,360
 You guys got to kind of play with it last year.

1135
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:40,400
 Do you feel like they have a good feel for it now?

1136
00:57:40,500 --> 00:57:44,380
 I think so, and it can impact the game in different ways, but I think as practice goes,

1137
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:48,680
 and we've had a lot of live reps with it, it's still not perfect because there's some quirks to it,

1138
00:57:48,740 --> 00:57:53,420
 but I think guys are getting acclimated to it, and I will say last year we had, I think, 11 home games,

1139
00:57:53,620 --> 00:57:58,000
 and for the most part, I think we managed it well, but I think guys continue to get more comfortable with it

1140
00:57:58,000 --> 00:57:59,220
 on offense and on defense.

1141
00:58:00,180 --> 00:58:06,840
 I guess the obvious question here, playing eight straight at home, and what did you say, 11 of the first 12,

1142
00:58:07,420 --> 00:58:11,420
 how excited are you to not have to go through a lot of the travel things that you did last year?

1143
00:58:11,420 --> 00:58:11,700
 It is.

1144
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:15,280
 The home thing, it's just nice to be at home, especially when it's a brand-new park,

1145
00:58:15,820 --> 00:58:17,940
 and college baseball records reflect that.

1146
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,400
 Generally speaking, your winning percentage is going to be higher at home,

1147
00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:24,200
 so you obviously have the home field advantage, you hit last, you're familiar with the park,

1148
00:58:24,260 --> 00:58:28,780
 you don't have to travel, and with that all said, we do value going on the road too,

1149
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:31,660
 and I think guys will be excited when we get to that road trip.

1150
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:34,360
 We'll go down to Ole Miss, and we'll go to Southern Miss right after,

1151
00:58:35,060 --> 00:58:37,540
 and before conference play, I think it's important we go on the road,

1152
00:58:37,680 --> 00:58:39,620
 so our first road trip isn't in a conference setting.

1153
00:58:40,100 --> 00:58:45,100
 Well, Coach, it begins this weekend, Friday, 3 o'clock, SIUE.

1154
00:58:46,060 --> 00:58:47,760
 Make your plans to come out, as always.

1155
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,560
 Pay attention on social media for game changes.

1156
00:58:50,740 --> 00:58:55,080
 It wouldn't be a baseball, softball season if there weren't changes as we navigate that,

1157
00:58:55,140 --> 00:58:58,860
 but we're super excited to open up Mike D. Lane Field inside a bank-independent stadium

1158
00:58:58,860 --> 00:59:03,420
 fans that come out and watch the 2026 UNA Lions, what are they going to see?

1159
00:59:03,820 --> 00:59:07,180
 I think it's going to be a fun product to watch, so I would encourage partly on the ballpark,

1160
00:59:07,260 --> 00:59:10,660
 I think the ballpark will be cool, but I think the product we put on the field,

1161
00:59:10,720 --> 00:59:12,000
 I think it's going to be a fun group to watch.

1162
00:59:12,260 --> 00:59:15,040
 I think we're going to score some runs, we have some high-level pitching,

1163
00:59:15,620 --> 00:59:18,860
 and I think we have some options to get guys in and out of the game in different spots.

1164
00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:22,460
 It's a fun group to coach, and watching them, I think it's a talented group,

1165
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:24,920
 so I think it's going to be a good group to watch from a fan perspective.

1166
00:59:25,240 --> 00:59:27,920
 Coach, we can't wait. Thank you much for making some time for us.

1167
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:28,240
 Thanks, Mike.

1168
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:30,580
 It's UNA Head Baseball Coach, Jad Pratniak.

1169
00:59:30,640 --> 00:59:31,340
 We'll take a timeout.

1170
00:59:31,420 --> 00:59:34,400
 We've got the players up next, Gavin Oswald and Charlie Cochran.

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1207
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1210
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1235
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1238
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 We've talked it all tonight.

1239
01:03:32,100 --> 01:03:35,240
 We've talked some UNA basketball, some UNA softball,

1240
01:03:35,340 --> 01:03:38,000
 and now we're continuing our UNA baseball conversations.

1241
01:03:38,420 --> 01:03:42,160
 To my left, we've got Charlie Cochran, a redshirt junior catcher,

1242
01:03:42,420 --> 01:03:44,720
 the hometown hero from right here in Florence, Alabama.

1243
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:46,400
 He played at Florence High School.

1244
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,760
 And then we've got the grad transfer, Gavin Oswald,

1245
01:03:49,880 --> 01:03:55,160
 the lefty from his second season here from Wildwood, Missouri,

1246
01:03:55,300 --> 01:03:56,840
 talking some UNA baseball here.

1247
01:03:57,180 --> 01:03:58,820
 Benjamin Ray, Mike Ezekiel on hand.

1248
01:03:58,980 --> 01:04:01,300
 And fellas, Gavin, we'll go first with you.

1249
01:04:01,360 --> 01:04:03,940
 How excited are you for this 2026 baseball season?

1250
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:05,000
 Oh, man, I'm fired up.

1251
01:04:05,040 --> 01:04:07,560
 I'm 23 years old, but I feel like a six-year-old getting ready for Christmas.

1252
01:04:07,700 --> 01:04:10,520
 You know, like, I'm old, I put my sleep mask on at night,

1253
01:04:10,520 --> 01:04:13,680
 and I replay the games every, like, before they've even happened.

1254
01:04:13,780 --> 01:04:14,280
 I'm so excited.

1255
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:16,400
 I can just see, like, what it's like to take the field,

1256
01:04:16,480 --> 01:04:17,260
 the fans, and the stadium.

1257
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:18,380
 I'm just, I'm fired up.

1258
01:04:19,240 --> 01:04:20,080
 How are you feeling, Charlie?

1259
01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:20,760
 Phenomenal.

1260
01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:21,820
 I'm ready to get things going.

1261
01:04:22,020 --> 01:04:25,080
 Having the new field, especially with the old field,

1262
01:04:25,220 --> 01:04:28,320
 it's just all, everything's coming together, so we're excited for it.

1263
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:30,040
 So let's start with the obvious.

1264
01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:32,080
 Let's talk about big independent stadium

1265
01:04:32,080 --> 01:04:35,720
 and what fans can expect when they see it on Friday for the first time.

1266
01:04:36,140 --> 01:04:37,760
 Obviously, the Purple Monster stands out.

1267
01:04:37,840 --> 01:04:40,760
 There's a lot of other aspects, but personally, what are y'all's favorites?

1268
01:04:40,900 --> 01:04:41,600
 Charlie, you can start.

1269
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,220
 What is your favorite part of the field that maybe people don't know about?

1270
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:46,960
 I think, obviously, you hit on the Purple Monster,

1271
01:04:47,120 --> 01:04:49,840
 but I think my favorite, especially looking at it from home plate,

1272
01:04:49,940 --> 01:04:52,520
 would probably be how the logo pops out in center field.

1273
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:53,800
 I think it's a really good touch,

1274
01:04:53,840 --> 01:04:55,940
 and it makes it just everything coming together.

1275
01:04:56,620 --> 01:05:00,000
 For me as a pitcher, I like the deck out over our dugout.

1276
01:05:00,500 --> 01:05:04,700
 I think every stadium, you know, has their seats available to the public,

1277
01:05:04,700 --> 01:05:06,840
 but that deck where they're on top of the dugout,

1278
01:05:06,940 --> 01:05:09,400
 it's like the whole momentum is coming from the fans

1279
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:11,620
 and the players of one team against the other teams.

1280
01:05:11,700 --> 01:05:12,680
 We're all coming from the same area.

1281
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:15,280
 All right, this is perfect because we've got a pitcher

1282
01:05:15,280 --> 01:05:17,920
 and we've got a hitter, and you're a catcher as well,

1283
01:05:17,980 --> 01:05:19,240
 so you can kind of weigh in on that.

1284
01:05:19,360 --> 01:05:21,780
 But when I spoke with, like, Douglas Hargit,

1285
01:05:22,140 --> 01:05:25,080
 Trey Mitchell, pitcher, hitter, that they do ESPN games with,

1286
01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:26,960
 we used to argue about the old Mike.

1287
01:05:27,300 --> 01:05:29,600
 Was it a hitter's park or a pitcher's park?

1288
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:31,340
 And the pitcher said it was a hitter's park.

1289
01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:33,180
 The hitter said it was a pitcher's park.

1290
01:05:33,180 --> 01:05:36,200
 So you, Mike D. Lane, filled a bank-independent stadium.

1291
01:05:36,380 --> 01:05:39,420
 Hitter's park, pitcher's park will let the pitcher go first.

1292
01:05:39,580 --> 01:05:41,660
 I'd say the majority of the field is a pitcher's park.

1293
01:05:41,920 --> 01:05:47,360
 Until you get to left field, then it's a little bit of a hitter-friendly atmosphere there.

1294
01:05:47,520 --> 01:05:50,140
 But to center field and right field, definitely, those are my friends.

1295
01:05:51,860 --> 01:05:55,280
 I'd probably have to say it's a pitcher's park, especially if now,

1296
01:05:55,380 --> 01:05:57,980
 if we have the wind blowing out a certain way, it's definitely easier for us,

1297
01:05:58,040 --> 01:06:01,520
 especially righties, to pull a ball to get it over that purple monster.

1298
01:06:01,700 --> 01:06:03,060
 But I'd have to go with Gavin.

1299
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:04,040
 I'd say it's a pitcher's park.

1300
01:06:04,420 --> 01:06:07,200
 So how many times, Deere and BP, do the righties get up there

1301
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:08,340
 and they're just going for the monster?

1302
01:06:08,820 --> 01:06:12,200
 Well, we try to keep it a little disciplined, obviously, with our practice plan,

1303
01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:14,100
 staying, like, what we have to work on.

1304
01:06:14,180 --> 01:06:18,300
 But you definitely have the guys that are a little hungry to hit it over that purple monster,

1305
01:06:18,300 --> 01:06:20,880
 especially try and hit it over that screen, see if they can get it in the parking lot.

1306
01:06:21,860 --> 01:06:25,840
 Back to the first BP, when you guys got out there for the first time last spring,

1307
01:06:25,900 --> 01:06:27,380
 were guys just going for it?

1308
01:06:27,400 --> 01:06:29,060
 And do you remember who hit the first one, maybe?

1309
01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:33,240
 I couldn't tell you who hit the first one, but I do know everyone was super excited.

1310
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:37,180
 I think that was probably the most amount of crazy swings I've ever seen.

1311
01:06:38,860 --> 01:06:40,740
 Yeah, I couldn't remember either.

1312
01:06:41,820 --> 01:06:43,440
 We'll start with you, Gavin, on this one.

1313
01:06:43,720 --> 01:06:47,540
 Playing in it last year, obviously, it was kind of a skeleton-type stadium.

1314
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:50,660
 Fans were watching from the church parking lot above.

1315
01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:55,500
 But now you're going to have full stands, a full crowd, a full stadium to play in.

1316
01:06:55,820 --> 01:06:58,140
 Talk about some of the experiences you guys had last year

1317
01:06:58,140 --> 01:07:00,540
 and how it's going to be more complete this year and how that feels.

1318
01:07:01,060 --> 01:07:03,960
 Last year, coming out of the bullpen, you know, you see people out to the right

1319
01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:06,000
 and in left field as I'm running out there.

1320
01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:08,760
 But when I got out there, it was kind of different.

1321
01:07:09,260 --> 01:07:10,960
 You know, you go to on the weekends, we travel to other places,

1322
01:07:11,040 --> 01:07:11,700
 and they're behind the dish.

1323
01:07:11,780 --> 01:07:13,520
 And most of the time, all I could hear was behind me.

1324
01:07:13,820 --> 01:07:15,900
 And this year, running out and you see a crowd in front of you,

1325
01:07:15,900 --> 01:07:18,360
 it's just, I'm going to feel like I'm sprinting to the mound

1326
01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:20,780
 because that adrenaline rush, that excitement to get out there in front of those fans

1327
01:07:20,780 --> 01:07:23,380
 that I can see in front of me, it's like no other.

1328
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:27,680
 Charlie, you've got interesting perspective because you grew up here in the Shoals area.

1329
01:07:27,820 --> 01:07:30,000
 I imagine you grew up going to camp at Mike Lane Field.

1330
01:07:30,100 --> 01:07:32,180
 I imagine you took some BP at the old park, right?

1331
01:07:32,180 --> 01:07:32,380
 Yes, sir.

1332
01:07:32,560 --> 01:07:36,180
 So what's it like now when you're in the new park and you're standing at the plate

1333
01:07:36,180 --> 01:07:38,020
 and you're looking back towards campus?

1334
01:07:38,140 --> 01:07:40,300
 You've got the football stadium, the dorms.

1335
01:07:40,420 --> 01:07:41,920
 Is it breathtaking as a player?

1336
01:07:42,020 --> 01:07:42,680
 It truly is.

1337
01:07:42,740 --> 01:07:45,240
 And I think, especially when the football gets all finished,

1338
01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:48,660
 I think it's really going to tie everything together, let alone just to see,

1339
01:07:48,900 --> 01:07:51,240
 especially when we have the sun go down at practices and whatnot,

1340
01:07:51,380 --> 01:07:53,900
 to see those dorms in the background and the football, what it's going to turn into.

1341
01:07:54,420 --> 01:07:58,420
 I think overall, where we've come from and to what we have now is phenomenal.

1342
01:07:58,940 --> 01:08:01,340
 The first eight games are going to be at home.

1343
01:08:01,500 --> 01:08:03,300
 Eleven of the first twelve will be at home.

1344
01:08:03,420 --> 01:08:06,260
 And last year it was really tough where you guys had to go on the road

1345
01:08:06,260 --> 01:08:09,420
 even for some home games, quote-unquote, where you're going to Birmingham,

1346
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,140
 you're going to Pearl, Mississippi, you're going all over the place.

1347
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,840
 What's it like now knowing, okay, we're going to be in our own beds

1348
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:19,340
 for 11 of these first 12 and we're bringing teams to Florence

1349
01:08:19,340 --> 01:08:20,760
 instead of having to travel to play?

1350
01:08:21,240 --> 01:08:22,900
 I think it's cool because we get to set a foundation.

1351
01:08:23,220 --> 01:08:24,700
 Our home is ours now.

1352
01:08:25,540 --> 01:08:28,320
 We get to say, when you come to Florence, you're not beating UNA.

1353
01:08:28,440 --> 01:08:29,100
 We're comfortable here.

1354
01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:29,900
 We've practiced here.

1355
01:08:30,460 --> 01:08:32,460
 Even when we're off the field, this is where all of us are comfortable

1356
01:08:32,460 --> 01:08:33,860
 and it allows us to perform at our best.

1357
01:08:34,040 --> 01:08:37,320
 So when you come to Florence here, we mean business here

1358
01:08:37,320 --> 01:08:38,360
 and we get to set that tone early.

1359
01:08:39,760 --> 01:08:40,880
 Charlie, anything to add to that?

1360
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:43,240
 I'd have to agree with everything Gavin said.

1361
01:08:43,400 --> 01:08:46,700
 I mean, to have a home field, especially how much we traveled,

1362
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:51,140
 and we dealt with the home games in Birmingham, home games in Mississippi,

1363
01:08:51,380 --> 01:08:55,340
 but to actually have a place we can put our stuff

1364
01:08:55,340 --> 01:08:58,420
 and kind of relax a little bit, not have to worry about traveling so much,

1365
01:08:58,440 --> 01:09:01,440
 I think that's going to be the best for every single one of us.

1366
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:04,480
 Gavin, a season ago, the closer, right?

1367
01:09:04,540 --> 01:09:10,480
 You finished with four saves, seventh most in the A-Sun, 27 innings, 28 strikeouts,

1368
01:09:10,900 --> 01:09:11,460
 seven saves.

1369
01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:12,440
 I know you had some big ones.

1370
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:13,500
 Do you have a favorite one?

1371
01:09:14,300 --> 01:09:14,900
 Oh, man.

1372
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:18,440
 Believe it or not, not at home.

1373
01:09:18,540 --> 01:09:20,140
 That Central Arc game, that was a lot of fun.

1374
01:09:20,580 --> 01:09:25,580
 Coming into the seventh inning, you know, it was the first time at UNA that I was able to let it loose.

1375
01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:29,720
 You know, I gave a big scream coming off the mound and I was like, man, I'm comfortable here.

1376
01:09:29,800 --> 01:09:30,120
 I'm allowed.

1377
01:09:30,540 --> 01:09:31,060
 I'm not allowed.

1378
01:09:31,140 --> 01:09:34,620
 I'm able to perform to the best of my ability because I am comfortable here.

1379
01:09:34,740 --> 01:09:36,720
 If I want to let it out, I can let it out.

1380
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:41,400
 You know, just knowing that my entire team was behind me from then on just made the season so much easier for me.

1381
01:09:41,540 --> 01:09:42,840
 Now, have you always been a closer?

1382
01:09:43,540 --> 01:09:43,980
 I have not.

1383
01:09:44,060 --> 01:09:46,900
 I started actually for my first two years in junior college and then I came here.

1384
01:09:48,040 --> 01:09:52,500
 And the mindset's a little different, but it's cool, you know, that adrenaline rush is awesome.

1385
01:09:52,620 --> 01:09:55,600
 And knowing that when I go out there, I'm closing it down.

1386
01:09:55,740 --> 01:09:57,880
 They get to mess with me last and that's kind of fun.

1387
01:09:58,220 --> 01:10:03,540
 That's what I wanted to ask you next was what's been the difference from that starting pitching focus to the closing focus?

1388
01:10:03,780 --> 01:10:04,920
 The mindset's a little different.

1389
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:09,880
 Like, when I was starting, I knew I had to be prepped for 100 pitches, so I couldn't let it fly in inning one.

1390
01:10:09,980 --> 01:10:13,220
 I could if I needed to, but I knew that was going to kind of bite me in the fifth inning.

1391
01:10:13,380 --> 01:10:15,820
 But now when I come in for one to two innings, I just let it fly.

1392
01:10:15,940 --> 01:10:17,720
 Everything I got, you're getting everything I have.

1393
01:10:17,820 --> 01:10:23,320
 And I know that if I'm performing and letting it fly, I don't have to be ready for a third inning because you're not going to score.

1394
01:10:23,980 --> 01:10:30,820
 Just going in with that mindset of come and get it, that's been a little different for me, but I love it.

1395
01:10:31,240 --> 01:10:33,700
 I remember the Central Arkansas game you're referring to.

1396
01:10:33,700 --> 01:10:34,720
 I remember watching that one.

1397
01:10:34,820 --> 01:10:36,560
 It was great and your reaction at the end.

1398
01:10:37,060 --> 01:10:39,480
 Charlie, my next question, you can start and then Gavin.

1399
01:10:40,340 --> 01:10:51,540
 Just to hear Coach Pragnac come up and talk about how you guys are two of the three leaders, you are the captains, and to know that your teammates view you that way and they have that respect for you, that your coaching staff believes in you that way.

1400
01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:55,340
 What does it mean to you to hear that and to be in that role this season?

1401
01:10:55,780 --> 01:10:58,840
 I think it's, I mean, honestly, it's just gratitude.

1402
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:04,860
 I'm really grateful that the guys and the coaches see us the way they do and they put us in that role.

1403
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:13,200
 I'm just, it puts us in a spot where we're always trying to give our best fit forward, know what it takes, what you have to show up to the field with every single day.

1404
01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:15,560
 So that's what I'm most excited about.

1405
01:11:16,480 --> 01:11:28,280
 It's honestly just like a complete blessing, you know, it makes me 100% comfortable with the field knowing how my peers think of me and being able to work alongside the coaching staff and just, I love it.

1406
01:11:28,380 --> 01:11:32,920
 I love showing up to the field every day knowing, man, these guys, you know, the respect and all that is just, it's awesome.

1407
01:11:33,500 --> 01:11:36,200
 Playing for Jad Pratniak, what's it like?

1408
01:11:36,300 --> 01:11:37,640
 What's the best part about it?

1409
01:11:38,440 --> 01:11:41,780
 I think the best part about it is he's always going to root for your guys.

1410
01:11:41,880 --> 01:11:48,100
 The trust he gives with every single one of us is through the roof and I've known that since the day he got on campus that he's going to root for you.

1411
01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:51,240
 He's going to expect 100% out of you and that's what you want out of a coach.

1412
01:11:52,140 --> 01:11:54,320
 Yeah, he's got my back 100%, which is awesome.

1413
01:11:54,480 --> 01:11:58,500
 You know, when I'm on the mound, a good pitch, bad pitch, good day, bad day, I know he's got my back.

1414
01:11:58,580 --> 01:12:05,000
 I know off the field afterwards where he's going to take care of me and, you know, we're going to attack the next day like nothing happened, good or bad.

1415
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:08,280
 We're just going to move forward and win the battles that we can moving forward.

1416
01:12:09,060 --> 01:12:15,300
 And while he's here, Nick Patton's in the house as well, associate head coach, announced today and some other additions to the coaching staff.

1417
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:21,780
 Jacob James, a guy that you guys played with, now being the full-time pitching coach in that role and leading that group.

1418
01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:26,840
 Just talk about those guys that are back and J.D. Davis that we added and just his coaching staff as a whole.

1419
01:12:27,420 --> 01:12:29,020
 I think I can hit on Coach Patty.

1420
01:12:29,020 --> 01:12:38,320
 I mean, it's nothing better to have an offensive coach that wants you to get better every single day and especially will celebrate you whenever we do succeed.

1421
01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:40,280
 I think that's the greatest thing about Coach Patty.

1422
01:12:40,380 --> 01:12:42,140
 And I'm especially excited about Coach J.D.

1423
01:12:42,340 --> 01:12:44,640
 I think he fits in with us perfectly.

1424
01:12:44,940 --> 01:12:49,680
 I think since the first practice he got on campus, he was ready to go, ready to get things going.

1425
01:12:49,860 --> 01:12:51,240
 And, of course, J.J.

1426
01:12:52,140 --> 01:12:53,880
 J.J. will always be J.J. in my eyes.

1427
01:12:53,880 --> 01:12:58,620
 And it's kind of tough because I've got to make sure that I call him coach before I call him J.J.

1428
01:12:58,780 --> 01:13:02,380
 But I think what we have as a whole is going to be really good.

1429
01:13:03,020 --> 01:13:10,240
 Hitting on Coach Patty first, it's awesome for me because he's so knowledgeable in the game that as a pitcher, obviously he talks with the hitters more often.

1430
01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:12,400
 But as a pitcher, I can go up to him and say, hey, what are you seeing?

1431
01:13:12,460 --> 01:13:17,060
 From a hitter's perspective, where can I improve on the mound to either hide pitches better, move better, sequence better?

1432
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:20,080
 And he helps me out even though folks with the hitters more.

1433
01:13:20,580 --> 01:13:22,360
 As a pitcher, I benefit a ton from having him around.

1434
01:13:22,460 --> 01:13:25,240
 And then Coach J.J., I actually didn't get to play with him.

1435
01:13:25,320 --> 01:13:27,740
 He was here the year before I got here, but I heard he was a gamer.

1436
01:13:27,860 --> 01:13:31,060
 He was a competitor, and I think that's translated into his coaching abilities.

1437
01:13:31,620 --> 01:13:38,980
 And he's an intense guy when he has to be, but he also is a good enough personality where the guys are super comfortable around him.

1438
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:40,600
 So I think the transition's been awesome.

1439
01:13:41,260 --> 01:13:44,220
 All right, fellas, let's wrap it up with two quick questions.

1440
01:13:45,220 --> 01:13:46,540
 Gavin, you've got the nice goatee.

1441
01:13:46,540 --> 01:13:48,120
 Charlie, you've got the mustache rocking.

1442
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:51,760
 You think of baseball players, and facial hair comes to mind.

1443
01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:54,580
 And I'm going up and down the roster online.

1444
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:58,320
 There's some guys with some great mustaches, some beards, some goatees.

1445
01:13:58,660 --> 01:14:04,120
 Is there any inspiration behind the facial hair on this team, and who might have the best?

1446
01:14:04,700 --> 01:14:08,080
 I think I don't necessarily know about any inspiration now.

1447
01:14:08,160 --> 01:14:12,480
 I haven't had those conversations about who wears particular facial hair for a certain reason.

1448
01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:17,320
 If I had to say my favorite all around, especially how he shapes, it would probably have to go to Alex Wade.

1449
01:14:17,560 --> 01:14:18,180
 And why is that?

1450
01:14:18,180 --> 01:14:22,860
 I think that's the prime facial hair you want out of a collegiate baseball player.

1451
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:23,480
 It's hard to beat.

1452
01:14:23,660 --> 01:14:23,840
 Yeah.

1453
01:14:24,800 --> 01:14:25,840
 I can agree with Wade there.

1454
01:14:25,900 --> 01:14:30,160
 I haven't heard of a specific inspiration for why a lot of our guys have facial hair, but I agree with Wade there.

1455
01:14:30,720 --> 01:14:33,360
 Wade, I'm a fan of facial hair, obviously.

1456
01:14:33,480 --> 01:14:34,140
 Mike as well.

1457
01:14:34,260 --> 01:14:38,540
 And you guys got the pinstripes, so it just feels right seeing facial hair with pinstripes.

1458
01:14:39,200 --> 01:14:42,860
 That's a deep-cut joke, you know, Yankees can't have facial hair, so it's good to see.

1459
01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:44,940
 All right, guys, season coming up this weekend.

1460
01:14:45,060 --> 01:14:45,880
 How excited are you?

1461
01:14:45,940 --> 01:14:49,080
 What can fans expect inside a bank-independent stadium?

1462
01:14:49,680 --> 01:14:52,360
 They can expect us to play full force 100%.

1463
01:14:52,360 --> 01:14:57,020
 I think everyone on this team is ready to go, and we're excited to have actual people in this ballpark.

1464
01:14:57,360 --> 01:14:59,020
 We're excited to see how loud it can get as well.

1465
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:00,480
 Yeah, I mean, we're pumped up.

1466
01:15:00,480 --> 01:15:03,520
 But I think the expectation for this weekend is just a bunch of guys that go out there and compete,

1467
01:15:03,620 --> 01:15:05,440
 a bunch of warriors that go 100% all the time.

1468
01:15:05,560 --> 01:15:09,220
 That's been our motto for a while, and that's kind of our MO heading into the season,

1469
01:15:09,320 --> 01:15:11,580
 just go out there and win every pitch, every second, every moment.

1470
01:15:12,500 --> 01:15:13,520
 The rest takes care of itself.

1471
01:15:13,780 --> 01:15:16,460
 Fellas, the community is fired up for some baseball.

1472
01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:18,880
 Appreciate both of you guys stopping by.

1473
01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:19,440
 Yes, sir.

1474
01:15:19,500 --> 01:15:19,960
 Thank you.

1475
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:23,200
 That's Patton Oswalt and Charlie Cochran.

1476
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:24,280
 We'll take one more time out.

1477
01:15:24,480 --> 01:15:28,500
 North Alabama head basketball coach Tony Pujol swings by to wrap up this show.

1478
01:15:28,580 --> 01:15:29,700
 He's our closer tonight.

1479
01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:33,260
 This is U&A Basketball Night from Lost Pizza Shoals on 93.9 The Score.

1480
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1481
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1482
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1483
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1485
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1510
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1511
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1512
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1526
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1527
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1528
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1531
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1532
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1533
01:19:16,620 --> 01:19:17,440
 Here we go.

1534
01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:20,980
 We got our closer, the big dog, Tony Pujols in the house.

1535
01:19:21,380 --> 01:19:24,420
 Here at UNA Basketball Night from Los Pizza Shoals on 93.9.

1536
01:19:24,480 --> 01:19:27,260
 The score, Benjamin Ray, Mikey Ezekiel with him as well.

1537
01:19:27,340 --> 01:19:29,120
 And coach, it's crossover season.

1538
01:19:29,240 --> 01:19:31,980
 We've been talking some UNA baseball, some UNA softball.

1539
01:19:32,280 --> 01:19:36,140
 Former college baseball player right here, Tony Pujols.

1540
01:19:36,200 --> 01:19:37,820
 Take us back to your playing days.

1541
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:38,560
 Wow.

1542
01:19:39,380 --> 01:19:43,420
 Okay, so again, son of two Cuban immigrants.

1543
01:19:43,420 --> 01:19:44,820
 My dad played baseball in Cuba.

1544
01:19:45,820 --> 01:19:51,460
 Played for the Havana Sugar Cane, which is like a AAA baseball team in the U.S.

1545
01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:55,460
 So I grew up, I was playing t-ball at the age of four.

1546
01:19:56,020 --> 01:20:00,580
 Played throughout my whole elementary, middle school, high school.

1547
01:20:01,380 --> 01:20:08,920
 But it was in the sixth grade, Coach Billy Long, my P teacher at Coral Way Elementary, said,

1548
01:20:09,000 --> 01:20:12,380
 hey, come on out here and let me, let's do a basketball workout.

1549
01:20:12,740 --> 01:20:14,800
 And I don't know what happened.

1550
01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:15,540
 I got the fever.

1551
01:20:15,680 --> 01:20:16,600
 I got the, I got hooked.

1552
01:20:16,820 --> 01:20:18,340
 And the rest was history.

1553
01:20:18,420 --> 01:20:27,040
 But I always kept playing because my dad coached me throughout my youth and had an opportunity to go to college and play both sports,

1554
01:20:27,140 --> 01:20:28,220
 play baseball and basketball.

1555
01:20:28,900 --> 01:20:31,300
 And I truly, truly enjoyed that experience.

1556
01:20:31,520 --> 01:20:34,300
 Now, what kind of player would you be for Jad Pragniak?

1557
01:20:34,420 --> 01:20:34,940
 Oh, pitcher.

1558
01:20:35,180 --> 01:20:35,760
 First base.

1559
01:20:37,260 --> 01:20:41,300
 I'd be like maybe fifth, fifth in the rotation.

1560
01:20:41,520 --> 01:20:41,960
 All right.

1561
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:42,920
 So, yeah.

1562
01:20:43,620 --> 01:20:43,880
 Yeah.

1563
01:20:44,180 --> 01:20:45,500
 Now, I'll tell you one thing.

1564
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:54,680
 Obviously, the great thing about Coach is just the way that he's already changed the culture, what he's brought.

1565
01:20:54,900 --> 01:20:59,140
 And you could see his trajectory is just kind of, it's constantly climbing.

1566
01:20:59,880 --> 01:21:03,000
 So, the work he's put in has been tremendous.

1567
01:21:03,220 --> 01:21:07,480
 And you've got to give a lot of credit to him, his staff, as well as his players.

1568
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:11,300
 And then Ashley Cozart, you've been around a lot of great coaches in your career.

1569
01:21:11,380 --> 01:21:15,080
 I know when you got here, she was one of the first coaches you worked to build a relationship with.

1570
01:21:15,080 --> 01:21:15,960
 Culture, culture.

1571
01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:17,400
 She was straight culture.

1572
01:21:17,740 --> 01:21:20,000
 And you could already see it was in place.

1573
01:21:20,680 --> 01:21:27,160
 And that's why the success from Division II to Division I was seamless for her.

1574
01:21:27,780 --> 01:21:30,940
 You know, obviously, Coach Jad, he's had to kind of build it.

1575
01:21:31,260 --> 01:21:33,240
 And, man, he's built it, right?

1576
01:21:33,480 --> 01:21:39,940
 I think he's gained a lot of respect within the A-Sun, but also respect around the nation.

1577
01:21:40,140 --> 01:21:43,640
 So, I'm so looking forward to seeing these guys in the spring.

1578
01:21:43,980 --> 01:21:55,040
 Coach, I always go back to the Northwest Shoals games that we played over, I guess, Austin Peay and how you were celebrating with the guys and how they're at your games as well and giving you that home court advantage.

1579
01:21:55,320 --> 01:21:59,920
 What does it mean to you to be at a campus that knows that, hey, they're going to come to your games and your guys are going to be at their games too?

1580
01:21:59,920 --> 01:22:01,960
 Yeah, so I threw out the first pitch.

1581
01:22:02,160 --> 01:22:03,080
 The ball's in my car.

1582
01:22:04,820 --> 01:22:09,220
 So, and it was Coach Jad that told me to come out and throw it.

1583
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:11,980
 I think he wanted to kind of rub it in on Austin Peay.

1584
01:22:12,340 --> 01:22:17,080
 And, by the way, it was the only time Austin Peay last year got beat in a series.

1585
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:20,140
 We beat them two to one.

1586
01:22:20,260 --> 01:22:22,200
 We were the only team that did that last year.

1587
01:22:22,660 --> 01:22:25,240
 So, again, a lot of credit goes to the guys and the way they competed.

1588
01:22:25,740 --> 01:22:33,420
 But as far as, like, the way the students and the coaches, you know, the way that we kind of support one another,

1589
01:22:33,780 --> 01:22:36,540
 I think a lot of that stems from our leadership.

1590
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:41,260
 I think Dr. Looney, again, it's all about culture for him.

1591
01:22:41,840 --> 01:22:43,700
 And I think he installed that real early.

1592
01:22:44,220 --> 01:22:53,120
 And what he did was, in the hiring process, he brought people in that understood what it means to be a part of an athletic culture.

1593
01:22:53,800 --> 01:22:59,960
 So, I think it's easy for all of us to just root for one another because that's what it's all about.

1594
01:23:00,060 --> 01:23:01,220
 We're all in the same boat.

1595
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:03,680
 That's what it's all about, indeed.

1596
01:23:03,960 --> 01:23:05,700
 And, Coach, let's back up last night.

1597
01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:10,140
 Central Arkansas, I know just a hard loss for this team right now.

1598
01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:12,740
 It's just been working so hard to try to get that W.

1599
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:16,080
 And Central Arkansas second in the standings right now.

1600
01:23:16,140 --> 01:23:18,860
 Led for 33, 35 minutes, something like that.

1601
01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:22,420
 I mean, what can this team take away from that as we push towards the end of the season?

1602
01:23:23,060 --> 01:23:27,400
 Yeah, you know, I have a smile and I'm kind of laughing.

1603
01:23:27,400 --> 01:23:30,300
 But, believe me, there's a lot of hurt behind that.

1604
01:23:30,300 --> 01:23:30,700
 Oh, yeah.

1605
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:39,820
 But, you know, to me, the way I look at that game, we were up 13, led for 34 minutes, like you said, 35.

1606
01:23:41,500 --> 01:23:47,720
 And I gave a lot of credit to Cameron Hunter, the player from Central Arkansas.

1607
01:23:47,920 --> 01:23:49,860
 He's somebody that, obviously, we know very well.

1608
01:23:51,460 --> 01:23:54,020
 And, you know, he carried his team down the stretch.

1609
01:23:54,300 --> 01:23:56,340
 And you've got to tip your hat when a player does that.

1610
01:23:56,980 --> 01:23:57,680
 And I did.

1611
01:23:57,800 --> 01:24:00,260
 I was fortunate to see him in the handshake line.

1612
01:24:00,400 --> 01:24:01,600
 And I told him that.

1613
01:24:01,680 --> 01:24:03,860
 I told him, way to carry your team.

1614
01:24:04,020 --> 01:24:11,180
 That showed a lot of character from you guys and what Coach Shulman's been able to build there.

1615
01:24:12,140 --> 01:24:16,200
 I felt for my guys because I thought our guys did a lot of things the right way.

1616
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:19,720
 It just didn't kind of pan out for us down the stretch.

1617
01:24:19,860 --> 01:24:22,800
 But, you know, for us, you know, today was a new day.

1618
01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:25,200
 And no rest for the weary.

1619
01:24:25,360 --> 01:24:27,880
 We've got West Georgia tomorrow, so we've got to get ready to go.

1620
01:24:28,460 --> 01:24:29,380
 And that's the focus.

1621
01:24:29,480 --> 01:24:30,100
 And that's the mindset.

1622
01:24:30,660 --> 01:24:32,120
 No rest for the weary, as you said.

1623
01:24:32,300 --> 01:24:35,940
 And, Coach, there was something you said in the press conference last night that really stuck with me.

1624
01:24:35,980 --> 01:24:37,840
 Even today, I was just thinking about it in the car.

1625
01:24:38,280 --> 01:24:40,520
 You said that you've coached a lot of basketball over the years.

1626
01:24:40,540 --> 01:24:41,940
 And it's taught you a lot of lessons.

1627
01:24:42,080 --> 01:24:43,920
 But the one thing is it can do two things.

1628
01:24:44,260 --> 01:24:46,720
 It can make you humble or you'll get humbled.

1629
01:24:46,720 --> 01:24:48,400
 And I probably butchered that a little bit.

1630
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:50,700
 But do you care to expand on that a little bit for some minutes?

1631
01:24:50,900 --> 01:24:52,420
 That's what this game does, right?

1632
01:24:53,480 --> 01:24:57,320
 We talk to our guys constantly about humility, right?

1633
01:24:58,580 --> 01:24:59,420
 Be thankful.

1634
01:25:00,380 --> 01:25:01,640
 I'll give you a great example.

1635
01:25:02,300 --> 01:25:05,400
 You've got coaches here supporting one another.

1636
01:25:06,140 --> 01:25:07,700
 But you've also got fans.

1637
01:25:08,580 --> 01:25:11,400
 And these aren't fair weather fans.

1638
01:25:11,740 --> 01:25:19,340
 These are fans that want to go through the experience with every program, good or bad.

1639
01:25:20,140 --> 01:25:23,600
 They want to be a part of that experience.

1640
01:25:24,440 --> 01:25:26,920
 And to me, that's humbling.

1641
01:25:27,620 --> 01:25:29,520
 We tell our guys that as well.

1642
01:25:29,740 --> 01:25:37,460
 Like, every time the game ends, win or lose, we're going to shake hands with all our supporters.

1643
01:25:38,660 --> 01:25:41,420
 Because they're a part of this journey too.

1644
01:25:42,300 --> 01:25:45,280
 And I truly believe it.

1645
01:25:45,320 --> 01:25:49,660
 If you're not a humble person in athletics, you're going to get humbled.

1646
01:25:50,260 --> 01:25:55,720
 And that's why I always say to our guys that the humility has got to be something that we've got to always carry.

1647
01:25:56,580 --> 01:26:01,300
 Because, yeah, sometimes it doesn't go your way and you're going to have to fight through stuff.

1648
01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:04,920
 So, just make sure you're humble in everything that you do.

1649
01:26:05,340 --> 01:26:08,160
 The journey continues tomorrow night against West Georgia.

1650
01:26:08,260 --> 01:26:09,120
 They'll come into town.

1651
01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:12,460
 It's really one of the better teams in the A-Sun.

1652
01:26:12,520 --> 01:26:13,320
 They've been very good.

1653
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:17,860
 And, Coach, not to overlook that one, but Sunday, big game against Eastern Kentucky.

1654
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:20,120
 Three o'clock, ESPNU.

1655
01:26:20,520 --> 01:26:27,600
 And, Coach, what is so significant about this Sunday game, they're not coming to CB&S Bank Arena because of last year's success.

1656
01:26:27,740 --> 01:26:28,620
 Last year's team was good.

1657
01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:33,740
 They're coming because of what this community has done the last three years in that building.

1658
01:26:34,060 --> 01:26:36,260
 Your programs are in this game on ESPNU.

1659
01:26:36,540 --> 01:26:39,420
 But this Scholes area community is in this game as well.

1660
01:26:39,700 --> 01:26:40,180
 100%.

1661
01:26:40,180 --> 01:26:40,840
 100%.

1662
01:26:40,840 --> 01:26:44,500
 I mean, leading the league in attendance the last two years.

1663
01:26:45,900 --> 01:26:51,800
 And right now, probably set themselves up for three straight years.

1664
01:26:52,240 --> 01:26:56,940
 So, you know, my thing is this community has earned that.

1665
01:26:57,620 --> 01:26:59,360
 Again, these fans are different.

1666
01:26:59,580 --> 01:27:01,040
 They're not fair-weather fans.

1667
01:27:01,260 --> 01:27:04,200
 They're fans that come out and support these young men.

1668
01:27:04,300 --> 01:27:06,400
 They really, truly love their university.

1669
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:08,800
 They love the young men and women that are competing.

1670
01:27:10,280 --> 01:27:12,580
 You know, they're just amazing.

1671
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:18,080
 That's what makes the Scholes area, that's what makes Florence and this area so special, right?

1672
01:27:18,440 --> 01:27:24,080
 It's just a great quality of folks that truly support athletics at the university.

1673
01:27:24,600 --> 01:27:29,640
 Hey, Coach, after you play five road games in a row, you're 23 days in between home games.

1674
01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:34,040
 I'm sure it makes you that much more appreciative to be back at home on a night like last night.

1675
01:27:34,540 --> 01:27:41,860
 Man, I'll tell you, I've never been in a league where I've played, where we've played five straight road games.

1676
01:27:42,080 --> 01:27:44,540
 I've never been a part of anything like that.

1677
01:27:45,100 --> 01:27:50,360
 And I'm sure the guys, that wasn't much fun, you know, constantly being on the road.

1678
01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:57,400
 You know, so, yeah, you better believe we're going to enjoy the heck out of this next week and a half, two weeks that we're here.

1679
01:27:58,140 --> 01:28:03,220
 And now it's, you know, like I said, it's time to focus in on West Georgia tomorrow night.

1680
01:28:03,720 --> 01:28:06,520
 West Georgia inside of the bank, 6 p.m.

1681
01:28:06,760 --> 01:28:08,720
 Then Sunday, Eastern Kentucky.

1682
01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:10,060
 Very busy time.

1683
01:28:10,480 --> 01:28:12,640
 Coach will be doing some production meetings with ESPNU.

1684
01:28:12,720 --> 01:28:15,640
 We got the baseball grand opening this weekend as well.

1685
01:28:15,720 --> 01:28:18,920
 Certainly an exciting time to be on the campus of the University of North Alabama.

1686
01:28:19,400 --> 01:28:20,520
 Coach, parting shot.

1687
01:28:20,600 --> 01:28:23,640
 What's the message to the team as they get ready to embark on this final push?

1688
01:28:23,840 --> 01:28:28,140
 Yeah, I think right now, you know, the goals are still there for us to go get.

1689
01:28:28,760 --> 01:28:31,360
 The goal's always been to win the ESPN tournament.

1690
01:28:32,020 --> 01:28:35,720
 And that, we're fortunate to be a part of that tournament.

1691
01:28:36,420 --> 01:28:44,460
 So, you know, now it's about our guys just continuing to build, gain some, hopefully we can gain some momentum going into the tournament.

1692
01:28:44,940 --> 01:28:46,380
 So, that's going to be our focus.

1693
01:28:46,500 --> 01:28:53,320
 Our focus is going to strictly be one game at a time and let's get, let's just build momentum going into the, into the ASUN tournament down in Jacksonville.

1694
01:28:53,540 --> 01:28:54,640
 Coach, we're ready for it.

1695
01:28:54,660 --> 01:28:55,600
 We're ready for tomorrow night.

1696
01:28:55,660 --> 01:28:56,660
 We're ready for next Sunday.

1697
01:28:56,740 --> 01:28:58,020
 We appreciate the time as always.

1698
01:28:58,200 --> 01:28:58,520
 Thank you.

1699
01:28:58,580 --> 01:28:59,020
 Roar Lions.

1700
01:28:59,240 --> 01:28:59,740
 Roar Lions.

1701
01:28:59,740 --> 01:29:02,960
 It was a fun crossover episode of UNA Basketball Night.

1702
01:29:03,060 --> 01:29:06,020
 Candy Whitaker and the UNA Women will be back with us next week.

1703
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:09,180
 They're on the road Wednesday at West Georgia.

1704
01:29:09,300 --> 01:29:17,560
 Thank you to Ashley Cozart, Bailey Rouse, Laura Lee Wheeler, Dallas Howell, Jad Prattney, Gavin Oswald, Charlie Cochran, and, of course, Tony Pujol for turning out.

1705
01:29:17,860 --> 01:29:24,860
 Thanks to Braden Grant, Eli Tai in the house for Blair back at the station, Mike Ezekiel, Benjamin Ray saying Roar Lions.

1706
01:29:28,540 --> 01:29:35,200
 You've been listening to UNA Basketball Night at Lost Pizza Company featuring Coach Candy Whitaker and Coach Tony Pujol.

1707
01:29:36,220 --> 01:29:51,180
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1708
01:29:51,180 --> 01:29:54,180
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