1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,020 It's time for UNA Basketball Night at Lost Pizza Company featuring Coach Candy Whitaker and Coach Tony Pujol. 2 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:22,600 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. 3 00:00:23,060 --> 00:00:29,720 Now live from Lost Pizza Company in historic downtown Florence, here's the voice of the UNA Lions, Benjamin Ray. 4 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:41,080 It's a busy Tuesday evening from Lost Pizza Shoals here in historic downtown Florence, and it's time for our final edition of UNA Basketball Night. 5 00:00:41,140 --> 00:00:46,160 I'm Benjamin Ray alongside Mike Ezekiel, and boy Mike, time flies when you were having fun. 6 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:52,480 It feels like just yesterday we were tipping off basketball season in November in CB&S Bank Arena, and now here we are. 7 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:58,340 We started this show on December 31st, I believe, and conference tournament starts next week. 8 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:00,300 Two games remain for each team. 9 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,780 It is officially March basketball, even though we've still got a couple days left here in February. 10 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,320 Yeah, time has certainly flown. 11 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:07,640 You're exactly right about that. 12 00:01:07,740 --> 00:01:08,020 You're right. 13 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:10,800 December was when we started the show, right before conference play. 14 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:16,280 It was a preview show, and that felt like it was only a week ago, and now we're through two months of basketball, 15 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,500 and I got the last week here, the regular season, getting ready for Jacksonville. 16 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:23,540 And Ben, I don't know about you, but for me, this is always the best time of year. 17 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:25,040 I love March Madness. 18 00:01:25,180 --> 00:01:27,260 I love the things that come with that. 19 00:01:27,860 --> 00:01:30,240 Obviously, college basketball is one of my favorite things. 20 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,980 But, I mean, you talk about all the other stuff going on. 21 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:37,380 I mean, the game that we just followed on 93-9, the score, all the local sports. 22 00:01:37,860 --> 00:01:39,140 But then you go further than that. 23 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:40,820 You've got the Masters coming up in April. 24 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,900 You've got so many other just great things. 25 00:01:43,060 --> 00:01:46,780 But March Madness is certainly at the center of that for us, and I'm excited for next week. 26 00:01:46,780 --> 00:01:51,320 We call it A-Sun Madness, and it's the first basketball tournament to start. 27 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,400 Normally, night one is the first taste of March. 28 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,060 We made big noise a few years ago when we had the half-court buzzer beater. 29 00:01:58,380 --> 00:01:59,720 The women have made deep runs. 30 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:02,260 The men have made deep runs. 31 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,600 And here's what we know going into this final stretch, Mike. 32 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,560 The women can finish anywhere from fourth place to seventh place. 33 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:13,240 And if you finish in the top four, you get a first-round buy. 34 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,980 So if they can knock off Central Arkansas and West Georgia, 35 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,820 they've got a great shot at finishing in the top four. 36 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,820 It's wide open on that side in terms of who's the favorite to win it. 37 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,200 Everybody's chasing Eastern Kentucky. 38 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:26,780 The men right now sit as the 12th seed. 39 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,260 We have a chance to climb there as well. 40 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:31,980 But a couple things to keep in mind. 41 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,000 Everybody's chasing Austin Peay on the men's side. 42 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,440 But the last two, three years, there's been a low seed to make a run in the tournament. 43 00:02:38,620 --> 00:02:42,640 And almost all of them are full of older veterans and a good big man. 44 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,040 And UNA checks those boxes. 45 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:46,540 Yeah, and, you know, let's start on that side with the men's side. 46 00:02:46,620 --> 00:02:47,700 You bring up a great point. 47 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:52,380 UNA, that win over Eastern Kentucky, that's a team that's gotten hot since that loss to UNA. 48 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:54,520 They're actually vying for a five seed. 49 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,520 And if they get that, there's a chance it could be North Alabama again. 50 00:02:58,580 --> 00:03:02,560 It could be North Florida, who at times could get hot with a three-point ball. 51 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,520 But I go back to Jacksonville two years ago. 52 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,240 That's the one that's the prime example. 53 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,360 They were the 10 seed, the lowest in the tournament. 54 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,460 Won their first-round game, then went to the regular season champion EKU 55 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:15,020 and won in their gym on a buzzer beater. 56 00:03:15,460 --> 00:03:17,040 That was a pretty amazing game. 57 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,960 And that just goes to show you, in ASUN madness, anybody can get hot at the right time. 58 00:03:21,340 --> 00:03:25,000 UNA's men, like you said, that recipe of having the big man, 59 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:28,700 having the hot scoring at that time, good defense. 60 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:29,600 Anything can happen. 61 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,980 On the women's side, vying for Vistar is kind of what we're calling it right now. 62 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:39,420 Vistar is like the top four seeds are guaranteed to be in the main arena in Jacksonville for round two. 63 00:03:40,140 --> 00:03:41,780 UNA still has a chance to do that. 64 00:03:41,860 --> 00:03:45,260 Needs some other things to happen, I believe, but in great position. 65 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,200 And a win over Central Arkansas on Wednesday will be huge, so we need to pack the gym for that. 66 00:03:49,540 --> 00:03:54,540 Doubleheader Wednesday starts at 545, not 6 o'clock, 545. 67 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:57,900 Then Friday, the women have West Georgia at home. 68 00:03:58,260 --> 00:04:00,940 That will be a 6 o'clock tip as well on Friday night. 69 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:02,840 Baseball, softball happening as well. 70 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:04,200 Tennis this weekend. 71 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:04,980 It's madness. 72 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:06,320 It's ASUN madness. 73 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:07,520 It's crossover madness. 74 00:04:07,900 --> 00:04:10,620 We don't know what day of the week it is, but we know we've got events coming up. 75 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,900 Let's get jumped into this show. 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,280 We've got a jam-packed show. 77 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,600 We've got four women's players here tonight. 78 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:20,000 Allie Alvarado, Jazzy Kling, India Howard, and Gabby Jackson. 79 00:04:20,420 --> 00:04:22,900 We've got all the UNA seniors on the men's side. 80 00:04:22,980 --> 00:04:25,820 Dallas Howell, Dante Bacchus, Jamal Albritton. 81 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,480 We're going to have a couple coaches. 82 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,700 Andrew Steele, top of the hour. 83 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:33,760 We'll have Tony Pujol and Candy Whitaker stop by as well. 84 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,380 We've got a lot to jump into, and let's get it started. 85 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,960 When we come back, we've got some players on the women's side 86 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,800 who we think could win Player of the Year, Defensive Player of 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we think should take home plenty of postseason honors 152 00:08:42,900 --> 00:08:45,020 in the Atlantic Sun next week. 153 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:51,220 We've got Allie Alvarado, North Alabama's top scorer on the season, 13.1 points per game. 154 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,720 She's averaging 53s per game. 155 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,260 She's averaging 53s per game. 156 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:56,200 That would be remarkable. 157 00:08:56,700 --> 00:08:58,380 She's hit 53s. 158 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,520 She also leads the A-Sun in assists in A-Sun players. 159 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:08,600 She's the only player in the A-Sun scoring over 14 points per game, pulling down over four rebounds per game, 160 00:09:08,660 --> 00:09:10,980 and dishing out over four assists per game. 161 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:11,860 Pretty spectacular. 162 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:17,300 And we've got Gabby Jackson, the freshman phenom for North Alabama from Kansas City. 163 00:09:17,460 --> 00:09:21,920 We expect her to be in the running for A-Sun freshman of the year, the top rebounder in the league, 164 00:09:22,060 --> 00:09:26,820 7.7 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game to lead North Alabama. 165 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,780 Thank you both for joining us, your first seasons here at North Alabama. 166 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:32,440 And Allie, let's open up with you. 167 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:34,080 You gave us some big news. 168 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,400 Family in the car, coming down from Nashville. 169 00:09:37,540 --> 00:09:39,380 They'll be here any minute now. 170 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:40,640 Yes, I'm excited. 171 00:09:40,780 --> 00:09:42,220 I'm super excited to see everyone. 172 00:09:42,540 --> 00:09:46,960 I haven't seen them in a really long time, and for them to be here for my last two games was really amazing. 173 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,980 When was the last time you played a game in front of them? 174 00:09:52,060 --> 00:09:56,160 Oh, it was the last game of the season last year, like around this time. 175 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:59,620 So they're going to get their first taste of the bank. 176 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:01,760 They're going to get to see you for the first time in March. 177 00:10:01,820 --> 00:10:03,560 Does that kind of fire you up a little bit? 178 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:04,660 Yeah, it does. 179 00:10:04,740 --> 00:10:05,840 It really does fire me up. 180 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,780 I love to play in front of my family. 181 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:08,860 It's just going to get me going more. 182 00:10:09,420 --> 00:10:11,680 Is this also their first taste of lost pizza coming up? 183 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:12,800 Yes, it will be. 184 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,700 Yeah, my mom was here before, but no one else, so everyone else gets to try it. 185 00:10:16,860 --> 00:10:19,060 So what are you going to recommend when they get here to eat? 186 00:10:19,380 --> 00:10:21,020 They already sent me what they want, 187 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:22,940 so they sent me some pizzas. 188 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:25,500 They want to try the salads here, the pasta. 189 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:26,800 Yeah, they want to try it all. 190 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:27,520 Let's go. 191 00:10:27,620 --> 00:10:30,460 So it's about to be a big family reunion dinner here. 192 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:31,180 Yes, yes. 193 00:10:31,500 --> 00:10:34,020 Gabby, your first year at North Alabama this season. 194 00:10:34,140 --> 00:10:36,140 Just how much have you enjoyed the ride to this point? 195 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,240 Yeah, I've enjoyed it extremely. 196 00:10:38,580 --> 00:10:39,540 Like, it's very fun. 197 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:40,500 People are fun. 198 00:10:41,340 --> 00:10:42,040 Everybody's great. 199 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:43,300 Teammates are great. 200 00:10:43,380 --> 00:10:43,960 People are great. 201 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,160 It's an awesome place to be. 202 00:10:45,660 --> 00:10:49,340 Yeah, and playing all the way, coming from the Midwest to here. 203 00:10:49,500 --> 00:10:51,120 The adjustment, I'm sure, has been great. 204 00:10:51,180 --> 00:10:52,140 It seems like it's been seamless. 205 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:53,200 You've been in this chair a lot. 206 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:56,000 Talk about what that transition's been like coming to the Southeast. 207 00:10:56,620 --> 00:11:03,220 Yeah, I think it's warmer here because in Kansas we get crazy snow at this time. 208 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,740 Like, it would be like snow is, like, to your kneecaps right now. 209 00:11:05,860 --> 00:11:08,220 And I think that's a great change for me. 210 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:09,620 So it's good. 211 00:11:09,860 --> 00:11:10,940 I love it down here. 212 00:11:11,140 --> 00:11:11,460 It's great. 213 00:11:11,940 --> 00:11:16,080 For both of you, I mean, this team has a chance to finish in the top four. 214 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,820 A lot can happen as we head into the tournament next week. 215 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:19,980 How locked in are you guys? 216 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:21,540 I mean, super locked in. 217 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:23,480 I mean, we're here to win it all. 218 00:11:23,580 --> 00:11:25,680 So at the end of the day, it's just, it's my last year. 219 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:26,620 It's her freshman year. 220 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:27,880 So we're just trying to give it all. 221 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:28,620 We got. 222 00:11:29,460 --> 00:11:30,780 Yeah, I mean, 100%. 223 00:11:30,780 --> 00:11:34,700 You play for people that you may know that it's their last year, you know, 224 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,240 because you don't know what they're going to do after this. 225 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,820 And it's exciting to play for people that believe in you. 226 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:42,640 And I'm really locked because, just like you said, I want to win it all. 227 00:11:42,980 --> 00:11:44,180 And I want to win it for my team. 228 00:11:44,500 --> 00:11:45,040 So, yeah. 229 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,460 And a lot of the talk with the media folks around this time of year 230 00:11:48,460 --> 00:11:51,680 and the outside, the fans, the community is all about, okay, 231 00:11:51,680 --> 00:11:52,760 we're getting ready for the tournament. 232 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:53,780 We're gearing up for the tournament. 233 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:56,380 But for you guys, you got two big games coming up. 234 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:59,460 You got one with a team that's one game ahead of you, 235 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:00,620 one that's tied with you. 236 00:12:01,060 --> 00:12:03,640 And obviously, you guys don't like to look ahead. 237 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:05,920 So what's kind of the message on how to stay focused 238 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,520 and how to put all of your effort into Central Arkansas 239 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:10,080 and not look too far ahead to the tournament? 240 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,980 I mean, I think it's something that we've said a bunch of times. 241 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:15,620 It's just like we take it one day at a time. 242 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:17,620 So it's just like right now it's focusing on the scout, 243 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,920 making sure that we're on point with everything 244 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,600 that we're supposed to be doing on the floor 245 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,320 and just giving all our energy and effort. 246 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:25,380 That's the biggest thing. 247 00:12:25,780 --> 00:12:25,920 Yeah. 248 00:12:26,540 --> 00:12:29,140 And defense gets us going 100%. 249 00:12:29,140 --> 00:12:30,860 I think that's what we'll really lock in for 250 00:12:30,860 --> 00:12:32,600 for these next two games and at practice 251 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,300 and just one step at a time and keep it going. 252 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:37,900 Let's back up a game. 253 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,460 You guys took down Lipscomb last time out 68-63, 254 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,100 and it was a battle throughout. 255 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,800 It always is when we play Lipscomb. 256 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,100 They've beaten us, I think, nine straight times 257 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:49,700 coming into this one in the all-time series. 258 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,020 But, Allie, first of all, for you, 259 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:53,780 foul trouble throughout that ball game. 260 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:55,240 Was it pretty frustrating early on? 261 00:12:55,240 --> 00:13:00,120 Yes, I got sticky fingers, so I get a little greedy. 262 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,060 I want the ball too bad sometimes 263 00:13:02,060 --> 00:13:03,700 and just being poised more on defense. 264 00:13:04,060 --> 00:13:06,140 But, I mean, my team held it together. 265 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:06,840 It was a team win. 266 00:13:06,940 --> 00:13:07,760 So at the end of the day, 267 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,220 it's just having our support and confidence 268 00:13:10,220 --> 00:13:11,020 in other teammates. 269 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:13,180 Gabby, two things for you. 270 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:14,960 Did you know you played 40 minutes? 271 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,620 No, but not until I checked after. 272 00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:21,760 So 40 minutes, were you gassed afterwards? 273 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:23,780 Yeah, I was gassed, 274 00:13:23,780 --> 00:13:26,340 but I was also really thankful. 275 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:27,560 When you check the stat 276 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:29,160 and you see you played that long, 277 00:13:29,340 --> 00:13:30,600 it's like that's really... 278 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:32,360 I just am grateful for that. 279 00:13:32,460 --> 00:13:33,820 It's like you were out there that whole time. 280 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:35,020 That's really cool. 281 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:37,740 Then a double-double, 15 points, 12 rebounds. 282 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:39,400 When Allie went down in foul trouble, 283 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:41,580 did you feel the need to kind of step up? 284 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,120 Yeah, you got to step up 285 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,340 when you know your number one scorer is out the game. 286 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:47,940 But I think it wasn't just me that stepped up. 287 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,060 It was also some of my teammates 288 00:13:49,060 --> 00:13:50,540 that also came into play with that 289 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:52,100 and I really appreciated that. 290 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:52,620 You know, Allie, 291 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:53,560 she's going to stay out of foul trouble. 292 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:54,080 She will. 293 00:13:55,740 --> 00:13:57,060 It was one of those games 294 00:13:57,060 --> 00:13:58,740 that just left you on the edge of your seat. 295 00:13:59,020 --> 00:14:01,420 You're waiting every moment in that game 296 00:14:01,420 --> 00:14:02,980 and there were a lot of big moments. 297 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,880 It just felt like every shot that went in 298 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,060 in those final two, three minutes were huge. 299 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:07,780 But obviously, 300 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:09,660 the three-pointer in the final 30 seconds. 301 00:14:10,140 --> 00:14:11,020 Talk about that moment. 302 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:11,860 Walk us through that play 303 00:14:11,860 --> 00:14:12,920 coming out of that timeout. 304 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:15,160 We were in the timeout. 305 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:16,500 Coach drew up a play 306 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:19,340 and we executed it. 307 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,280 She told me before 308 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:22,260 there was multiple times 309 00:14:22,260 --> 00:14:23,260 that she felt I was open 310 00:14:23,260 --> 00:14:24,300 and I didn't take some shots 311 00:14:24,300 --> 00:14:25,320 and I need to be more aggressive 312 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:26,960 and I listened to her 313 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:27,860 and I felt I was open 314 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:28,740 so I shot the ball. 315 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:30,360 It wasn't the prettiest 316 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,200 but it went in. 317 00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:35,300 The ball comes off of your fingers 318 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:36,200 in that situation. 319 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:38,140 Sometimes a shooter knows 320 00:14:38,140 --> 00:14:39,340 when it's going in. 321 00:14:39,380 --> 00:14:40,120 At what point did you know 322 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,000 that ball was going in? 323 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,480 Right when I saw that 324 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:43,760 it was going a little further 325 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:44,480 past the rim 326 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:44,860 and I was like, 327 00:14:44,940 --> 00:14:46,340 oh, that's backboard right there. 328 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:48,300 So it didn't feel good 329 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:49,180 off the fingertips. 330 00:14:49,740 --> 00:14:49,980 It felt good 331 00:14:49,980 --> 00:14:51,180 but then once it was in there 332 00:14:51,180 --> 00:14:51,500 I was like, 333 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,640 oh, it looks like it's going 334 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:53,540 to the right a little 335 00:14:53,540 --> 00:14:54,660 and then it hit backboard 336 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:55,460 and I was like, eh! 337 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:57,940 Well, your reaction on the court 338 00:14:57,940 --> 00:14:59,040 was an all-timer. 339 00:14:59,820 --> 00:15:00,180 Yes. 340 00:15:00,460 --> 00:15:01,300 It was iconic. 341 00:15:04,380 --> 00:15:05,460 That's exactly right. 342 00:15:05,540 --> 00:15:06,840 Well, let's back up a little bit 343 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:07,840 to the Bellarmine game 344 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:08,860 and what impressed me 345 00:15:08,860 --> 00:15:09,940 about this win is 346 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:11,360 Gabby, I look at you. 347 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:12,980 13 points, 9 rebounds. 348 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:14,580 Allie, 10 points, 10 rebounds. 349 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:15,480 Got a double-double 350 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,720 and then you got some others. 351 00:15:18,220 --> 00:15:19,700 India had 7 in that game. 352 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:20,720 Sophia had 5. 353 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:21,800 Everybody was getting 354 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:22,880 to the boards in that game. 355 00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:24,060 Jazzy had 6 as well. 356 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:25,720 What was working so well 357 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:26,740 on the boards in that game? 358 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,660 I just think it was the way 359 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:30,400 they were playing defense 360 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,300 and they were in a zone 361 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:32,300 so it was easier 362 00:15:32,300 --> 00:15:33,620 to be able to find the ball 363 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:35,520 without anyone really guarding us 364 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:36,320 to be able to just go 365 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:37,180 and be aggressive 366 00:15:37,180 --> 00:15:37,940 and grab that ball. 367 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:38,760 Yeah. 368 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,740 She's like 5 feet tall 369 00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:42,640 so it's a want 370 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:43,600 to go get the ball. 371 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:44,200 You know what I'm saying? 372 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:44,980 You have to want 373 00:15:44,980 --> 00:15:45,460 to go get it 374 00:15:45,460 --> 00:15:46,280 and we have a lot of people 375 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:46,940 that just want 376 00:15:46,940 --> 00:15:47,680 to go get the ball. 377 00:15:48,140 --> 00:15:49,140 She goes and gets the ball. 378 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:49,840 India will go 379 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:50,320 and get the ball. 380 00:15:50,420 --> 00:15:51,100 You just have to want 381 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:51,580 to go get it 382 00:15:51,580 --> 00:15:52,160 and I really love 383 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:52,840 that about our team. 384 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:54,040 What was your nickname 385 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:54,540 for Allie? 386 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:57,160 Five foot Allie? 387 00:15:57,380 --> 00:15:57,880 Five footer, 388 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:58,660 five foot baller, 389 00:15:58,700 --> 00:15:59,140 something like that. 390 00:16:00,340 --> 00:16:01,480 We've had this conversation 391 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:02,400 multiple times 392 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:03,000 on this show. 393 00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:05,140 Now I will say 394 00:16:05,140 --> 00:16:05,760 there's something 395 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,060 we haven't asked Gabby yet. 396 00:16:07,140 --> 00:16:08,140 We've asked everybody else 397 00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:08,580 I believe 398 00:16:08,580 --> 00:16:09,560 but we haven't had a chance 399 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:10,080 to ask you about 400 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:10,840 the pink uniforms. 401 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:12,260 Oh yes. 402 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:12,980 How do you feel about them? 403 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,300 I freaking love them. 404 00:16:14,380 --> 00:16:15,080 I love the pink. 405 00:16:15,180 --> 00:16:16,440 It's just awesome. 406 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:17,840 Like it's amazing. 407 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:18,480 I love the pink. 408 00:16:18,820 --> 00:16:20,320 It is a great look indeed 409 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:21,660 and we've enjoyed 410 00:16:21,660 --> 00:16:22,500 watching both of you 411 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:23,260 first years 412 00:16:23,260 --> 00:16:24,440 and Allie for you 413 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:25,720 one year at North Alabama 414 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,420 the kind of player 415 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:27,080 everybody wishes 416 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:28,580 we had for longer, right? 417 00:16:28,660 --> 00:16:29,340 How much have you enjoyed 418 00:16:29,340 --> 00:16:30,100 this one season 419 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:30,820 here at North Alabama? 420 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:32,360 I've honestly loved it. 421 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:33,100 My main focus 422 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:33,740 was to be able 423 00:16:33,740 --> 00:16:34,360 to come out here 424 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,440 and just focus on basketball 425 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:36,120 and that's exactly 426 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:36,660 what I'm doing 427 00:16:36,660 --> 00:16:37,860 and having fun doing it. 428 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:39,800 And Gabby, 429 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:40,740 your first year 430 00:16:40,740 --> 00:16:41,380 at North Alabama 431 00:16:41,380 --> 00:16:42,740 you got a bright future 432 00:16:42,740 --> 00:16:43,480 in front of you. 433 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,280 What's been your favorite 434 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:45,100 part this season? 435 00:16:45,660 --> 00:16:46,660 My favorite part 436 00:16:46,660 --> 00:16:48,100 was probably my teammates. 437 00:16:48,580 --> 00:16:49,660 They're all really fun 438 00:16:49,660 --> 00:16:51,200 and I love 439 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:51,880 when you get to smile 440 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:52,340 with them 441 00:16:52,340 --> 00:16:53,060 on and off the court. 442 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:54,000 When you lose games 443 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:54,820 you're frustrated together 444 00:16:54,820 --> 00:16:55,480 but then you go 445 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,700 and you go get better 446 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:57,100 at practice 447 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:58,060 and that's the best thing 448 00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:58,760 about a competitive 449 00:16:58,760 --> 00:16:59,800 and wanting to win team. 450 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,220 Last thing for me, 451 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:03,100 Allie, 452 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:03,760 this is a question 453 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:04,380 more for you. 454 00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:05,500 On the defensive side 455 00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:05,940 we've been doing 456 00:17:05,940 --> 00:17:06,520 some research 457 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:07,540 and Coach Whitaker 458 00:17:07,540 --> 00:17:08,340 talked about this 459 00:17:08,340 --> 00:17:08,940 last week 460 00:17:08,940 --> 00:17:10,080 about your ability 461 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:10,860 to take a charge. 462 00:17:11,060 --> 00:17:11,880 It's something 463 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,000 that she hasn't seen 464 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,400 in a long time 465 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:14,800 and she said 466 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:15,260 it's got to be 467 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:16,220 at least one a game. 468 00:17:16,620 --> 00:17:17,340 We did the research 469 00:17:17,340 --> 00:17:17,940 and we found out 470 00:17:17,940 --> 00:17:19,780 it is 1.1 per game. 471 00:17:19,860 --> 00:17:21,480 She's taken 30 charges 472 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,060 this season 473 00:17:22,060 --> 00:17:23,360 in 27 games. 474 00:17:23,820 --> 00:17:24,480 So tell us 475 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:25,260 what is it like 476 00:17:25,260 --> 00:17:26,240 for you to take 477 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:27,240 that many charges 478 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,500 to go to the floor 479 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:29,720 like that 30 times 480 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,100 and what goes 481 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:32,100 into a play like that 482 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:32,900 and how is that 483 00:17:32,900 --> 00:17:33,720 a big part of your game? 484 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:34,460 Honestly, 485 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:35,280 I think it's just 486 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,040 like right place, 487 00:17:37,140 --> 00:17:37,680 right time. 488 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:38,900 Most of the time 489 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:39,400 I'm just there 490 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:39,740 and I'm like, 491 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:39,940 oh, 492 00:17:40,020 --> 00:17:40,500 she looks like 493 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:41,500 she's still coming at me. 494 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,380 I just got to brace 495 00:17:42,380 --> 00:17:43,560 and just be ready to go 496 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,840 and I get them a lot. 497 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:46,680 I'm little 498 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,020 but I can sell it too. 499 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:50,980 All right, gang, 500 00:17:51,060 --> 00:17:51,680 let's wrap it up 501 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:52,060 with this. 502 00:17:52,180 --> 00:17:52,840 What's it going to take 503 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,240 to finish the season strong 504 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,140 and go on a little 505 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:56,140 March run? 506 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:57,720 Honestly, 507 00:17:57,820 --> 00:17:58,540 just staying together, 508 00:17:58,680 --> 00:17:59,220 being confident 509 00:17:59,220 --> 00:17:59,880 in each other, 510 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,120 executing plays 511 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:01,640 and just playing 512 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:02,120 the defense 513 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:02,940 that we know how to play. 514 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:03,560 Yeah, 515 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:04,700 heavy on the staying together. 516 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:05,480 That's what's 517 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:06,340 the big part of it. 518 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:07,400 Everybody's going to be tired. 519 00:18:07,540 --> 00:18:08,620 Everybody's going to want to 520 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:09,380 split apart 521 00:18:09,380 --> 00:18:10,260 when things get hard 522 00:18:10,260 --> 00:18:11,040 and it's going to. 523 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:12,060 Everybody wants to win 524 00:18:12,060 --> 00:18:13,700 this ace and standing. 525 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:14,880 It's like all very close 526 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:15,640 but it comes down 527 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:16,220 to a team that wants 528 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:16,540 or more 529 00:18:16,540 --> 00:18:17,200 and who can play 530 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,000 as a team the best 531 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,480 and depend on each other. 532 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:20,260 Well, 533 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:21,320 we'll all be there together 534 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:21,880 Wednesday, 535 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,180 CB&S Bank Arena, 536 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,300 545 against Central Arkansas. 537 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:26,240 Friday night, 538 00:18:26,380 --> 00:18:27,020 six o'clock, 539 00:18:27,460 --> 00:18:28,740 senior night for Allie 540 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:29,920 and our next two guests 541 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,020 coming up here 542 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:32,180 in just a second. 543 00:18:32,340 --> 00:18:33,260 That game will tip off 544 00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:34,300 at six o'clock as well 545 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:35,280 and will you two 546 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:36,200 set the stage 547 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,620 for our next two guests, 548 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:38,500 a pair of seniors? 549 00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:39,600 Each of you pick one 550 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:40,860 and kind of tell people 551 00:18:40,860 --> 00:18:41,460 who's coming up, 552 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,220 a little description of them. 553 00:18:43,620 --> 00:18:43,820 Okay, 554 00:18:43,980 --> 00:18:44,940 I'll do Jazzy. 555 00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:46,100 Jazzy Kling, 556 00:18:46,220 --> 00:18:46,620 me and her 557 00:18:46,620 --> 00:18:47,640 are both from Kansas City. 558 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,280 It's pretty cool. 559 00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:50,820 Jazzy is a freaking dog. 560 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:52,400 She got 10 O-boards 561 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:52,960 the other day. 562 00:18:53,020 --> 00:18:53,300 I don't know 563 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:53,840 if y'all know that 564 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:54,720 but it was crazy. 565 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:56,340 Jazzy's amazing 566 00:18:56,340 --> 00:18:58,300 and she's getting up 567 00:18:58,300 --> 00:18:58,740 in the air 568 00:18:58,740 --> 00:18:59,200 and like, 569 00:18:59,780 --> 00:18:59,980 ooh, 570 00:19:00,100 --> 00:19:00,800 she's manhandling 571 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:01,520 but it was crazy. 572 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:02,020 Yeah, 573 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:02,780 that's Jazzy Kling, 574 00:19:02,940 --> 00:19:03,620 both from Kansas City 575 00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:04,100 so it's really cool. 576 00:19:04,140 --> 00:19:04,920 Did you know that 577 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:05,520 or did you have to look 578 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,020 at the monitor? 579 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:06,640 Did you cheat? 580 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:07,220 No. 581 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:08,440 You knew. 582 00:19:10,660 --> 00:19:11,640 She's a stat head 583 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:12,220 like us. 584 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:12,900 Locked in. 585 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:14,940 And I got India. 586 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,580 India is the light 587 00:19:17,580 --> 00:19:18,800 of everything on our team. 588 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:19,720 She's the energy. 589 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:20,600 She brings everything. 590 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:21,540 She gets us going. 591 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,080 She just does everything 592 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,280 that a captain's 593 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:24,920 supposed to do. 594 00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:27,500 She is smart as heck. 595 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:28,220 Oh my gosh, 596 00:19:28,260 --> 00:19:28,880 she's smart as heck. 597 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:29,620 That brain of hers 598 00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:30,500 is just amazing 599 00:19:30,500 --> 00:19:31,420 how it works. 600 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:32,420 But yeah, 601 00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:33,400 she's a beast on the floor. 602 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,700 She can do a lot of things. 603 00:19:35,780 --> 00:19:36,860 I love playing with her 604 00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:38,240 especially being a point guard 605 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:39,240 and having that post, 606 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:40,040 that true post 607 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:40,840 is amazing. 608 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:41,840 Well friends, 609 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:42,680 we've enjoyed the ride 610 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,120 this year with both of you 611 00:19:44,120 --> 00:19:44,760 and Ali, 612 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:45,600 I hope your parents 613 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,140 get here soon 614 00:19:46,140 --> 00:19:47,200 and you have a great time 615 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:47,520 with them 616 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,100 and thank you both 617 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:48,800 for joining us. 618 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:49,580 Thank you. 619 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:50,520 Ali Alvarado, 620 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:51,340 Gabby Jackson. 621 00:19:51,420 --> 00:19:52,140 Let's take a time out. 622 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:52,860 Jazzy in India, 623 00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:53,680 join us next. 624 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:54,900 This is UNA Basketball Night 625 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:55,920 from Lost Pizza Shoals 626 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:57,080 on 93.9 The Score. 627 00:19:57,120 --> 00:19:58,180 Shoals drop everything. 628 00:19:58,620 --> 00:19:59,520 This is not a drill. 629 00:19:59,820 --> 00:20:00,680 Lost Pizza Company 630 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:01,480 Shoals is running 631 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:02,800 the full court press. 632 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:04,060 The full court 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a smile in our 802 00:23:24,020 --> 00:23:25,280 cozy living room style 803 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:25,760 atmosphere. 804 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:27,360 Come spend a little time 805 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:28,480 with us and uncork your 806 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,360 wine journey at the 807 00:23:29,360 --> 00:23:30,260 Carriage Wine and Market 808 00:23:30,260 --> 00:23:31,900 located at 121 East 809 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:33,060 Mobile Street on Mobile 810 00:23:33,060 --> 00:23:34,080 Plaza across from the 811 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:34,560 Shoals Theater. 812 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:35,280 Cheers! 813 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:44,120 If I could have 814 00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:45,180 everybody's attention 815 00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:47,120 please in Lost Pizza. 816 00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:48,720 We have a special 817 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:49,820 announcement to make. 818 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:51,700 this show started last 819 00:23:51,700 --> 00:23:53,580 year and it's the 820 00:23:53,580 --> 00:23:55,660 brainchild of Chuck over 821 00:23:55,660 --> 00:23:57,020 here and Chuck with 822 00:23:57,020 --> 00:23:57,560 Lost Pizza. 823 00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:58,800 It's his birthday. 824 00:23:59,420 --> 00:24:01,420 His 21st birthday. 825 00:24:01,580 --> 00:24:02,640 Round of applause for 826 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,460 Chuck and Mike wants to 827 00:24:04,460 --> 00:24:05,520 lead a singing of happy 828 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:06,800 birthday for Chuck with 829 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:07,600 everybody in the 830 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:08,040 restaurant. 831 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:09,300 You know I don't know 832 00:24:09,300 --> 00:24:10,340 if the radio wants to 833 00:24:10,340 --> 00:24:10,680 hear this. 834 00:24:10,740 --> 00:24:11,400 I don't want Greg to 835 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:12,440 lose his viewers so I'm 836 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:13,600 going to lift the mic and 837 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:14,480 I'll let everybody else 838 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:15,440 lead this song but let's 839 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:16,220 sing happy birthday to 840 00:24:16,220 --> 00:24:16,420 Chuck. 841 00:24:16,500 --> 00:24:17,040 I think he's earned 842 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:17,260 it. 843 00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:19,820 One, two, three. 844 00:24:19,820 --> 00:24:23,500 Happy birthday to you. 845 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:28,820 Happy birthday to you. 846 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,860 Happy birthday dear Chuck. 847 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:39,000 Happy birthday to you. 848 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,460 Hey basketball has been 849 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:46,080 booming in the bank and 850 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,620 there's no doubt Chuck lost 851 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:48,980 pizza this show has been a 852 00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:49,680 large part of that 853 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:50,920 community feel so Chuck we 854 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:51,960 appreciate you in the show. 855 00:24:52,060 --> 00:24:53,120 Happy birthday sir. 856 00:24:54,220 --> 00:24:55,640 Our next two guests. 857 00:24:55,980 --> 00:24:56,420 Excuse me. 858 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,160 I got a little choked up 859 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:58,380 there. 860 00:24:58,760 --> 00:24:59,680 We got a pair of seniors 861 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:00,820 here not choked up because 862 00:25:00,820 --> 00:25:01,800 of Chuck I swallowed 863 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:02,120 something. 864 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,440 We got India Howard Jesse 865 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:05,480 clicking with us two seniors 866 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,800 getting set for their final 867 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:07,920 round with North Alabama. 868 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,160 We appreciate both of you 869 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,180 joining us India three years 870 00:25:11,180 --> 00:25:12,320 senior year. 871 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:13,820 Where is the time gone? 872 00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:15,540 I know it feels like I just got 873 00:25:15,540 --> 00:25:15,820 here. 874 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,000 You're three years here at 875 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:18,700 North Alabama. 876 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:19,700 What's been some of the 877 00:25:19,700 --> 00:25:20,500 highlights for you? 878 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:24,260 My sophomore year at Austin 879 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:24,520 Peay. 880 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:25,000 Yes. 881 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:25,940 That buzzer beater was 882 00:25:25,940 --> 00:25:26,780 definitely a highlight. 883 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,040 This year hitting a three is 884 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:32,900 also a highlight. 885 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:33,820 Was that against 886 00:25:33,820 --> 00:25:34,240 Bellarmine? 887 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,020 It was Queens. 888 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:35,420 Queens. 889 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:37,080 I knew it was during that 890 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:37,780 long road trip. 891 00:25:37,980 --> 00:25:38,440 Oh yeah. 892 00:25:38,740 --> 00:25:39,040 Oh yeah. 893 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:39,880 That was the start off our 894 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,260 road trip. 895 00:25:42,140 --> 00:25:42,980 Just the different people 896 00:25:42,980 --> 00:25:43,860 that's come in here and the 897 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:44,640 friendships I've made for 898 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:44,940 life. 899 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,760 Let's go back to that buzzer 900 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:47,600 beater because I remember 901 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:48,460 like it was yesterday. 902 00:25:48,620 --> 00:25:51,660 Right place right time up at 903 00:25:51,660 --> 00:25:53,280 F&M Bank Arena against 904 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:54,700 Austin Peay was our first time 905 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:55,300 up there. 906 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:56,660 What do you remember about 907 00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:57,140 that play? 908 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,300 I remember just kind of 909 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:01,620 watching like what are my 910 00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:02,140 teammates going to do? 911 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:02,780 What's going to happen? 912 00:26:03,060 --> 00:26:05,680 You know and then seeing the 913 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,660 ball in the air and going I 914 00:26:07,660 --> 00:26:09,000 practiced this shot a lot of 915 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,500 times and just getting up 916 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:11,780 there. 917 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:13,880 I don't even remember looking 918 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,060 at the goal per se tipping 919 00:26:15,060 --> 00:26:15,300 it in. 920 00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:16,780 I just remember like the play 921 00:26:16,780 --> 00:26:18,880 had to be made and once it 922 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,480 went in I knew it cleared the 923 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:20,780 buzzer. 924 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,960 I mean it was just the whole 925 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,220 team rushing on the floor. 926 00:26:24,420 --> 00:26:24,840 It was great. 927 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:26,680 Jazzy talk about your 928 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:28,160 experience a little bit as 929 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,020 you go into your senior year 930 00:26:30,020 --> 00:26:32,300 and everything and coming in 931 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:33,800 from the Midwest kind of like 932 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,840 Gabby did this year but you've 933 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,240 been here and kind of one of 934 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,060 those day one Candy Whitaker 935 00:26:39,060 --> 00:26:40,540 products that's here now. 936 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:41,620 Talk about your experience at 937 00:26:41,620 --> 00:26:42,700 North Alabama since you've been 938 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:42,900 here. 939 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:44,920 Yeah I mean Coach Whitaker 940 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,240 definitely likes hard workers, 941 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,600 big motors, stuff like that, 942 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,220 rebounders and that's kind of 943 00:26:53,220 --> 00:26:55,180 become my identity especially in 944 00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:58,240 college rebounding and I've 945 00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,320 definitely fallen into that 946 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:00,260 especially as I've gotten 947 00:27:00,260 --> 00:27:00,660 here. 948 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,720 Yeah I don't know just like 949 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,160 kind of some of the games that 950 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:07,420 India mentioned and also like 951 00:27:07,420 --> 00:27:08,760 Central Arc last year and even 952 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,860 FGCU like I didn't realize that 953 00:27:10,860 --> 00:27:12,580 we hadn't beat FGCU since like 954 00:27:12,580 --> 00:27:15,300 2020 or whatever it was and so 955 00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:16,840 being able to do stuff like that 956 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,880 with a close team is just really 957 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,120 good memories to make especially 958 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:20,860 on your last year. 959 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,540 For both of you and Jazzy you 960 00:27:23,540 --> 00:27:24,040 can start. 961 00:27:24,340 --> 00:27:25,320 Why North Alabama? 962 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:26,680 Take us back to the recruiting 963 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:27,260 process. 964 00:27:29,020 --> 00:27:32,240 Honestly I don't remember a ton of 965 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,980 it but I do remember that I loved 966 00:27:34,980 --> 00:27:36,080 the facilities here. 967 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:38,600 Some of the especially like the 968 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,640 gym had just it's still fairly 969 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,180 new or newer or whatever they had 970 00:27:43,180 --> 00:27:45,680 done to it and then I knew that 971 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,120 actually I can tell you one thing 972 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:48,740 that I remembered. 973 00:27:49,260 --> 00:27:50,600 Coach Whitaker something about 974 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:51,820 her that really stood out was 975 00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:53,280 when I was on my visit I really 976 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,100 noticed that Coach Whitaker 977 00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:56,580 doesn't mess around about her 978 00:27:56,580 --> 00:27:58,600 players like if her players need 979 00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,840 something she's going to get it 980 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,600 done and there's just I really 981 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,360 like someone who is a big advocate 982 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:06,780 for their players and will really 983 00:28:06,780 --> 00:28:08,420 stand up for them and I feel like 984 00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:09,760 that is something that Coach 985 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,740 Whitaker is very good at doing. 986 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,000 So you were probably one of her 987 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,460 first signings were you maybe the 988 00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:20,340 first I maybe because actually now 989 00:28:20,340 --> 00:28:22,500 that you say that my visit was 990 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,780 their first day here and so we're 991 00:28:24,780 --> 00:28:26,320 driving around Coach Whitaker was 992 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,720 like did we come from this way or 993 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,620 but I was like I don't know this is 994 00:28:30,620 --> 00:28:31,940 my first day so we were kind of 995 00:28:31,940 --> 00:28:33,280 here yeah we were definitely 996 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:37,140 learning the streets together so. 997 00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:39,820 India you hit the portal why UNA? 998 00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:43,280 You know when they first called me I 999 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,640 saw Alabama and I was like I don't 1000 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,520 know any people in Alabama and I've 1001 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:50,340 been to a lot of states I travel kind 1002 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:51,280 of frequently and I was like I've 1003 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,980 never been to Alabama you know I have 1004 00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:57,240 family in many places not Alabama so 1005 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,840 at first I was like I don't know then 1006 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,460 talking to the coaching staff at the 1007 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:02,840 time they came in they were like oh 1008 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:04,400 just come on a visit check us out and 1009 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:05,880 I mean I was like okay yeah I'm open 1010 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,660 to it I'm you know let's see what 1011 00:29:07,660 --> 00:29:08,620 they have they had a good 1012 00:29:08,620 --> 00:29:10,640 engineering program that was a big 1013 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,000 factor for me and then truthfully 1014 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,380 she took me to a lot of good food 1015 00:29:15,380 --> 00:29:18,600 places around town and I think she 1016 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,600 knew that food is the way to my 1017 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,220 heart that's pretty consistent to this 1018 00:29:22,220 --> 00:29:25,600 day and it's a nice small town it was 1019 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,940 a good change of pace I like all the 1020 00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:29,900 locals and the homey feeling and just 1021 00:29:29,900 --> 00:29:32,720 like the Alabama hospitality that's 1022 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,920 here I came from big cities Charlotte 1023 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,560 North Carolina and Dallas Texas so a lot 1024 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,280 of people big crowds a lot of chains 1025 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,320 but seeing these places like even like 1026 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,660 lost pizza I mean it's just it was a 1027 00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:44,960 nice small town good change of pace 1028 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,100 taking a stroll down our downtown here 1029 00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:49,420 was nice so I just was ready for that 1030 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:52,180 change I like the academic program and I 1031 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:54,380 had faith in the basketball and I'm 1032 00:29:54,380 --> 00:29:56,660 glad I chose it and it's awesome to see 1033 00:29:56,660 --> 00:29:58,200 that basketball is ultimately what 1034 00:29:58,200 --> 00:29:59,500 brought you guys here in the first 1035 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:01,120 place but now you're in green in this 1036 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,200 community and even if you go back to 1037 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,140 Texas go back to the Midwest and Kansas 1038 00:30:05,140 --> 00:30:07,020 and Missouri and you guys will come 1039 00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:08,320 back here and you're always part of 1040 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:09,760 this and that's what's special and you 1041 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:11,860 see so many people that kind of come 1042 00:30:11,860 --> 00:30:13,100 from different places and then they 1043 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:14,980 relocate here or they frequently come 1044 00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,300 back and are part of these events and 1045 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,620 that's really special for me to see but 1046 00:30:19,620 --> 00:30:21,560 let's go back to the court a little 1047 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:22,880 bit let's talk about that Lipscomb 1048 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,300 game there were some big moments and 1049 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:26,440 Jazzy I'll start with you we talked 1050 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,460 about Ali's three but you actually had a 1051 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:30,560 go-ahead free throw you had one that 1052 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:31,920 kind of ice the game there at the end 1053 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,260 some big moments talk about those 1054 00:30:33,260 --> 00:30:35,420 final two minutes coming out of some 1055 00:30:35,420 --> 00:30:37,060 of those timeouts and what went into 1056 00:30:37,060 --> 00:30:40,500 that win so actually that last free 1057 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:42,560 throw that I shot I was supposed to 1058 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,740 call timeout when I got the ball so I 1059 00:30:45,740 --> 00:30:47,100 was very glad at least one of them 1060 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,720 went in and actually I was trying to 1061 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,500 get away from the defense and just get 1062 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:53,680 across the court and I had completely 1063 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:54,780 forgot that we were supposed to call 1064 00:30:54,780 --> 00:30:58,040 timeout so there's that but it kind 1065 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,640 of worked out that we wasted a little 1066 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,740 bit of time got another point and 1067 00:31:01,740 --> 00:31:04,540 extended it but extended the lead but 1068 00:31:04,540 --> 00:31:07,180 yeah the last two minutes honestly 1069 00:31:07,180 --> 00:31:10,740 usually my adrenaline is going pretty 1070 00:31:10,740 --> 00:31:15,000 high in moments like those but I feel 1071 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,500 like against I feel like in that game 1072 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:19,240 it wasn't it was definitely it felt 1073 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,400 everything just felt more poised I feel 1074 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,400 like we kind of just were very 1075 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,480 confident in those moments and so that's 1076 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,200 kind of reassuring when you're playing 1077 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,420 for either one of you I mean how well 1078 00:31:31,420 --> 00:31:32,740 do you feel like this team is playing 1079 00:31:32,740 --> 00:31:34,420 as we head into the final stretch into 1080 00:31:34,420 --> 00:31:36,100 the postseason tournament next week 1081 00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:41,660 very well very consistent we we tend to 1082 00:31:41,660 --> 00:31:43,480 make every game interesting doesn't 1083 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,300 matter who we're playing against like 1084 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,180 even our most recent game Lipscomb I 1085 00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:49,680 never had any doubt that we'd come out 1086 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,500 on top of that game and you know I 1087 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,900 know it'd be you know a bank three from 1088 00:31:54,900 --> 00:31:57,200 very deep that put us up but I knew 1089 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,240 our team was going to make the right 1090 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,240 plays we have players who are willing 1091 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:01,760 to go make plays on both ends of the 1092 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,340 floor like we have some people who are 1093 00:32:03,340 --> 00:32:05,500 I mean key defensive players and 1094 00:32:05,500 --> 00:32:07,560 sometimes key offense and good bit of 1095 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,560 both at that so you know proud that 1096 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,080 we've been growing getting better and 1097 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,500 that every like adversity that we've 1098 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,280 hit we've overcame and just kept 1099 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,180 going and we've gotten closer I want to 1100 00:32:20,180 --> 00:32:21,480 go back to the Bellarmine game just 1101 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,760 for a little bit and I know it seems 1102 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:23,900 like it was forever ago because we 1103 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,440 had the big Lipscomb game we got two 1104 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,100 that were focused on ahead but but just 1105 00:32:28,100 --> 00:32:30,040 going back the rebound advantage 48 to 1106 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,620 26 and I think Allie was the one that 1107 00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:34,020 talked about how the zone may have 1108 00:32:34,020 --> 00:32:35,500 played an impact into that how we just 1109 00:32:35,500 --> 00:32:37,420 swarmed the ball got to it you had 1110 00:32:37,420 --> 00:32:39,740 seven rebounds India Jazzy you had six 1111 00:32:39,740 --> 00:32:41,800 and I'm just seeing it's rare that you 1112 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,740 see five players that have five or more 1113 00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:46,460 rebounds in a game it's just really 1114 00:32:46,460 --> 00:32:47,580 impressive what we did what was 1115 00:32:47,580 --> 00:32:49,940 working for all of us in that game 1116 00:32:49,940 --> 00:32:55,500 starting with you India I think so that 1117 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:56,800 game was a lot of focusing on 1118 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,280 ourselves getting better tightening 1119 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,440 things up and if we had made a 1120 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,080 defensive lapse and maybe they got a 1121 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,820 shot up that maybe they shouldn't have 1122 00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:10,360 gotten up we were sure we're gonna get 1123 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,600 the rebound at least like hey no the 1124 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,360 possessions over we're not gonna play 1125 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,280 this game of them getting offensive 1126 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:17,820 board and keeping alive and same when 1127 00:33:17,820 --> 00:33:20,860 we're on offense we were either taking 1128 00:33:20,860 --> 00:33:23,280 shots that maybe we're a little more 1129 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:24,860 out of control or rushed or not the 1130 00:33:24,860 --> 00:33:26,680 shot we wanted I mean really is gonna 1131 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,080 fight and get that rebound and keep 1132 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,620 going like working ourselves getting 1133 00:33:29,620 --> 00:33:31,380 better and we had the ability to 1134 00:33:31,380 --> 00:33:35,800 rebound over them and so utilizing that 1135 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,080 going at it honestly just building off of 1136 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:42,280 the working on ourselves and focusing on 1137 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,940 ourselves we honestly have some strong 1138 00:33:45,940 --> 00:33:47,940 rebounders on our team and I don't feel 1139 00:33:47,940 --> 00:33:50,740 like it's always shown every game and so 1140 00:33:50,740 --> 00:33:52,760 kind of going back to basics like hey 1141 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,280 little reminder that some of you are way 1142 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,060 more capable than some of the numbers 1143 00:33:57,060 --> 00:33:59,220 that you've been getting so like pound the 1144 00:33:59,220 --> 00:34:01,500 glass get everything you can offense 1145 00:34:01,500 --> 00:34:03,780 defense everything like that I mean even 1146 00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:07,620 we have a lot of times where one person 1147 00:34:07,620 --> 00:34:09,340 can't necessarily get the rebound but 1148 00:34:09,340 --> 00:34:11,820 we'll tip it out and we have all five of 1149 00:34:11,820 --> 00:34:14,580 us crashing and our chances are pretty 1150 00:34:14,580 --> 00:34:16,380 good when you have everyone on your team 1151 00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:20,420 ready to rebound and so I think that when 1152 00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:22,220 you have games like that it really helps 1153 00:34:22,220 --> 00:34:24,880 your team like focus back on maybe some 1154 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,060 things that you have kind of let go a 1155 00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:30,620 little bit so yeah well friends it's been 1156 00:34:30,620 --> 00:34:32,060 a lot of fun chatting with you let's 1157 00:34:32,060 --> 00:34:33,980 talk about this we got a big one Wednesday 1158 00:34:33,980 --> 00:34:35,740 night we want a good crowd at the bank 1159 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:38,640 Friday night senior night last times at 1160 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,720 the bank who's coming down who are you 1161 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:42,880 excited to get down here for your senior 1162 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:43,380 moments 1163 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:48,700 um well I have my mom my dad and my 1164 00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:50,740 stepdad and then a few extended family 1165 00:34:50,740 --> 00:34:53,700 members and actually my dad is bringing 1166 00:34:53,700 --> 00:34:56,680 my dog that I got last year so I'm really 1167 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,300 excited about that he's driving 10 hours 1168 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:01,940 in the car with my dog and he actually is a 1169 00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:03,800 great road trip dog so I'm not worried at 1170 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,940 all but yeah I'm really excited to have 1171 00:35:06,940 --> 00:35:08,760 him back here to see have some of my 1172 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:12,120 family members back here and just enjoy 1173 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,820 playing my last home game what kind of 1174 00:35:14,820 --> 00:35:19,920 dog he's a mutt I honestly I got him for 1175 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,880 free and um tractor supply in a shopping 1176 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,960 car and so I just like kind of adopted 1177 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:29,060 him but yeah yeah he was like a golden 1178 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:31,060 doodle at first yeah they told me there's 1179 00:35:31,060 --> 00:35:33,160 golden doodle and he's definitely not 1180 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,900 anywhere close to a golden doodle 1181 00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:38,700 um this game I have my mom and dad coming 1182 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:40,980 up my siblings can't make it they both 1183 00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:43,020 play sports and so they're in their 1184 00:35:43,020 --> 00:35:45,020 seasons my sister's overseas and brother 1185 00:35:45,020 --> 00:35:48,100 in college so um just my parents coming 1186 00:35:48,100 --> 00:35:50,860 up and I'm glad they are haven't seen 1187 00:35:50,860 --> 00:35:54,800 them um as frequently as as I'd like to 1188 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,540 in playing ball so I'm glad they'll be 1189 00:35:56,540 --> 00:35:59,180 here for my last time home game and um I 1190 00:35:59,180 --> 00:35:59,800 believe they're coming up to the 1191 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,320 tournament too so and Indy I have one 1192 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,940 last question for you last time we had 1193 00:36:03,940 --> 00:36:05,500 you on you were dealing with imaginary 1194 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:07,600 numbers what's your tough homework 1195 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:10,920 assignment right now honestly um catching 1196 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,940 up catching up yeah you guys have been 1197 00:36:12,940 --> 00:36:14,640 on the road on the road for a long time 1198 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,640 and all my 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suit any budget the carriage wine and market is your one stop wine and craft beer destination in the heart of downtown florence in the mood to relax and wind down indulge in our bar service featuring fine wines wine cocktails and craft beers all paired perfectly with house made small bites and charcuterie and serve with a smile in our cozy living room style atmosphere come spend a little time with us and uncork your wine journey at the carriage wine and market located at 121 east mobile street on 1275 00:39:55,300 --> 00:40:22,720 mobile plaza across from the shoals theater cheers cheers cheers cheers cheers 1276 00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:55,280 they're excited to be here we need a bigger table here we're stretched it out wide we're going five on five right here we need five more people it's me benjamin ray mike ezekiel we got dante bakas jamal albert and dallas howell the seniors that north alabama will be honoring on wednesday night thank you all for joining us and guys senior day where does the time go dallas will start with you six years at north alabama man what about this ride it's it's been a ride for 1277 00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:25,260 sure and i mean you said it where did it go it's been a long time for me here but it also feels like i just got here yesterday so it's it's going to be surreal you know i've played i don't know probably 60 games in cbs bank but this one right here is going to be a lot different than the rest of them just a different feeling so looking forward to that and going to try and get out with a win yeah and jamal kind of a similar story for you you've been here three years and you know dallas had the injury last year that kind of brought him back kind of the same with you kind of had to overcome some things but here at una you've kind of made a home here talk about your time 1278 00:41:25,260 --> 00:41:51,260 at una and how special it is to be a senior on this team uh my time at una has been pretty good um i still thank um tony pulo for giving me a chance from wallace selma uh my season there was pretty good then i came here hoping to bounce in that i had good mentors as dame owen and still trying to get better at the all game but una as itself has been like another home to me basically 1279 00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:57,600 dante two quick years for you man you've had an instant impact here at north alabama what have these 1280 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:03,820 two years meant to you it it meant a lot like i say it definitely went by fast i was just telling dallas when 1281 00:42:03,820 --> 00:42:09,320 was um sitting over here it just felt like i just got on campus but i definitely enjoyed my time here just 1282 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:15,220 like jamal said i was able to meet some great people and play with some great people like tayfield dallas these 1283 00:42:15,220 --> 00:42:20,160 guys right here will see some people who really just basically passed me the rope and stuff so i'm just 1284 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:25,340 grateful that i was able to come to a place like this now the cool part is we have three seniors sitting 1285 00:42:25,340 --> 00:42:29,700 with us tonight but we're actually honoring four i don't know if you knew that chase hawkins our our 1286 00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:35,600 basketball manager and uh anybody that knows chase or knows about his story uh he's been with the 1287 00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:40,280 program for five years uh you go to a lot of the practices he's running up and down the court he's 1288 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:45,300 making sure everybody has their towels making sure the floor is clean chase just does so much for 1289 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:49,620 this program can all three of you kind of just talk about chase oh yeah chase he wanted the hardest 1290 00:42:49,620 --> 00:42:54,360 work because i've seen like i say any sweat spot any ball you can see like you say sprint across the 1291 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:59,860 court man i love his energy and it really just affects us too we feed off of that too see how hard he 1292 00:42:59,860 --> 00:43:06,480 working so i love my guy chase uh same one don't say chase is a character man anything he does 1293 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:10,780 says you just gotta pay attention to him have a conversation with him he's a great talker he really 1294 00:43:10,780 --> 00:43:15,460 helps everything he's great man you know whatever chase does it's gonna be a hundred percent you know 1295 00:43:15,460 --> 00:43:19,720 he came in trying to innovate how the managers work he's got the towels clipped onto his waistband 1296 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:24,120 so he can rip them off and hand it to people i mean it's just i i love being around anybody that'll do 1297 00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:27,200 whatever they do with a hundred percent and he's one of those people so it's great to have him around 1298 00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:32,180 the program i come to shoot around at every game and i set up during shoot around watch you guys and 1299 00:43:32,180 --> 00:43:36,320 the first time i was at a shoot around with him i'm setting up and he's running as hard as he can 1300 00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:40,380 back behind me and i thought i gotta get out of this guy's way i'm about to trip him or something but 1301 00:43:40,380 --> 00:43:45,160 you know for for we'll do the same thing we go we can go this way this time but favorite moments at 1302 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:52,640 north alabama um i'd have to say mine right now is probably the the regular season the game to 1303 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:56,880 clinch the regular season championship last year and getting to experience that with the people that 1304 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,980 were there supporting and the team after that how often do you think back to that moment pretty often 1305 00:44:00,980 --> 00:44:05,920 as often as i as often as i walk in there and look at everything and see the banners up there that's 1306 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:11,140 i give it a thought every time uh same with that was cutting those in this that was probably the best 1307 00:44:11,140 --> 00:44:16,520 thing i've ever had home in college um also like even if i didn't play i was still able to support my 1308 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:23,340 brothers and keep on keep supporting them to this day not trying to copy them but like i said that uh 1309 00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:27,140 that queen's game last year that this you know i'm saying we're the regular season champion that was 1310 00:44:27,140 --> 00:44:32,260 a special moment i always you know i'm saying think about sometimes i even go back look at the 1311 00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:37,040 pictures of me laying down the confetti at the game man so definitely that moment for sure you might 1312 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:42,420 have the best photos from that you were very photogenic during all that yeah like i said i know 1313 00:44:42,420 --> 00:44:46,700 i had won some rings at snee but just winning it here with you know i'm saying with the team we had 1314 00:44:46,700 --> 00:44:51,720 last year i was just really embracing it taking it all in so like they see me laid out on the floor 1315 00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:56,620 playing the confetti throwing it up so really just enjoyed the moment hey is that three straight years 1316 00:44:56,620 --> 00:45:02,600 of rings for you from there to here yes sir three straight rings wow yeah so man that's that's a lot 1317 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:06,140 of winning and you know it's funny as you were talking about it that was actually going to be my next 1318 00:45:06,140 --> 00:45:10,160 point i was going to talk about how legendary that photo is if you lay it on the court with the 1319 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:15,140 confetti around you it was special it was a no-brainer to use that as the headline of our story for 1320 00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:22,820 that but um i want to go back down the line uh and talk about uh what makes this so special our fans 1321 00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:27,980 our community cbns bank arena one of the best environments in mid-major basketball uh starting 1322 00:45:27,980 --> 00:45:32,880 with you dante and going back down just talk about how valuable these fans and this community support is 1323 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:37,920 here at una man it is very valuable just like i said every game that's coming out and just seeing 1324 00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:42,380 the community you know i'm saying looking up top people down low everybody just cheering for us you 1325 00:45:42,380 --> 00:45:47,620 know i'm saying supporting us win loss or draw that is always there and even like i said coach uh tp says 1326 00:45:47,620 --> 00:45:52,280 the main thing even games that we lost the community is so supportive of us they just wait around giving 1327 00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:56,840 us high fives and they truly mean a lot more than people think for them just have that support for us 1328 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:01,780 uh same thing what dante said when coach tp has said it's the culture he had built so 1329 00:46:01,780 --> 00:46:07,380 everybody who came to the game they stayed no matter what because at first it wasn't like that then we 1330 00:46:07,380 --> 00:46:12,060 get the um teams before us had to build that so i really appreciate everybody who comes out to our 1331 00:46:12,060 --> 00:46:18,180 games every time yeah going off what these guys said i mean you know i've i've seen the the gym 1332 00:46:18,180 --> 00:46:23,200 empty from covid nothing but cardboard cutouts and then seeing it like this it's it's a feeling that 1333 00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:27,540 you're not going to get in many other places in the entire country and i try me and tp try and tell the 1334 00:46:27,540 --> 00:46:32,380 the guys every chance we get they're like hey this is special it's what's built and now we gotta we 1335 00:46:32,380 --> 00:46:36,900 gotta reward that we gotta show them that we really appreciate their support and tell them every chance 1336 00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:40,620 we get and it's it really changes how you play out there when you got that much support behind you 1337 00:46:40,620 --> 00:46:46,000 let's just keep going down the line so we've got two regular season games left right and then we're 1338 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:51,100 gonna have to win four in the tournament i think guys how poised and ready is this team to make a run 1339 00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:56,920 in march you guys have done it before absolutely so ready and we've we've seen you know seen teams 1340 00:46:56,920 --> 00:47:01,200 that have done it and we think we're a team that can do it regardless of how our our games are going 1341 00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:05,320 this year we still have full confidence our ability to do that we're really really important for us to 1342 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,700 get some momentum from these first two here to go into the tournament and win those four so 1343 00:47:08,700 --> 00:47:16,040 uh saying we've studied the film we've learned pretty much all the teams that we play even if we 1344 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:20,820 played them once or twice we basically understand what they're going to do so basically we're just trying 1345 00:47:20,820 --> 00:47:26,040 to build off of what we learned from them and finally execute the games that we had lost 1346 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:31,760 uh yeah i feel i feel great going into um the tournament in jacksonville so i know we're gonna 1347 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:36,020 have some uh key people coming back that's really gonna help us you know i'm saying get that depth 1348 00:47:36,020 --> 00:47:41,780 back and like jamal and uh dallas there's nobody in this league that we can't compete with we showed 1349 00:47:41,780 --> 00:47:45,720 it many times you know i'm saying i know the record doesn't show it but we still have a really great 1350 00:47:45,720 --> 00:47:49,820 team and like i said i thought we're definitely gonna shock some people that still down us out there 1351 00:47:49,820 --> 00:47:53,860 and we're gonna make it running march i feel confident about that fellas for each of you dallas 1352 00:47:53,860 --> 00:47:59,160 six years maul three years dante two years it's been so much fun watching all three of you play 1353 00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:03,760 we appreciate everything you've done at una and we know that you're not done so guys enjoy the ride 1354 00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:08,600 thanks for joining us here tonight yes sir thank you all that's dallas howell jamal albert and dante 1355 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:13,280 bacchus we're going to shrink our set down and we're going to talk with north alabama assistant coach 1356 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:18,580 andrew steel when we come back this is una basketball night from lost pizza shoals on 93.9 the score 1357 00:48:18,580 --> 00:48:25,440 shoals drop everything this is not a drill lost pizza company shoals is running the full court press 1358 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:31,180 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1396 00:52:28,780 --> 00:52:35,620 andrew steel first season at north alabama let's start with this tony bull calls you to come join his 1397 00:52:35,620 --> 00:52:42,440 staff how long did it take you to say yes um it was a really easy call um i just had to kind of make 1398 00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:46,960 sure to run it through my wife we um she had a loss in her family that we were dealing with but 1399 00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:52,500 outside of that it was uh probably the easiest decision i've made as a coach and so um to be 1400 00:52:52,500 --> 00:52:57,760 able to come here with coach pool i've known him over half my life and it's been one of the best 1401 00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:02,680 relationships that's always helped me on and off the court so um i was happy to be on the winning 1402 00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:07,680 side i was at tech and we got blown out at flowers the flowers hall twice so i was happy to be on the 1403 00:53:07,680 --> 00:53:13,380 right side of it but it was um definitely an answer prayer for sure well yeah obviously reuniting 1404 00:53:13,380 --> 00:53:18,260 with coach pool was a no-brainer but joining the shows community being part of uh what's going on 1405 00:53:18,260 --> 00:53:22,040 here in florence uh how has that adjustment been for you and what do you think of this community 1406 00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:27,140 it has been awesome there hasn't been a bad day the people of the community have been so nice and so 1407 00:53:27,140 --> 00:53:32,460 welcome and not only me but my family as well and um it's a really good place to to raise a family 1408 00:53:32,460 --> 00:53:37,580 the support that i've seen for the school has been second to none and you know even as we've gone 1409 00:53:37,580 --> 00:53:43,000 through our struggles this year the the fan support hasn't wavered in any one bit and so i can see 1410 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:48,760 why this is a special place everybody who i talk to about una about the shows they all said the same 1411 00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:53,980 thing and so um we've lived it every day so it's been a lot of fun being here for sure now if you 1412 00:53:53,980 --> 00:53:58,680 follow basketball in the state of alabama and you heard the name andrew still you're probably thinking 1413 00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:04,420 that name sounds so familiar but you and your brother both great high school players great careers 1414 00:54:04,420 --> 00:54:10,000 at the university of alabama man take us through your upbringing with basketball and what it's meant to 1415 00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:15,180 kind of you and your brother just being in state it's um well my mom graduated from alabama so if 1416 00:54:15,180 --> 00:54:19,800 you go back and look at all of our baby pictures it was there from the beginning so we really didn't 1417 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:24,140 have a good we didn't have a choice and thankfully it was a smart choice you know some people like the 1418 00:54:24,140 --> 00:54:29,000 other school but we don't hold that against them but i think the funny thing is we both grew up 1419 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:34,800 playing football longer than basketball which makes sense in alabama but um when you got a chance to 1420 00:54:34,800 --> 00:54:40,680 stay in home and stay with close to family and um going to the university of alabama was the best 1421 00:54:40,680 --> 00:54:45,180 decision i probably made obviously i met my wife there i had a chance to play with my brother for the 1422 00:54:45,180 --> 00:54:49,840 first and only time my family was able to come to pretty much all the games and then you know even 1423 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:54,080 though coach pool hole and the staff didn't recruit me that was where that first connection was made 1424 00:54:54,080 --> 00:54:59,400 so if i go back and trace you know all the positive things that happened a lot of them center around that 1425 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:04,900 decision so i'll preface my question with this you're about as humble as they come i've been around 1426 00:55:04,900 --> 00:55:09,440 you you're very down to earth and humble about it but uh there's been a lot of fans that have said hey 1427 00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:14,040 i want to meet andrew still you know because they grew up in that time era that you played in they 1428 00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:18,980 they watched you play whether they were younger whether they were older following that alabama program 1429 00:55:18,980 --> 00:55:23,880 uh but what does it mean to you even though from a humble standpoint just knowing that people recognize 1430 00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:28,820 you and know who you are and uh that you've built a legacy and that there is a steel basketball legacy 1431 00:55:28,820 --> 00:55:33,740 that you've kind of brought with you here it is a good feeling you know um i think when you're an 1432 00:55:33,740 --> 00:55:39,740 athlete you're always kind of looked up to as a role model and so to know that you know i was able to 1433 00:55:39,740 --> 00:55:44,880 hopefully affect people in a positive way and that they still remember it you know it makes you feel 1434 00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:50,040 good and so that's um that's the beauty of what you want to do especially with how college athletics 1435 00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:55,440 has changed so much where you know guys move around to kind of be able to have a place you can call home 1436 00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:59,340 and i'm sure you know a kid like dallas howell who is the only kid in america that's been in college 1437 00:55:59,340 --> 00:56:04,700 six years has been in one place so i gotta imagine he's gonna have that same kind of impact so it's um 1438 00:56:04,700 --> 00:56:10,820 it's always good when people can remember you for good things eight seasons tony pull hole has been 1439 00:56:10,820 --> 00:56:14,820 here i've been lucky enough to work with him all eight amont smith's been here all eight years and 1440 00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:18,820 he's always had great coaches i've always enjoyed spending time with those coaches and with 1441 00:56:18,820 --> 00:56:23,400 success we've said goodbye to a lot who have moved on and he's always replaced them with 1442 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:28,760 great people as well take us through this coaching staff the relationship you all have and how much 1443 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:33,900 you all enjoy working together they're they're all unbelievable people and um again if you know 1444 00:56:33,900 --> 00:56:38,100 coach pull hole that's that's not a surprise when you know the kind of man and the person he is 1445 00:56:38,100 --> 00:56:42,900 it's natural that he will surround himself with people like that and you know i've had relationships 1446 00:56:42,900 --> 00:56:48,140 with guys in the past like willie watson tom barryman and so those kind of connections help 1447 00:56:48,140 --> 00:56:53,480 but i've always felt like i've known these guys kind of from afar because again that's me and coach 1448 00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:57,780 pull hole's relationship so especially during the championship run last year you know i was watching 1449 00:56:57,780 --> 00:57:02,960 every game i could i was keeping up what's going on so by default you know you'd be out recruiting or at 1450 00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:08,860 games you would meet some of the guys from the staff and so just getting to know them is no surprise and 1451 00:57:08,860 --> 00:57:14,260 they've welcomed me with open arms from day one and i've been at enough schools and places i've heard 1452 00:57:14,260 --> 00:57:20,040 enough stories you do not get that everywhere and so it's when you find that you know you want to 1453 00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:25,140 stick to it and you want to seek that out so like i said it all goes back to coach pull hole you know 1454 00:57:25,140 --> 00:57:29,640 the kind of man and person he is the people he surrounded himself is not a surprise at all 1455 00:57:29,640 --> 00:57:34,080 well the very first thing he said about you uh when we just asked like okay tell us about 1456 00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:38,700 andrew steel he said he's a relentless recruiter and he's a great relationship builder and that was 1457 00:57:38,700 --> 00:57:43,500 part of what went in that quote in that first press release and uh you obviously you've built 1458 00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:47,560 relationships with these guys and uh we're at a big point in the season where we're getting ready 1459 00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:52,440 for the final two games the the conference tournament coming up you've been in that role before where you've 1460 00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:56,600 had to go through that stretch what's kind of your advice to the players right now that you're mentoring 1461 00:57:56,600 --> 00:58:02,180 as you've been in that role trying to stay focused on what's at hand and not look too far ahead well 1462 00:58:02,180 --> 00:58:06,260 first off coach pull hole was a nice guy he left out all the bad stuff and the headaches i probably 1463 00:58:06,260 --> 00:58:12,140 caused in tuscaloosa so i appreciate him for that but um in these guys situation you know this is what 1464 00:58:12,140 --> 00:58:17,020 you want to play for right you want to have a chance to make a run in march madness and obviously with 1465 00:58:17,020 --> 00:58:21,980 the adversity we've gone through you can go back and look at every game and you can point to a 1466 00:58:21,980 --> 00:58:26,700 stretch you know whether it's 20 minutes 30 minutes however long we know we're good enough 1467 00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:30,800 to be able to compete with anybody in our league it's just a matter of putting it together but what's 1468 00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:36,600 been special about these guys is not one day have they quit or given up and you know in this day and 1469 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:40,580 age where everybody wants something so quick you know you don't get it you can move on to the next 1470 00:58:40,580 --> 00:58:45,260 it's really refreshing as a coach you know every single day we know exactly what we're going to get 1471 00:58:45,260 --> 00:58:49,540 with these guys and it's really a life lesson to teach them you know you're going to go deal with 1472 00:58:49,540 --> 00:58:54,520 some kind of adversity about how you fight through it and get to the other side of it and so i'm so 1473 00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:59,340 excited for this stretch run because again we're confident knowing that we can do it if we just put 1474 00:58:59,340 --> 00:59:03,240 it together and have some things bounce our way so i'm really really excited to see how these guys 1475 00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:07,160 finish coach still we've really enjoyed chatting willie we love having you here at the university of 1476 00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:12,160 north alabama calling you a lion last thing for you you got to introduce us to your wife and young 1477 00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:17,140 son over here awesome so over in the purple is my beautiful wife britney the athlete of the family 1478 00:59:17,140 --> 00:59:21,980 and then that's our almost five-year-old kate which anybody's been around and you know this is 1479 00:59:21,980 --> 00:59:28,920 the only time he's not acting crazy if he's eating or sleeping but um again we uh we've loved it here 1480 00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:34,240 everybody's been so welcoming and so we're definitely happy to be lined we're glad you're here sir and best 1481 00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:39,080 of luck during this run awesome thank y'all that's andrew steel north alabama assistant coach we'll take a 1482 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:43,740 time out when we come back north alabama head coach tony pujol joins us this is una basketball night 1483 00:59:43,740 --> 00:59:51,220 from lost pizza shoals on 93.9 the score shoals drop everything this is not a drill lost pizza company 1484 00:59:51,220 --> 00:59:57,120 shoals is running the full court press the full court press cuban sandwich inspired 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01:03:45,740 --> 01:03:52,020 next but right now we've got north alabama head coach tony poolhole in the house and coach gosh i feel 1524 01:03:52,020 --> 01:03:57,200 like we talked all summer how excited we were for the season it got here in november we made it to 1525 01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:03,560 december took a took a breath conference play started this show started here we are it's the the a sun 1526 01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:08,720 madness run coming up i mean how much of a is every season this much of a blur no no doubt i mean 1527 01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:14,460 we tell our guys all the time you blink and you're you're playing in the tournament and you know this 1528 01:04:14,460 --> 01:04:21,540 this year has flown by you know and uh we're just again very thankful for the way these guys come in 1529 01:04:21,540 --> 01:04:26,880 every day and prepare and and uh our staff the way they they put in the in the work to make sure that 1530 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:32,680 these guys get prepared for for the game at hand but absolutely man it's it's it's amazing this is 1531 01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:38,340 we're about to complete our eighth season here just seems like yesterday i was staying over at the 1532 01:04:38,340 --> 01:04:43,300 at the residence in marriott getting ready to meet president kits and 1533 01:04:43,300 --> 01:04:48,960 meet everybody here after after um you know getting ready for the press conference eight years ago which is amazing 1534 01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:52,180 it's amazing that we felt like this season's flown by but also 1535 01:04:52,180 --> 01:04:55,980 you saying that puts it into perspective how the years fly by sometimes but 1536 01:04:55,980 --> 01:05:01,840 coming up on a decade but but coach you've had a lot of senior classes over that time and you've got three special guys here 1537 01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:07,800 and i want to talk about another senior we're going to honor as well and they all talked about chase a little bit our student manager 1538 01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:14,120 been with you for five years he's been a tremendous part of the program just all he does behind the scenes talk about chase a little bit 1539 01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:32,780 you know chase uh to me one of the best managers in the country i mean that guy is a i mean from practices uh to to even games uh he is like on top of it whenever we give him an assignment uh you can expect it and and not only that one of the things that really impressed me about the first time i met chase 1540 01:05:32,780 --> 01:05:38,340 uh we were having 6 a.m workouts uh we were having 6 a.m workouts uh during the summertime and um i remember 1541 01:05:38,340 --> 01:05:46,920 meeting with him the day before we're about to have our first practice and he said uh coach practice at 6 a.m 1542 01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:54,440 i said yeah he goes okay i'll be here at 4 45 i was like wow okay uh i'm not but you can and um 1543 01:05:54,440 --> 01:06:03,400 you know uh it just goes to show you his dedication he's he's fantastic and just just a one of the by far one of the best managers i've ever been around 1544 01:06:03,400 --> 01:06:14,220 you know you have had a quiet line of great managers since you got here day one but also that is something you had to build up as well and i believe ahmad smith played a key role in that 1545 01:06:14,220 --> 01:06:21,620 huge huge uh obviously recruiting managers is one of the is is is a task especially the way that we operate 1546 01:06:21,620 --> 01:06:29,940 you know uh i i know ahmad spiel to the to the to the managers is hey make sure you're invisible around coach he doesn't need to be noticing you guys 1547 01:06:29,940 --> 01:06:40,180 uh but you got to get your work done and i'll tell you chase is is that chase is always he's always he's on top of everything and i don't even know 1548 01:06:40,180 --> 01:06:45,020 sometimes i don't even notice him around he's a blur he just goes back and forth you can't even see him 1549 01:06:45,020 --> 01:06:50,300 i was gonna say he's a blur but sometimes you can't help but notice him from how hard he's working 1550 01:06:50,300 --> 01:06:55,780 there's no question about it i mean that that's the thing about him is you know the ball the ball goes from 1551 01:06:55,780 --> 01:06:59,800 one side of the court to the other let's say in live action and i look back and there's 1552 01:06:59,800 --> 01:07:05,980 chase on the ground you know with a towel or he's he's he's you know the guys are playing uh five on 1553 01:07:05,980 --> 01:07:10,360 five and if the ball's on one side of the floor he's over there as soon as they start heading the 1554 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:15,560 other way he's sprinting down the court getting ready on that side to see if he if they need help so 1555 01:07:15,560 --> 01:07:20,540 he's fantastic he's he's definitely going to be missed after this year it's really good to see chase 1556 01:07:20,540 --> 01:07:25,220 getting his flowers and he'll be honored tomorrow night 7 45 tip off right before the game 1557 01:07:25,220 --> 01:07:29,660 uh tomorrow night uh but we also have the three seniors here and one of them has been here six 1558 01:07:29,660 --> 01:07:34,640 years uh probably i guess longer than anybody that you've had uh that you've coached at una dallas 1559 01:07:34,640 --> 01:07:40,260 howell uh talk about his impact on this program i mean well the first thing about it is in today's 1560 01:07:40,260 --> 01:07:48,000 world of the transfer portal you know to have a to have a young man um you know be be the only player 1561 01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:54,960 in america right now that is that is a six-year player to only be at one school uh that that just 1562 01:07:54,960 --> 01:08:00,340 goes to show you his dedication to this place he he'll tell you that this has been a great experience 1563 01:08:00,340 --> 01:08:06,920 for him uh hands down one of the one of the best places he's ever been uh and and we've been blessed 1564 01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:13,400 to to have somebody of his caliber uh in our program because there's no question in my mind he's a culture 1565 01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:20,180 guy for us uh he's one of the pillars of of the successes that this program has had he's definitely 1566 01:08:20,180 --> 01:08:26,440 he's definitely etched himself in the history definitely part of the solid foundation uh that 1567 01:08:26,440 --> 01:08:31,380 we're a part of you know last year we talked about how will sucey had been with you for what five out 1568 01:08:31,380 --> 01:08:37,580 of seven years dallas howell has been with you for six out of eight years in north alabama i mean how 1569 01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:45,480 wild is that it's insane and um you know to me i i couldn't ask for two better men um to to be a part 1570 01:08:45,480 --> 01:08:52,260 of the program because not only have they been great stewards of the game uh they're also just good 1571 01:08:52,260 --> 01:08:57,960 human beings and they and they they are they are an extension of our staff on the court both of them 1572 01:08:57,960 --> 01:09:04,060 have been able to do that and i can tell you right now wherever he goes whatever he does he's going to 1573 01:09:04,060 --> 01:09:10,340 be extremely successful because his work ethic his his relationship building abilities are going to 1574 01:09:10,340 --> 01:09:14,400 take him a long way no doubt that the kind of players that you will always roll out the purple 1575 01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:21,260 carpet for when they return to camp 100 100 and coach i look at all three of these guys coffee springs 1576 01:09:21,260 --> 01:09:25,760 alabama is where dallas is from then you got jamal he's from montgomery you got dante he's from 1577 01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:31,120 homewood uh really good in-state basketball but talk about those two guys and uh obviously a lot 1578 01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:35,580 a lot of success from the the juco level and now coming to una combined five years for those two 1579 01:09:35,580 --> 01:09:41,920 talk about dante and yeah i mean i saw jamal play in high school um before he went juco uh got to see 1580 01:09:41,920 --> 01:09:46,860 him play there he used to work goggles back in the days so i'm sure he you can bring that up to him but 1581 01:09:46,860 --> 01:09:54,600 he wore goggles back in the days and um very athletic extremely athletic um and and just uh he just 1582 01:09:54,600 --> 01:10:01,640 played very very hard on the court for them and then obviously um you know with dante dante's success at 1583 01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:09,740 homewood um it's fun to hear um the battle between him and coach steel coach steel and him are constantly 1584 01:10:09,740 --> 01:10:14,560 going back and forth about who who you know you know what type of player was coach steel when he was 1585 01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:20,020 in high school and you know how they used to you know john carroll used to beat the heck out of 1586 01:10:20,020 --> 01:10:25,220 homewood and it just goes back and forth doesn't stop but had an unbelievable career at homewood and 1587 01:10:25,220 --> 01:10:30,960 then went to sneed state and you know just just impacted sneed state the right way obviously winning 1588 01:10:30,960 --> 01:10:36,600 program so really really um you know just just very thankful to be coaching those two guys 1589 01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:42,540 coach uh big run coming up right and last time the asun tournament was in jacksonville we made it to 1590 01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:48,020 the championship game you every other year though we have been campus sites traveling around you were 1591 01:10:48,020 --> 01:10:52,440 part of the committee that kind of explored this change for the asun which has been doing campus 1592 01:10:52,440 --> 01:10:59,580 sites for i mean a long time probably 20 plus seasons take us through what that is like for you 1593 01:10:59,580 --> 01:11:05,220 in the conference decision to move to this host site yeah i think i think whenever whenever you have 1594 01:11:05,220 --> 01:11:12,240 um a neutral site whenever you can play in a in a neutral environment 1595 01:11:12,240 --> 01:11:16,580 it lends to the student athlete experience 1596 01:11:16,580 --> 01:11:24,940 the positive of the home site of the of the of playing at a school is if you're the home team 1597 01:11:24,940 --> 01:11:30,900 you know you you'll probably get more support but to the team that's visiting it's just another 1598 01:11:30,900 --> 01:11:37,920 it's like another away game right uh the reality is once our asun tournament is over 1599 01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:43,740 whoever wins is going to go to a neutral site to play in the same environment that they just played in 1600 01:11:43,740 --> 01:11:52,280 um and the one thing i could tell you i think it it falls back to what's the best what's best for the 1601 01:11:52,280 --> 01:12:03,640 and for all the teams male and female to go to one venue and play in one spot i think that creates more 1602 01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:19,560 of um um i think it just creates more of an environment for them to just enjoy right um the one thing that people don't realize is our tournament was played you play one game on a wednesday the next game would be on a friday 1603 01:12:19,560 --> 01:12:27,000 well think about it you just played wednesday and then we would realign all our all our seatings 1604 01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:33,920 you had no idea where you were going to go next so you had one day to prepare where you're going to go next 1605 01:12:33,920 --> 01:12:41,220 you don't have that now everybody just goes to one spot what's the positive of that think about it alumni 1606 01:12:41,220 --> 01:12:47,180 they can now set times at the end of the year where people can just show up in one place 1607 01:12:47,180 --> 01:12:54,000 families now don't have to worry about getting on a flight from fort myers to central arkansas and conway 1608 01:12:54,000 --> 01:13:03,400 um arkansas because you know they don't they don't have to spend over a thousand dollars to get to that game 1609 01:13:03,400 --> 01:13:09,820 they can all set now a time in the calendar and say you know what at the end of the year we're going to 1610 01:13:09,820 --> 01:13:15,320 spend five days in jacksonville florida we're going to go see our team play and go support them down there 1611 01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:21,640 and then from a school standpoint alumni is president the president of the university can have you know 1612 01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:26,840 can have guests come down there um you have fans that can now go down there and support their team 1613 01:13:26,840 --> 01:13:33,060 in one venue and the last thing is with the weather we have now i don't know if you've been at florida 1614 01:13:33,060 --> 01:13:39,680 lately but right now it's like 70 degrees and nice right um who wouldn't want to be in florida in march 1615 01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:46,580 so i just think there were too many positives to to going into uh into a neutral site and and it really 1616 01:13:46,580 --> 01:13:50,220 i think it worked it's going to work out really well we're looking forward to it coach you've got 1617 01:13:50,220 --> 01:13:56,300 wednesday night inside the bank after the women's game about 7 45 you guys will take on bellarman 1618 01:13:56,300 --> 01:14:01,600 saturday on the road at west georgia then the push for march madness with the asun tournament next 1619 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:06,140 week coach we can't wait for this ride as always we appreciate you joining us all season long how great 1620 01:14:06,140 --> 01:14:09,600 has it been as always and a special shout out to chuck and greg thornton and ike and everybody 1621 01:14:09,600 --> 01:14:14,520 yeah let's make sure we we i know we already sang happy birthday but today is obviously chuck's 1622 01:14:14,520 --> 01:14:21,340 birthday 21 again yeah all all over again right uh but but no unbelievable the way that um you know 1623 01:14:21,340 --> 01:14:27,200 ike fowler and chuck have put all this together this is this has been great uh for everybody i know 1624 01:14:27,200 --> 01:14:32,320 i know candy will probably say the same thing that when you have folks in our community that 1625 01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:39,440 they're all about experiencing the they're they want the fan experience right no matter what how the team's 1626 01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:45,480 doing they are here to experience with these young people uh the everything about the the uh you know 1627 01:14:45,480 --> 01:14:49,800 the games and all that stuff so very thankful for them for putting all this together coach we're 1628 01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:54,520 thankful for you we appreciate you joining us all season long you got it roar lions roar lions that's 1629 01:14:54,520 --> 01:14:59,540 north alabama head coach tony pool when we come back candy whitaker joins us and we wrap up the final 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candy whitaker and coach uh for for you for a mom your family everybody's been kind of following you 1668 01:19:09,100 --> 01:19:13,660 around right going to all of your games this season tonight you kind of changed it up and you were at a 1669 01:19:13,660 --> 01:19:20,580 game tonight i was i try to um if i'm in town i certainly try not to miss things so um williams are 1670 01:19:20,580 --> 01:19:25,860 hooper so we're we're busy this time of year with his basketball and you have been busy on the road 1671 01:19:25,860 --> 01:19:32,800 finally back at home final three at home uh two more tomorrow night and then friday night but this team 1672 01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:39,300 sitting right now with a 10 and 6 record games against central arkansas and west georgia i know 1673 01:19:39,300 --> 01:19:44,640 you you don't like playing the game that mike and i like to play where you look at all the scenarios but 1674 01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:49,440 you can finish anywhere for from fourth to middle of the pack but i just want to ask you what about 1675 01:19:49,440 --> 01:19:54,280 the position this team has put itself in with all the adversity they've had to overcome you know i just 1676 01:19:54,280 --> 01:19:59,980 can't say enough about them i mean i i feel like the the season's been a great season at you start the 1677 01:19:59,980 --> 01:20:04,640 year and every team's different and you know every journey is going to be different you don't know what 1678 01:20:04,640 --> 01:20:11,020 it entails and obviously we didn't know it was going to entail um the adversity to this extent but for our 1679 01:20:11,020 --> 01:20:18,560 kids to battle through and really continue to get better and find ways to win um and step up and take on new 1680 01:20:18,560 --> 01:20:24,600 roles um i just thought you know it's just been a ton of fun to coach them um because of their ability to handle 1681 01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:30,440 things you know ben and i kind of talk about this and i know as coaches as as players you don't really focus as 1682 01:20:30,440 --> 01:20:35,980 much on the outside of what others are doing but uh big shake up tonight in the standings is uh queens 1683 01:20:35,980 --> 01:20:40,660 defeated west georgia that was a team we were tied with and uh ben and i kind of joked about this 1684 01:20:40,660 --> 01:20:46,160 yesterday going through all this like what's our odds at a top four seed and those four will get to go to 1685 01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:51,160 vice star for the second round so we're saying we're vying for vice star right now so uh trying to pack the 1686 01:20:51,160 --> 01:20:56,880 bank uh but two huge games uh i mainly just want to ask you how big is it to have those two at home with 1687 01:20:56,880 --> 01:21:02,420 those opponents well it's huge and we need um we need everyone to come out because it does make a huge 1688 01:21:02,420 --> 01:21:07,060 difference i think our kids are a lot of fun to watch they play with a lot of energy they're super 1689 01:21:07,060 --> 01:21:12,940 competitive um and these two are are huge you know every game's been important and we knew it would be 1690 01:21:12,940 --> 01:21:17,480 and obviously you look back and you think you know can i can i get the bellarman or not the bellarman 1691 01:21:17,480 --> 01:21:24,380 the eku game and the um stetson game back here but but you are where you are and we've done a great job 1692 01:21:24,380 --> 01:21:30,280 with where we're at but you have two huge opportunities left um to go move the needle and 1693 01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:35,800 um and we know that they're both great teams they're going to be great competition and we have to play for 1694 01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:41,060 40 minutes and have to play well you look at the the last time out coach ali alvarado has been on such 1695 01:21:41,060 --> 01:21:46,540 a tear and i think we jinxed her she got in early foul trouble but then gabby jackson steps up katie 1696 01:21:46,540 --> 01:21:52,580 chriswell sophia chipolati was so good uh vinla comes off the bench knocks down three threes in the 1697 01:21:52,580 --> 01:21:57,300 first half i mean this team it feels like everybody's really balled into what their role is 1698 01:21:57,300 --> 01:22:03,100 you know i've said this a couple of times but it really is true when i reflect on this team and i i 1699 01:22:03,100 --> 01:22:08,760 think about them a lot they there's just this confidence in one another you know everyone's 1700 01:22:08,760 --> 01:22:13,100 confident that ali's going to go make plays but i know ali is confident that katie and sophia are going 1701 01:22:13,100 --> 01:22:17,820 to make plays and then they're confident that gabby's going to step up and make plays and they they just 1702 01:22:17,820 --> 01:22:22,360 know their role and they know they all have to do it and they all have all have to partake we're not 1703 01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:27,720 going to just rely on ali to drop 40 right we're all going to do our part and um it could be anyone's 1704 01:22:27,720 --> 01:22:34,300 night but um there's no question i think ali has been the catalyst in this turn um you know she stepped 1705 01:22:34,300 --> 01:22:41,120 in when people got injured and she stepped into a um a complete leadership role of like hey i'm gonna i 1706 01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:45,880 can put them on my back and i can go compete um it doesn't always look like scoring points i mean 1707 01:22:45,880 --> 01:22:52,600 she makes plays all the time everywhere and everyone follows her um but certainly i think she has set the 1708 01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:57,780 tone um and we've just had everyone step up and make plays couldn't be more proud of them i think 1709 01:22:57,780 --> 01:23:04,880 individually um they've all really tried to maximize themselves um and collectively we're so much better 1710 01:23:04,880 --> 01:23:09,260 because of it coach to your point the final three minutes of that lipscomb game that was some of the 1711 01:23:09,260 --> 01:23:14,380 most entertaining basketball that we've seen and just on the edge of your seat and you you highlighted 1712 01:23:14,380 --> 01:23:19,240 it a lot of different players stepped up katie had some shots there at the end uh india had a big 1713 01:23:19,240 --> 01:23:23,440 defensive play but i want to go back to the big three-pointer by ali to make it a four-point game with 1714 01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:28,180 about 30 seconds to go i believe we call a timeout right there what went into i guess during that 1715 01:23:28,180 --> 01:23:33,240 timeout what was said and what what came out after that yeah i just you know i was kind of letting 1716 01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:37,620 on play and kind of watching it didn't really like where it was headed so we um were fortunate to get 1717 01:23:37,620 --> 01:23:43,800 a timeout before i felt like we were going to turn it over and um and had had drawn up a baseline out 1718 01:23:43,800 --> 01:23:48,820 earlier in the game um that they had executed and i liked what we had got so we went to it again 1719 01:23:48,820 --> 01:23:55,020 knowing we could get ali off of a stagger um you know i planned on her to get downhill but she took 1720 01:23:55,020 --> 01:24:01,460 the three um which was more than okay and um and it went in so you know just trying to put ali in 1721 01:24:01,460 --> 01:24:06,760 positions to make decisions and um and make plays i think she's someone that'll step up and you 1722 01:24:06,760 --> 01:24:12,600 mentioned katie i mean katie's jump shot a couple possessions before that was huge and i was so super 1723 01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:19,180 proud of katie because um she wasn't hot in the first half but she didn't shy away from from being 1724 01:24:19,180 --> 01:24:25,120 aggressive and taking shots i thought um she she's just so you know tremendous toughness in that game as 1725 01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:32,480 well coach second season for you last year eight and ten and a son play 13 and 17 overall with two 1726 01:24:32,480 --> 01:24:38,480 regular season games left this year 10 and 6 15 and 12 overall and you've got a young freshman 1727 01:24:38,480 --> 01:24:44,360 excited about gabby jackson sophia chipolati a sophomore right you've had great recruiting classes 1728 01:24:44,360 --> 01:24:48,880 of veterans the last handful of years i mean what kind of foundation do you think has been laid through 1729 01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:52,820 these first two years and how excited are you for what you guys are building here in florin well we're 1730 01:24:52,820 --> 01:24:57,820 so excited i mean i you know i think um you know when you look at last year's team to this year team 1731 01:24:57,820 --> 01:25:03,600 i think our defense is tremendously better and we wanted to work at that um i think you know it takes a 1732 01:25:03,600 --> 01:25:08,360 while to teach concepts and all of our returners have gotten so much better there and i think they 1733 01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:13,760 understand what we're trying to do and um and so you feel good about bringing any young person into the 1734 01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:19,920 culture that our kids have created um in the locker room as teammates um you know i think that's why you 1735 01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:24,340 have one of your kids like ally come in and and fit in right away bookie i mean just have a great 1736 01:25:24,340 --> 01:25:31,140 experience because of because of our team um i like who we who we signed early um i love who we have 1737 01:25:31,140 --> 01:25:37,260 coming back you know we're obviously gonna um lose a lot when our senior class but we have opportunity 1738 01:25:37,260 --> 01:25:43,640 every spring um to impact our um roster with with the portal with junior college recruiting um and we 1739 01:25:43,640 --> 01:25:49,280 will we need some we need some older players to come in and help us um to continue to be good and 1740 01:25:49,280 --> 01:25:54,700 um but have have loved it have loved my time and and super excited about what we have going 1741 01:25:54,700 --> 01:25:58,780 certainly a good time to have a senior class like this when you're gearing up for the tournament 1742 01:25:58,780 --> 01:26:03,280 and getting ready to try to make a big run let's talk about ally a little bit her family's here they 1743 01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:08,160 made it in from nashville it's good to see them uh but last week we kind of talked about her ability 1744 01:26:08,160 --> 01:26:12,640 to take charges and we wondered like you know where does she average and we did a little deep dive so 1745 01:26:12,640 --> 01:26:18,820 we finally got the numbers 30 charges in 27 games that's over one per game really impressive there 1746 01:26:18,820 --> 01:26:23,380 was one game where she took four against austin p uh so we finally got those numbers but just talk 1747 01:26:23,380 --> 01:26:28,640 about how she impacts the game from that standpoint well i i tell everybody ali's playing chess and 1748 01:26:28,640 --> 01:26:34,400 everyone else is playing checkers because she is just a play ahead she just understands the game so 1749 01:26:34,400 --> 01:26:41,060 well it's just in her um and so you know ali's always i'm sure she's just aggravates everybody i 1750 01:26:41,060 --> 01:26:47,040 mean she's beating people to spots on cuts taking charges you know post players um set a slightly 1751 01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:53,380 moving screen like she also deserves an academy award probably she does a great job a great job of 1752 01:26:53,380 --> 01:26:58,320 helping the refs out and and you have to i mean you have to it's not a flop like when there's contact 1753 01:26:58,320 --> 01:27:04,140 she's make sure it's it's obvious and um and then obviously she does a great job of beating people to 1754 01:27:04,140 --> 01:27:08,580 spots and and being in front of the basketball and taking charges with you know at the the ball's 1755 01:27:08,580 --> 01:27:15,140 coming at her as well but um just super crafty all timely no matter what the game is on you know 1756 01:27:15,140 --> 01:27:20,100 if it's a 20 point game or a two point game you know ali's still trying to take charges i think we're 1757 01:27:20,100 --> 01:27:27,360 at queen's up maybe 20 and she's taking a charge so i took her out um before she got hurt but um you 1758 01:27:27,360 --> 01:27:32,380 know just that's just her mentality she wants to win the possession coach it's hard to believe year 1759 01:27:32,380 --> 01:27:37,760 two is coming to a close and it's our second year doing this show and i know for you you were part of 1760 01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:41,760 something special at missouri western with dr looney i think you all had a show similar to this it's 1761 01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:46,900 kind of community driven and this show i feel like it is really driven that the basketball community feel 1762 01:27:46,900 --> 01:27:52,180 for us here in florence but chuck lost pizza that this community how much have they embraced you in 1763 01:27:52,180 --> 01:27:57,620 your two seasons oh they're tremendous um you know to to open up this restaurant take care of us 1764 01:27:57,620 --> 01:28:03,820 just make us feel like we're um a big deal and important and um we've loved having having this show 1765 01:28:03,820 --> 01:28:09,260 here and hosting it both you guys are great i know our players really enjoy coming and um every time 1766 01:28:09,260 --> 01:28:15,420 we come and there's community um out here enjoying some pizza and i'm spending some time with us and 1767 01:28:15,420 --> 01:28:18,980 you know it's great because we don't just see them on game day we get to see them in this type of 1768 01:28:18,980 --> 01:28:25,180 environment too and your fans are what make programs special um you know anyone can have a team um but 1769 01:28:25,180 --> 01:28:29,560 you don't have a program unless people come support it and watch it and want to be involved in it and 1770 01:28:29,560 --> 01:28:35,700 appreciate how your team plays and um you know i i tell our team all the time i mean when people come up to 1771 01:28:35,700 --> 01:28:40,760 me and say we love watching your team play because of how hard they play and that's why we want to come 1772 01:28:40,760 --> 01:28:46,520 back like it's never lost your effort is not lost um you don't have to win every game we certainly 1773 01:28:46,520 --> 01:28:53,420 want to but how you play this game um is super important to get people um excited about what you're 1774 01:28:53,420 --> 01:28:59,080 doing and um all the energy and money and all the things that go into it two nights at the bank 1775 01:28:59,080 --> 01:29:05,320 wednesday 5 45 friday night six o'clock the lions have a lot to play for come on out and support them 1776 01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:09,100 and the coach will be with you down in florida next week we can't wait for this run thank you for 1777 01:29:09,100 --> 01:29:13,740 being with us all season long and best of luck on the ride coming up thanks so much more lions 1778 01:29:13,740 --> 01:29:18,480 that's north alabama head coach candy whitaker thank you all so much for joining us all season long 1779 01:29:18,480 --> 01:29:23,860 down here at lost pizza shoals thank you to greg thornton 93 9 the score ikey fowler helping make this 1780 01:29:23,860 --> 01:29:27,780 show possible and of course chuck we appreciate him opening up his doors his restaurant to us 1781 01:29:27,780 --> 01:29:33,180 and happy birthday chuck well we love doing this show we'll be back with you next year no doubt about 1782 01:29:33,180 --> 01:29:39,460 that in-house shout out saying to eli rainey grant wakefield our producers directors in house our 1783 01:29:39,460 --> 01:29:44,940 batman brayden rogers he's not here with us tonight but he he was still with us in spirit behind the 1784 01:29:44,940 --> 01:29:50,420 scenes running things on the computer ty colter our in-house audio engineer rock star we've made him work 1785 01:29:50,420 --> 01:29:55,680 extra hard tonight blair back at the station we appreciate him all season long and mike i appreciate 1786 01:29:55,680 --> 01:30:00,640 you tag teaming football and basketball this season it's been a lot of fun love this community love our 1787 01:30:00,640 --> 01:30:05,240 coaches love our staff love the guys we work with this is a special place and it's easy to do this with 1788 01:30:05,240 --> 01:30:09,820 people you like we'll be back with more fun shows at lost pizza shoals soon we appreciate everybody 1789 01:30:09,820 --> 01:30:14,500 that came out all season long and hey let's have a great march ride we'll see you wednesday night 1790 01:30:14,500 --> 01:30:18,220 inside the bank for everybody with the university of north alabama i'm benjamin wright 1791 01:30:18,220 --> 01:30:24,480 saying roar lions one final time from lost pizza shoals this has been una basketball night on 93.9 the score 1792 01:30:24,480 --> 01:30:33,920 you've been listening to una basketball night at lost pizza company featuring coach candy whitaker and 1793 01:30:33,920 --> 01:30:40,900 coach tony puol una basketball night has been brought to you by lost pizza bank independent 1794 01:30:40,900 --> 01:30:48,940 burnley spine and sport renaissance eye care the carriage wine and market alabama health guidance 1795 01:30:48,940 --> 01:30:53,960 and singing river brewery thanks for listening and roar lions 1796 01:30:53,960 --> 01:30:54,660 you