The Washington Huskies faced the Arizona Wildcats and suffered an 80-53 defeat. Here is what head coach Mike Hopkins and some of the players had to say about it afterward via Zoom.
QUADE GREEN (Guard)
Washington senior guard Quade Green said, “any negativity is going to bring the team down.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
Green said, “1-7 and we lost by 30 again.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“We have to go to the gym every day,” Green said about the team’s shooting woes.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
Green said, “we need to work at everything.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“No. I was in the gym working,” Green said when asked if he went home for Christmas.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
MIKE HOPKINS (Head Coach)
Washington head coach Mike Hopkins said, “I felt like they set the tone and we didn’t.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“I felt like the togetherness was there today,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“I wanted to get back to a bigger lineup,” Hopkins said to be better defensively.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“We have to be able to knock them down,” Hopkins said about the making shots.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
Coach Hopkins felt that out of the 31 three-point attempts that 20 of them were good looks.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“We have to fight more and we have to rebound better,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“I believe in our shooters,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“We are preparing like we are playing it,” Hopkins said when asked if they will be playing Arizona State on Saturday.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“I felt like our interior defense was not good tonight,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“We obviously have to get better at it,” Hopkins said about executing the 2-3 zone defense.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
“I felt like our big’s tonight were sucking a little wind,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
Coach Hopkins said, “I thought we had solved the rebounding issue but it came back and hit us tonight for sure.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) January 1, 2021
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