The Washington Huskies faced the Arizona Wildcats and suffered a 75-74 defeat. Here is what head coach Mike Hopkins and some of the players had to say about it afterward via Zoom.
HAMEIR WRIGHT(Forward)
Washington senior forward Hameir Wright said, “at this point in the season you can give up or you can fight. We chose to fight.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
“We are really starting to hit our stride,” Wright said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Wright said, “it’s more of a mindset,” when asked if he knew in warmups if he would be hot with shooting the ball.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
“Fight can overtake a lot of disadvantage,” Wright said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Wright said, “I haven’t really put much thought into it yet,” when asked if he is coming back next season.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
MIKE HOPKINS (Head Coach)
Washington head coach Mike Hopkins said, “we have a play that we ran. The problem is that we didn’t have our bigs in,” when asked about the final play of the game.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Hopkins said, “I decided not to,” when asked about possibly calling a timeout before the last play.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Coach Hopkins said, “tonight, they made a play and we didn’t. It’s unfortunate.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
“I’m just really proud of them,” Hopkins said when asked about how his team continues to fight despite the record.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Hopkins said, “we have different ball screen coverage when Riley (Sorn) is in the game,” when talking about the go-ahead three by Arizona.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Coach Hopkins said, “he’s been so good for us defensively for so long,” when asked about forward Hameir Wright.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Hopkins said, “anytime they get to the their last games, it’s always emotional,” when talking about Hameir Wright.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
“You want to have your top player with the ball,” Hopkins said about guard Quade Green and the player control foul.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Hopkins said, “I thought we executed about as good as we have all season in the second half tonight.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
Coach Hopkins said having five players in double-figures is the first time that has happened all season.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
“Hopefully we can go down there, take it one game at a time and play our best basketball of the year,” Hopkins said about the upcoming Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) February 27, 2021
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