The Washington Huskies faced the UC Riverside Highlanders and suffered a 57-42 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, “we have to bring it!”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“We have some improvement to do! Long season,” Green said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“Pretty much we just need to score more,” Green said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“Everybody needs to rebound,” Green said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
Green said, “we need to play harder and play together. We haven’t done that these first two games.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“We forced some shots,” Green said about the 0-for-12 stretch to finish the game.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
MIKE HOPKINS (Head Coach)
Washington head coach Mike Hopkins said, “I felt in the first half we were a little bit selfish.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
Coach Hopkins said, “we looked lethargic,” when asked about the quick turnaround playing today.
He said they want to get games whenever they can.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“Our defense was good enough,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“You can never simulate defenses,” Hopkins said with preparing in practice.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“I thought it would be a good learning experience, probably bad scheduling on my part,” Hopkins said with playing a quick turnaround game.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“We have to stay confident and move forward,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
Coach Hopkins said, ” we are not going to win a lot of games shooting 36% from the field and 24% from the 3-point line.”@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“It’s just going to be a learning curve for us. We’ll get better!” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
Hopkins said, “you can see it. It’s heavy on the legs,” when talking about conditioning.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
“I have to figure out this Rubik’s Cube. I’ve got to coach better,” Hopkins said.@DubLifeUW#PurpleReign#TougherTogether#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) December 1, 2020
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