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Postgame Q&A: Mike Woodson reacts to win over EIU
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Nov 14, 2024
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yeah coach I guess a number of things to
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look at but first two games Trey
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Galloway's passing ability plays a
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facilitator I think it was uh eight
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assists 18 Minutes tonight your thoughts
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on how he's playing and how impactful
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he's been to start he's been great you
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know a lot of that is a a spin from last
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season you know we basically converted
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him from you know off the ball to
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putting him on the ball based on the
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injuries that we had and and we're
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benefiting from it because gotten better
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over the summer and you know even though
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he hadn't played much um you could see
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what little he's done since he's come
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back off of injuries uh his injury in
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practice that has helped his game
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tremendously and we're benefiting from
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it man it's really nice to see Z Mike
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Mike I think we probably asked about
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McKenzie scoring after the last game too
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but I think it's something like 16
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rebounds and five or six assists just
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how encouraging is it to see him not
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just scoring the Ball but hitting the
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game in other areas impactful it's very
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it's very encouraging because he's
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really starting to extend his game a
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little bit um you know he's been very
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active like you said on hitting the
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boards and you know he's been able to
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rebound the ball tonight he has some
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assists where he's pushed the ball and
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made the right plays in the open court
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uh it's just nice to see his growth you
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know heading in the right direction we
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just got to keep him there m Tom coach
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is it fair to say the team wasn't
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playing as hard as you wanted them to in
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the first half and what was the key in
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understatement I thought we were still
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home in the bed sleep it was awful uh
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you got to give Easter Illinois credit
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because they played hard they made shots
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I just thought our defense uh intensity
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was just lack in the first half and uh
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we adjusted the second half guys came
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out got after it and um couldn't ask for
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a better second half Tom and Jack Mike
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you care to share what the halftime
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conversation was like no I won't do that
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I won't never do that but it it was
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enough to get us a fire lit and get us
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going in the second half so I'm happy
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that they responded you were that second
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half too you were able to get a lot of
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run outs off of off the turnovers and
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tip balls and such that's something you
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we've talked about a lot but that's what
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you want see R just playing at a faster
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pace and creating that kind of stuff
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yeah I mean you
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know it's a good thing when you can hold
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teams to 18 points and a half you know
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that doesn't happen very often in
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college basketball so those guys in that
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locker room after after our halftime
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talk you know they they stepped it up
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and they made catches tough they made it
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tough to swing the ball and you know we
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got a lot of loose balls like you said
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was able to get out and run that make
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plays in the open
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court Jack yeah Mike for kadan Carlile
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to see a couple shots fall there in the
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second half how important do you think
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that was for his confidence and kind of
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understanding his role after you know
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kind of a slow starting it's no it's
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it's it's huge you know I mean I'm going
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to need him to make shots good he made a
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few shots tonight uh just we just got to
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you know as a coach I got to get them
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comfortable man because they can make
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shots I know they can I've seen it since
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this summer when we assembled this team
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so we just got to keep working at it
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taking it into practice at at a time and
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and keep pushing these guys in the right
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direction Daniel yeah Mike on Malik
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obviously a really important piece for
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you last year it kind of feels like he's
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maybe reached a new level so far where
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have you maybe seen that Evolution from
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him well again I mean his skill set was
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always there uh it was just keeping him
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on the basketball that was the biggest
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hurdle to get over and they starting to
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let him play and uh you know he can do a
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number of things defensively he's
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playing better because he he has to
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guard smaller guys now you know I mean
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where we pretty much played him we
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played him at some four but we played
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him a lot at five too you know last
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season and uh you know it's kind of nice
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to see him able to move his feet and
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still be able to SC down low and and
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make passes for his teammates around him
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I mean he's he's gotten so much better
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man I can't help but think if he
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continues to work you know he'll
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continue to grow his game Alex and Quinn
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kind of building on Malik there after
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the Tennessee game we talked you talked
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about him being in the best shape that
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he's been in since he's been here how
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have you seen that benefit him on the
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court well again you know just his
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movement up and down the court uh you
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know I'm not playing them big minutes uh
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he played more minutes last year but I'm
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sure we'll get his minutes you know back
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up to 30 30 to 312 minutes but just his
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movement and being able to recognize
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things that are in front of him now
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defensively uh because we switch a lot
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uh uh and just being more of a leader
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man I mean he's a junior now you know so
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you expect you expect him to step up and
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and be a player for us and and he's
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still in that for us right Quin on the r
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was that yeah coach miles RIS in have a
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shot attempt in the first half do you
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want to see him being more aggressive on
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that side of the floor well I mean when
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he's got got shots I don't mind him
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taking them out I haven't told anyone on
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this team not to take shots uh I mean we
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scored 90 points T tonight that's a lot
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of points in college
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basketball um but you know I'm I'm
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encouraging him you know you got shots
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knock them down y goody you got shots
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let's shoot the ball man I mean I I
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didn't bring you here to you know not
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shoot it so we just got to stay positive
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with these cats and see where it leads
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last question Z continuing miles what
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did you see from him from a leadership
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perspective in halftime and then going
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into the second half well again I mean
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you know he along with that starting
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group struggled the first half to
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defend and that was addressed half time
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and and I thought they came out and
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fixed it you know they got started
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getting up in the passing lanes and not
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letting the ball swing as easy and when
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we got the stops we were able to rebound
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the ball and get it out they got down
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they got some what we call quick quick
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strikes up up the floor so uh I was
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pleased with the way they played the
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second half though they were they were
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good on both ends of the
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floor thanks
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