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UT Player Quotes 3/4/2006 Chris Lofton On driving to the basket more: “I did take it off the bounce a lot more. I really did make an effort to get easy shots and get it going. They didn’t take the three away from me so much as I was just missing it. They did do a good job defending me though.” On what turned the momentum: “Our press and our defense really helped us out. Getting turnovers and then getting easy baskets. I think that gave us a little more momentum. We never quit, we always have fight in us.” On the importance of winning this game heading into the SEC tourney: “Those two losses hurt us. We had to bounce back. This was a big win for us.” CJ Watson On coming back from a 16-point deficit: “We knew our shots were struggling. We just kept fighting and started getting some shots to fall. We put pressure on the ball and turned it into more baskets. I was big for us to get a win going into the SEC Tournament.” On Asumnu’s made free throws and Bradshaw’s three-pointer: “That was a big turn around for us. It got our momentum going. We were focused, we just had to push hard and dig deeper.” On why the offense struggled in the first half: “We couldn’t get our spacing right. We couldn’t hear each other. It was very loud in there and with coach all the way at the other baseline calling plays it made it difficult.”
Dane Brashaw On coming back from down 16 points: “I think it benefits us in the long run. We’ve been faced with every kind of adversity — down a lot, losing lead — and know we know we can overcome every type of adversity we see.” On the turning point: “We have so many valuable pieces to this team. We made a few good baskets and got shots going. And I think that made a few guys pick up their intensity. This was a must-win game for us — we really felt that. We knew that losing four-out-of five would be the worst thing for us going into the tournament.”
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