Mississippi State Coach James Armstrong on reaching SEC Tournament semifinals

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00:00 I thought it was a really tight contested game.

00:02 All credit to Alabama.

00:03 I thought they were much better than us in the first half.

00:05 We made some adjustments.

00:06 I thought we got into the physicality of the game a lot better in that second half.

00:10 And obviously, Maddie Anderson showing why we consider it to be the best in the SEC.

00:14 We're making some great saves there to obviously get us the win.

00:17 Talk a little bit about your defense and your goalie.

00:19 Yeah, I mean, defense had to come up big today.

00:21 There's a number of, we call them gap plays, game-altering plays.

00:26 Riley Combs came up with some big-time headers.

00:28 Sodia Alexis Gutierrez, obviously Megan Day went on for a little bit.

00:32 And then Molly McDougal came on as well.

00:33 And Nene played the whole half.

00:35 And Maddie behind them.

00:36 So when you play against a team with the quality of Alabama, they're going to put balls into the box.

00:41 And you're going to have to be tight defensively.

00:42 So really proud of the overall defensive effort tonight.

00:45 What will your team do today, Ar?

00:47 Rest, recover.

00:49 You know, very physical game.

00:51 So the main thing right now is just getting with the medical staff to make sure that we get as refreshed as possible before we play our--

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