WATCH: Maryam Dauda After Close Loss to Mississippi State
Arkansas Razorbacks post Maryam Dauda with the media after scoring 17 points with 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks and a steal in a 66-63 loss to Mississippi State on Thursday night.
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00:00 I know y'all fell behind, I think it was 34-22 at halftime and y'all came out and
00:04 you took the lead in the fourth quarter.
00:05 I know y'all didn't come away with a win like you wanted, but
00:08 what do you think that y'all maybe did better there in the second half?
00:11 >> I think being down 10-0 in the beginning of the first half and
00:16 then coming back and fighting and just never giving up and
00:19 just picking each other up when someone makes a mistake or when someone misses a shot.
00:24 We just kept, we were together on the court and
00:28 it showed the whole time and we fought back as a team.
00:30 So there wasn't one person being down and then everybody being down.
00:35 It was like one person being down and we're just picking everybody up.
00:39 >> For you with a double-double, I know had some good finishes around the rim,
00:42 got to the line, just what do you think was working for you?
00:46 >> I just felt like my three-point shots weren't going down tonight and
00:49 I just needed to do the little things to make sure I could help the team in a certain
00:53 way and just getting to the rim and making my shots closer to the rim and everything.
00:58 So >> Cuz just how tough is it to y'all come
01:02 all the way back and take a lead and then to not come out on the side of the scoreboard
01:06 you wanted >> It's really tough, but
01:09 like it shows how well we play together and just shows how our momentum from this
01:13 game and the fight we had from this game is gonna move on to the next game when we
01:16 play Alabama, Alabama, and it just shows how well we play as a team, so yeah.
01:22 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Yes,
01:30 it's been something I've been working on, but also my confident level has been going
01:34 higher or increasing the closer I am to the basket.
01:38 So I just know that if I'm not making my shots around the three-point line,
01:41 I just needed to do something different, get closer to the basket and
01:44 just be more comfortable around the rim.
01:46 >> Miriam, you went up for a while against Jessica Carter.
01:50 How do you think you handled her tonight?
01:52 >> At first, like the beginning of the game, I was a little bit behind.
01:56 I was slow and as the game went on, I knew I just had to beat her to the spot,
02:01 like what shot always taught us, beat her to the spot and
02:04 just be more physical with her.
02:06 And I think that's how I found a way to guard her.
02:10 Sorry.
02:12 >> No, you're good.
02:13 In the first half, you guys took a ton of threes.
02:16 At halftime, was it talked about trying to get to the basket more or
02:21 were you guys happy with the amount of threes you took in the first?
02:25 >> They just talked about finishing with two feet.
02:27 It felt like we were going to the basket, but we weren't finishing and
02:31 consuming the contact.
02:32 And then just finding each other when we go the rim, I mean, drive to the rim and
02:36 just making sure when we make or shoot a shot, just going in and
02:39 rebound and just finding our teammates on the perimeter.