Tony Perkins Payton Sandfort 1-24-24
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00:00 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:26 Last game is over the final 444.
00:30 Just late game struggles.
00:31 Is there anything to point to?
00:33 Honestly, we'll just say the movement,
00:40 we start getting stagnant.
00:41 So, at the beginning of the game, we get moving.
00:44 We have great movement, great ball, ball reversal,
00:47 everything, but when it get down to crunch time,
00:49 we kind of just stay still.
00:52 That's our struggle.
00:55 Hayden, it looked like you got switched on to Young
00:57 that last play.
00:58 Just kind of what all did you see from your eyes?
01:01 It was just a bad play.
01:03 We should have gone left.
01:06 I'm really disappointed in myself for sure,
01:08 but just got to keep my head up, keep moving.
01:12 You guys have seen ups and downs in your times here at Iowa.
01:15 What does that look like going forward after today?
01:19 Just got to stay together.
01:22 You know, I've kind of said that all year.
01:24 We've done a great job.
01:26 Obviously, today's disappointing.
01:27 Saturday was disappointing, but we just got to stick together.
01:32 We love one another.
01:33 We're going to keep fighting no matter what the result is.
01:35 Just stay positive.
01:37 We won the outcome.
01:37 We should have won the game, but we get another opportunity
01:40 to take this pain out on Michigan.
01:45 You guys went 3-14 from 3.
01:47 I'm guessing you guys know you're better shooters than that
01:50 shows, but I guess just--
01:52 is it a fact to just keep shooting?
01:54 Or what do you attribute maybe the struggles to?
01:58 I mean, I had four good looks.
01:59 They all look good, back rim.
02:01 Keep shooting it.
02:04 Great shots.
02:05 They go in.
02:05 Sometimes they do.
02:06 Sometimes they don't.
02:08 Seemed like a decent amount of possessions.
02:11 You guys got pretty late into the shot clock
02:13 before anything went up.
02:14 Is that just good defense by Maryland?
02:17 They take a lot away.
02:19 They're really in your space.
02:20 We need to do a better job probably moving the ball,
02:22 especially down the stretch.
02:25 We just got too stagnant.
02:27 And then also, the way they play defense switch,
02:30 from a side down screen for one another,
02:32 or a flare to just switch and top block.
02:34 So that's pretty much it.
02:37 You guys held Jermier to 1 for 6 in the first half.
02:39 He beat up in the second half.
02:41 Did they change something offensively?
02:43 Or do you think it's just a good play to make a place?
02:45 He hit some tough shots.
02:47 We let him get to what he likes to do,
02:49 and that's what we deserve.
02:52 Payton, that last three-point shot,
02:54 was there a chance to take a call at timeout?
02:58 Or was that a thought?
02:59 Or was it just cheat?
03:01 There probably was.
03:02 I wasn't sure if the guy in front of me tipped it,
03:04 so I thought the clock was just running too low.
03:07 Couldn't really tell.
03:08 I'm not going to lie to you.
03:09 I did hear somebody, one of our players, call timeout.
03:13 But, oh well.
03:14 Obviously, last year, for both of you,
03:16 you had Chris Murray, you had Keegan Murray the year before.
03:19 Who would you say your go-to guy is maybe down the stretch
03:21 this season?
03:22 Maybe start with you, Payton.
03:23 Right now, it's been Tony.
03:25 I've been disappearing in big moments.
03:28 That's something I want to be a lot better at.
03:32 I'm working hard to get open.
03:34 They're kind of keying in late.
03:35 But, I mean, Tony made some big-time plays down the stretch,
03:38 and I got to help my brother out.
03:41 In my opinion, whoever's cooking,
03:43 whoever's at the high end, it's somebody different every night.
03:48 I don't really care to have that moment.
03:49 But if I see somebody open, I'm going to give them the ball.
03:52 Payton open, or Josh Dix, or anybody's open in a crunch
03:55 moment, I'm going to give it up.
03:57 I'm not a tough player.
03:58 Did Owen fouling out hinder you guys in the last four?
04:03 Obviously, it had a big impact.
04:04 But we have a lot of good players.
04:07 He was playing well.
04:08 And we brought Brock in, and he did what he was supposed to.
04:13 We're just smarter down the stretch.
04:14 We would have came away with it.
04:16 Two more questions.
04:17 Payton, you mentioned bringing Brock in.
04:19 What kind of juice does he give you guys
04:22 when he's doing what he can do?
04:24 In the second half, it seemed like he made some plays
04:26 and got some open looks for not just himself,
04:28 but for some other players as well.
04:29 Yeah, we got stagnant.
04:31 So he came in and did what he does.
04:33 He got downhill, created for others.
04:38 Yeah, he made plays.
04:41 All right, thank you, guys.
04:42 Thanks, guys.
04:42 Thanks, guys.
04:43 Thanks, guys.
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