WATCH: Saylor Poffenbarger After 86-70 Loss to Alabama
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00:00 Y'all really flushed losses and bounced back.
00:03 Just how confident, I guess, are you that the team can recover from this one this time, too?
00:08 Yeah, I'm just as confident as it has in the past.
00:12 I think, you know, this loss hurts a little bit more because we did beat them the first time,
00:18 and we showed how good we are.
00:19 And I think, you know, when you come home and lose to a team, it never feels good.
00:23 But I think our how we come back is going to be everything for us.
00:28 And I think we've continued to bounce back every other game.
00:30 And I think that'll just show if we can survive in this league.
00:34 And I think we have everything it takes.
00:35 We just have to be willing to have that fight.
00:38 And it's going to be a little harder this time.
00:42 You mentioned a win against Alabama just over two weeks ago.
00:45 Was there anything schematically different that they surprised you with this time around compared to last time?
00:52 I think they just played to their advantages.
00:54 Their personnel, they played exactly how they were supposed to.
00:57 I think it was our approach, and it was the way we did practice.
01:02 And I think, you know, when you don't have two good days of practice, it's hard to have confidence going in.
01:09 And I think, you know, it's us.
01:11 It's on.
01:12 There's nothing I can, like, really say.
01:14 I think it just shows us we have to continue to fight.
01:16 And when you don't fight, you're going to feel it.
01:18 And they're going to -- every team in this league is going to make you pay.
01:23 I guess back-to-back good performances for yourself, I guess.
01:27 Did the game off that Coach Nabors gave you, like, you know, spur anything?
01:32 Or, like, how are you feeling personally as your game runs into form for SEC?
01:37 I feel good.
01:38 I think I need to -- I mean, it's not good enough.
01:41 We have to win for me to feel good.
01:42 So I think you have to turn around tomorrow and have to, you know, see what we have to do differently.
01:50 I think the game off allowed me to kind of take a break and relax.
01:54 But I didn't want to take off, so it kind of was, like, the worst thing ever.
01:58 But I think when you come back and have two good games, it makes it worth it that I sat out.
02:02 But again, it wasn't -- it's not enough.
02:05 Yeah, real quick, just Sarah Ashley Barker.
02:10 It's -- y'all aren't the only team to have trouble stopping her.
02:13 What makes her kind of tough?
02:14 Oh, she's a great player.
02:15 I mean, she's so versatile.
02:17 She scores in the paint.
02:19 She goes left.
02:20 She goes right.
02:20 She shoots the three.
02:22 You know, she passes really well.
02:23 And I think she's grown her game so much.
02:26 And a lot of people kind of say, like, we play similar.
02:30 And I feel that because she -- you know, if she's going to take you off the dribble, okay, well, she's going to find her open teammate.
02:36 And if her teammate's driving, she's going to cut, and she's going to make you pay.
02:38 And I think she's just a super fundamental player.
02:41 And she's really good.
02:42 She's one of the better players in our league.
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