Alabama basketball's Sam Walters was the Crimson Tide's spark plug on Wednesday

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00:00 >> Y'all didn't have a three point attempt until nine minutes into the second quarter

00:04 and it was saying that he hit it and he hits it again.

00:07 What does it say about his poise not only to make those shots but

00:10 it seemed like some of the players were shying away from the three after the early

00:14 struggles.

00:14 >> Yeah, I agree with you.

00:15 I said that in the timeout, you know, under 12 after eight minutes in the second half.

00:20 The guys like, we haven't taken a three.

00:24 I don't really care what our percentage is in the first half.

00:26 That's not how we play.

00:28 Like you have to hunt good threes.

00:30 I thought we took some contested ones we shouldn't have taken in the first half.

00:34 But any good three we have, we have to take it.

00:37 Like don't we get offensive rebounds on those.

00:40 So we all know Sam's not gonna pass up any threes.

00:44 So they might need to say that really loud, I guess.

00:48 >> [LAUGH] >> But yeah,

00:49 we know Sam's not gonna pass up any threes.

00:51 Like, I thought Sam was big on defense too.

00:55 I mean, Sam was a plus three when he was in, like he was in 18 minutes and plus three.

01:00 I thought he had some good defensive plays.

01:03 He came up with a tough rebound.

01:05 He had the offensive rebound.

01:06 Sam's been getting better for us.

01:09 Come out, four, seven from three.

01:11 I told Sam's been getting better on defense.

01:13 I told him, listen, Sam, you don't have to forget about your offense.

01:17 You know, as you're getting much better on D, you can be a two way guy.

01:20 So it was good he was two way that night.

01:22 His defense was better.

01:23 He had the block shot in there.

01:25 Made some tough plays and he had four big threes.

01:28 We needed all of them.

01:29 Should have made half our threes tonight.

01:30 >> Right.

01:31 >> Yep.

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