UW coach Mike Hopkins sums up an overtime win in Tempe.
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00:00 >> We fought, wasn't pretty, but we found a way to win.
00:06 And I told the team, it's hard to win college basketball games,
00:11 especially hard to win on the road.
00:13 And I felt like even though it wasn't as pretty as it needed to be,
00:17 or you win by one, you walk out, it's a win.
00:20 And so I'm proud of that, we just gotta learn from it,
00:23 get ready for this game on Saturday, quick turnaround.
00:27 >> Momentum change moments was guy hanging on the rim,
00:32 swats the ball away, you get teed up.
00:34 Did you get an explanation on that?
00:36 >> No, there were some things I've never seen today.
00:46 But you just gotta fight through it.
00:52 Everybody's human, everybody makes mistakes, it's not perfect.
00:58 I don't know, he didn't say, cuz I think he thought I showed him up.
01:01 And then he came over and said I had to cuz you stepped on the floor.
01:04 I don't know, sometimes I don't even know, I run into referees.
01:07 I didn't, you're just emotional in those plays when, so anyway.
01:14 >> With Braxton, I mean, he was a pretty good free throw shooter last year.
01:19 He's really struggled this year.
01:20 And I know you're substituting him out.
01:22 Does that have to do with going small or just to get him out?
01:25 Because it looked like- >> More small.
01:27 We felt like also Wilhelm can step up and shoot a three.
01:31 There's give and take on both.
01:33 But everything that we were doing today, defensively at the end,
01:39 we fouled the three point shooter, we lost Collins in the zone.
01:43 It felt like in the first half of the zone and going back to the zone,
01:47 the man helped, it kept them off balance.
01:49 It felt like they got a little bit comfortable in the second half.
01:51 But we're defense, offense.
01:56 Now, Braxton, 14 rebounds.
01:58 I mean, that's when he's in the game, we just rebound differently.
02:02 He went one above, he was elbows above the rim.
02:04 He looked like when you saw his little cinder grabbing the rim over there.
02:09 But wasn't perfect but found a way.