Mataeo Durant teams with Deon Jackson to give Duke a two-headed running attack. He discusses the duo's breakout game last week and how they plan to continue their success as they head to NC STate
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00:00 I think as offense, we've just been clicking more and
00:03 we're building that team chemistry.
00:06 We didn't have much of an off season to really work out together as a full team
00:10 because of COVID.
00:12 But I feel like as we've played, we've gotten better and better every quarter.
00:17 And now it's just about sustaining and being consistent as an offense overall.
00:21 I feel like me and Deion are very much pretty similar.
00:27 He's just a bigger back than I am.
00:29 I feel like we have a lot of speed and we're both very powerful.
00:32 I know from first look, people may think I'm as strong as I am.
00:36 But I feel like I run with a lot of power and
00:38 I feel like we're just a great one, two punch overall.
00:42 It's not a drop off when he comes in or when I go in.
00:46 It's like we both believe in each other and we know that we're not selfish.
00:49 So we wanna see each other shine together.
00:52 Yes sir, it shows that we can be, I feel like we're a very resilient team.
00:57 And even through adversity, we can find a way to win games.
01:00 I feel like as long as we clean up on our turnovers and be more consistent and
01:04 build that team chemistry as the season goes, it will be very hard to beat.
01:08 We just gotta work on more of the little things and we'll be fine.
01:14 I feel like NC State's a very good, very physical team.
01:17 I feel like this game, it'll be very physical between the offense and
01:21 the defense.
01:22 We just have to play harder and work harder than them overall,
01:25 even though they have a very good team and a very good set of players.
01:30 Either way, I feel like it's very exciting just a simple fact to be able to have
01:36 fans there and hopefully safely.
01:38 So it's always fun having fans at the game, but I know as a team,
01:42 we just wanna come in and compete to our best ability,
01:46 whether there are fans there or not, even though we love having fans at the game.
01:51 I feel like we know from the beginning we were a very good team.
01:55 Just a couple of things didn't go our way in the earlier games where we would
01:59 turn the ball over, little small, minor and mental mistakes.
02:03 But now we're getting that chemistry and we're starting to get the ball rolling.
02:07 And this first win was just part of a good season that we can have going forward.