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Jayden Taylor: "We kind of had to rely on our defense"
NC State guard Jayden Taylor speaks with the media after scoring 21 points in the Wolfpack's win against Georgia Tech.
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NC State guard Jayden Taylor speaks with the media after scoring 21 points in the Wolfpack's win against Georgia Tech.
The ship you, you can took over late in the game. How nice did I feel? I feel good to get the win. Uh, obviously, my guy just found me down the stretch and the ball went in. That's all, uh I would say just attacking the room and my shot was kind of falling. So I just kinda on it and that's what happened. Like you guys have won tonight game with defense. Yeah. Yeah. Yes and no, I felt like it wasn't our best defensive performance, but at the end, we kind of had to rely on our defense because our offense wasn't always there in the first half. You were missing last. Why, why do you feel like you were missing shots in the first half? Uh I'm not sure really, probably just the flow of the game, you know, sometimes they just don't fall. Was there a change in mindset or whatever going into the second half? I felt like you all were attacking the basket a lot more not settling for as many jump shots to be more aggressive. We thought we was, uh, kind of settling a lot for the jump shot, so we want to be a more aggressive the rim, put the pressure on the refs. It's pretty important win for you guys tonight. What you guys, this, this home stand is important for you guys. Yeah, for sure. Uh Every win we can get in the AC C is a good win. Obviously, they just beat UN C so we didn't underestimate it. We knew they could come in here and get a win if we didn't play well. So I'm just proud we got it. I think it was, ended up being 1218 points off, 12 turnovers. How much, how important was it to capitalize on those big time, big time? You know, we like to run and go play so anytime we can get points off, our defense is a good thing. Didn't score any points tonight, but, but, but he, he was, how big was he really big, really big, Mike played a tremendous game every time I looked he was stealing the ball or making a good pass and just being a floor general, he's our leader. So obviously, Mike has a big impact on the game without, without stats. Honestly, how much of that big early in the second half of help take the pressure off the with DJ H Yeah, he went crazy. A lot of pressure. Honestly, he came out and punched him in the mouth and that just kind of set the tone for the half. Yeah.