NC State
Morsell: They threw the first punch on us and we had to respond
NC State guard Casey Morsell had a game-high 21 pts in an 82-70 win vs. Saint Louis
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NC State guard Casey Morsell had a game-high 21 pts in an 82-70 win vs. Saint Louis
The older guys did that tonight. Do you agree? Yeah. Um, I mean, we just try to, we were pretty stagnant coming out, um, you know, trying to figure, get a, get a good feel for, um, how they were playing us. Um, and, um, you know, we just tried to throw the first punch but they threw the first punch on us and we had to respond. So, um, as you know, as an older group, we just tried to be aggressive, um, and, and locking on the defensive end, what, what was different in the second half for you guys? We started hitting the threes, no threes in the first half. It was crazy. Yeah, I mean, just finishing possessions, um, and, and finishing possessions and keeping them out of the paint, I think. Um, they got in the paint a lot in that first half. Um, and, uh, you know, once we started, you know, getting them out to paint and finish the possessions, we were able to run a transition. Um, and when we ran in transition, we always had numbers so everyone was always getting open. Looks Casey. It seem like there was kind of a heated time out there, maybe a midway through the second half. I'm just curious to know what the message was and that, that's how you guys came out of that pretty long. Yeah. Um I mean, it was more of a, you know, on the offensive end. Um I feel like, you know, we were getting kind of rough looks. Um, guys were open and, uh, you know, we weren't really finding them. So, um that was pretty much the message man, you know, I feel like the energy was up but um just to really lo and find open guys and that's when he started to hit open open, shook the sports were not. Yeah, I mean that's big for us. Um you know, kind of, we play full court, we try to turn them over. Um And uh you know, that that's a big momentum booster, you know, scoring in transition. So um it was big that we were able to score 29 points. I think that made a difference in the game. Oh yeah, I mean, uh you know that seeing that first one go um is always great but uh you know, the biggest thing is just to keep each shot the same. Um never change no matter what. Um Miss make, just keep everything the same and, you know, put the work in. It was, it was show one more nonconference game to go here. Where is, where are we at? Um You know, good vibes all, all around. Um, we're growing, um, you know, we're working cam woods back MJ back. I mean, you know, still trying to figure each other out. But, uh, you know, we, we have a good feel for who we are and our identity but, uh, we're not 100% where we wanna be but, you know, we're, we're building and, and, and growing every day. Oh, yes.