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Auburn G/F Elyjah Freeman - Mississippi State Preview · The Auburn Undercover Podcast

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  Elijah, talk about this matchup since
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  Mississippi State's coming off a
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  high-scoring performance. They've got a
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  high-scoring guard. What are you guys
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  going to have to do in terms of your
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  back court defense?
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  >> Yeah. Um, just really lock in on the
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  stuff we haven't been able to do in
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  these last couple of games, the stretch
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  we've been on. Um, and just play hard.
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  Um, take away their best score and
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  hopefully come out with this win as we
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  need it.
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  >> How big was it? I know you guys lost,
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  but how big was it for you there in that
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  second half to hit some shots? kind of
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  kind of looked like you were getting in
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  a little bit more of a groove on
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  offense, especially late in the game.
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  >> Yeah. Um was a little bit of a relief.
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  Couldn't really find a rhythm in the
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  first half. Um as you guys could see,
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  like my shot hasn't really been falling
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  the last couple games. So, being able to
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  hit two in the second half was kind of
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  relieved even though the spot we was
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  down. Um but yeah, just hitting those
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  two shots just helped my confidence
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  going into this game and then this
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  weekend, next stretch we're about to go
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  on.
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  >> Go ahead.
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  >> I got a two-parter for you. First of
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  all, as Keshan Murphy talked about this
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  restaurant y'all were going to, I guess,
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  tonight.
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  >> No, he hasn't really spoke on um
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  anything
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  um down there in Starkville, but he only
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  thing we know is it's not that not too
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  much going on. It's not really a lot
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  going on.
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  Whole lot of nothing.
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  >> Stephen mentioned though that that he
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  wanted to graduate from MSU and and um
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  what do you think this means to him
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  returning to his former school? Yeah, it
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  definitely means a lot. Um for him to be
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  able to come here and finish his last
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  year out um with us is a blessing, you
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  know. Um he's obviously one of our main
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  leaders and for us to go to where he his
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  old stopping grounds and us to help him
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  perform there. Um it's going to be good.
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  You know, we going to help him get this
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  win for him.
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  Elijah, how big would it be for y'all
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  down the stretch on offense if Tahan
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  keeps playing like he's been playing on
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  that end of the board?
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  >> Yeah, with him and obviously Keshan um
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  both Keshan's and KO and y'all know how
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  much offensive production we can have
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  with all of them together. It's going to
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  be scary. Um we just got to figure it
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  out on defense and then everything will
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  be all right.
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  >> Anything else for Elijah?
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  >> Yeah, got one.
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  >> One more.
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  SP was in here talking about the
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  closeouts for y'all against Arkansas
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  probably wasn't where where they needed
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  to be. How important is that to focus on
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  that considering you know guys like
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  Hoverard and you know dudes from
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  Mississippi State they'll they'll fire
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  at any moment.
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  >> Yeah. Yeah. Um just being able to um
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  lock in on stuff like that like um
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  knowing where the shooter is at and how
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  hard you got to close out and knowing
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  who can't shoot and who's quick off the
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  dribble and stuff like that. Just little
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  details like that um are really
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  important and just being able to watch
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  film and pay attention to what all the
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  coaching staff is saying and stuff like
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  that going to help moving forward.
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  >> Elijah SP was in here talking about even
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  though you guys have taken four straight
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  losses. I mean it's been really good
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  teams you guys have played and talking
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  about not panicking and keeping that you
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  know as a team. I guess how important is
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  that for you guys to, you know, keep
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  your heads up even though the the wins
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  haven't necessarily come knowing the
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  body of work you guys have had this
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  season?
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  >> Yeah. Um
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  just being able to trust each other, you
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  know, um even though we're still losing,
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  staying connected, still a lot of season
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  left in my opinion. Um um with this last
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  stretch that we got, just being able to,
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  I guess, start a new season, you know,
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  go 0 and0, start Mississippi State, go
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  starting 1 and0, and then go on from
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  there for the rest of the season, just
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  being able to trust it and um just keep
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  grinding, stay together, and stay
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  connected.
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  >> All right, Elijah, thank you. Appreciate
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  y'all.