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Aday Mara reacts to win vs. Ohio State

Aday MaraAfter the gameMichigan 71, Ohio State 67Big Ten TournamentGame page →

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Key quotes

  1. “I think we were It was like our mindset, I would say.”Q7 ↓
  2. “So just, yeah, I feel like sometimes it's unfair, but you gotta keep playing, just keep trying your best, you know.”Q4 ↓
  3. “Just by thinking like that was our only loss in the season in the Big Ten.”Q9 ↓

Transcript

Q4 Staying focused through foul calls

Bills fan. I'm curious. I don't want to get you to criticize the officiating too much, but it seemed like you got a couple ticky-tack fouls where it didn't look like there was a lot there. How do you stay focused through that? I know it's hard to officiate you at times, I think people would say. So yeah, how does that process go?

Well, sometimes during the game, I think some calls are a little bit unfair, I would say, but that doesn't have to— that doesn't change my mind. Obviously, I might get a little bit mad just after the call, but I like— after a time, you gotta realize that you gotta keep playing. So just, yeah, I feel like sometimes it's unfair, but you gotta keep playing, just keep trying your best, you know.

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Q7 What changed from earlier games

What was the difference this time around? I mean, the first 2 games you guys came by 12 and 21. This one's up there. What was different?

Honestly, I don't know. I think we were It was like our mindset, I would say. They also played yesterday, so I mean, obviously they are more tired, but they already had that— I don't know what to say— but that game before, you know, like you— like they were prepared, they were ready for playing. That was our first game in almost a week.

We were practicing, but it's not the same, you know, that you don't get like the game rhythm, the game pace. So I think that was another thing. But yeah, like I think it was more than them.

Q9 Tightening up defensively on demand

It feels like whenever you guys want, you can sort of tighten the screws defensively and just generate stop after stop. What goes into that, and why do you think this team can do that?

I think we, I mean, we all know that we can do that, so that's why sometimes we rely on, "Oh, we'll do it." You know, like putting it in the future, you know? So I think we gotta start doing it from the beginning, just like try to kill them first half, and so we don't have close games in the second half. Early thoughts on Illinois or Wisconsin?

Illinois or Wisconsin? Both. I mean, I'm good with both. So it's on us.

Honestly, I think it's on us. It's on playing much better than today, playing harder, playing like we used to, you know, so like we can play. So what do you remember about the Wisconsin game? I mean, I remember the game.

It wasn't fun, you know. Just by thinking like that was our only loss in the season in the Big Ten. But we know, now that we played twice against them and we're playing again, we know what they do. We know what

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