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Yaxel Lendeborg reacts to win vs. Ohio State

Yaxel LendeborgAfter the gameMichigan 71, Ohio State 67Big Ten TournamentGame page →

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Key quotes

  1. “I know I was in the corner one time and my man was like 1 foot away from me.”Q1 ↓
  2. “So when we have him down there, everybody feels a lot more confident guarding the ball, being more physical.”on Aday Mara · Q13 ↓
  3. “It's the first time they've ever played this face because usually it's a lot easier to get rebounds.”Q8 ↓

Transcript

Q1 Looking beyond points

Yaxel Lendeborg, you talk about that. I mean, your overall game was fine. A lot of assists, things like that. Is that how you look at things or are you only looking at points like something else?

Yeah, no, I don't really care about the points. I told them earlier because it felt like they were face guarding me. I know I was in the corner one time and my man was like 1 foot away from me. He's not leaving.

So I'm like, okay, I'll stay right here. I'm perfectly fine with it. But I do need to figure out ways where I can be more of an aggressive player. Presser, you know, and try to make more plays for my team.

I feel like I shied away from it because of how they regarded me. I'm gonna look back on it today and figure out what I can do to fix that in case that coverage gets thrown at me again.

Q8 Closer game than before

You mentioned it, I mean, this one was a lot tighter than the first two games. I guess just what was different about this one?

I feel like they figured out a better way to guard them screens, you know. And that really helps out because we're really like ball screen heavy team, you know, and they're being a lot more physical on the rebounds. It's the first time they've ever played this face because usually it's a lot easier to get rebounds. So we definitely, well, I, me especially, I definitely felt the difference. And you know, they came out playing a lot more aggressive.

Q13 Aday Mara's foul trouble and minutes

And how would you say Aday Mara didn't get in foul trouble early, was able to stay in for longer, played longer minutes? How crucial was he down the stretch?

Man, we live or die with Aday Mara down there. So when we have him down there, everybody feels a lot more confident guarding the ball, being more physical. And it's amazing when he gets going and starts playing physically like that, man, you know, we all get like a super high amount of confidence, you know, so it's great to have it.

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