University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Postgame Quotes - UCLA vs Oregon State
POSTGAME QUOTES
UCLA 57, Oregon State 52
January 30, 2021
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Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Menโs Head Basketball Coach
on David Singleton
โIt doesnโt surprise me that Dave did some good things. I told him heโs got to trust his pull-up shot when they run him off the line. He passed one up, then he took the next one at the foul line and it just rolled off the rim for him. Thought was a really good play by him. Story of the night for us, we couldnโt get the ball to go in. Dave was solid, he had five defensive rebounds too.โ
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on Cody Riley and Jaime Jaquez Jr.
โJaimeโs five offensive rebounds were huge. [Oregon State ] is going to play their matchup zone, we canโt just win if we make shots, we have to win if the ball wonโt go in. We talked a lot about that. Thatโs what happened to USC when they went to Oregon State, the ball didnโt go in for them. We had 11 [offensive rebounds], Jaime was big on the glass. I would say right now Cody is a product of his practice habits. Heโs by far our best player in practice. His effort, heโs really learned how to play hard and work himself into condition. He puts a lot of extra time in with Wes Long on his conditioning and expanding his 15-foot shot to where heโs money on that. A lot of guys, they think theyโre going to score at game time, but they donโt give it all at practice so theyโre going to try and flip the switch. I thought there was a problem with our shooting today, we didnโt have great practices other than Cody. Heโs really a product of his practice habits, thatโs why heโs grown so much as a player.โ
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on the close game
โI donโt sleep until the season is over, anyway. Our best shooters are wide open and itโs not going in, when that guy banked it in, thatโs when you start wondering. All I do is watch games, and Iโve seen some crazy, crazy endings this week. Itโs starting to get to the silly season in college basketball. Seasonโs getting long for the kids, COVID is making it longer, but itโs just that time of year. Itโs like I told the guys after the game, the next three weeks are a grind, theyโre a real grind until you get to late February. Then the guys start seeing the tournament coming, itโs just a different feel, but right now itโs a grind and you just have to grind out wins which we did today.โ
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on preparing for the game at USC next weekend
โIt will be our last week without a game, because of at the end of the year Iโd say weโll be playing at least one makeup game. Although the rest throws off our timing and our rhythm which you saw today with our shooting, I think ultimately it helps you in the long run. Iโm hoping. Our game is about March. Youโve got to win games to put yourself in a good position for March. But weโve got guys, especially Tyger, I think the rest could help him. Weโll probably take a couple of days off, obviously tomorrow will be a day off.โ
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on Jules Bernard
โI thought he blew his elbow out the way he went down, but they said he banged his knee on the ground. He kept telling me โ[Iโm] fine,โ the guyโs unbelievable. He kept convincing me he was fine, so we tried to use him. He wasnโt in a good offensive rhythm anyway, so I just figured try to save him late, use him for defense. He was awesome, had a couple great defensive plays down the stretch. Iโm sure heโll be pretty sore tomorrow because he landed without bracing himself at all. The guyโs made of rubber, heโs unreal.โ
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UCLA 57, Oregon State 52
January 30, 2021
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Mick Cronin, The Michael Price Family UCLA Menโs Head Basketball Coach
on David Singleton
โIt doesnโt surprise me that Dave did some good things. I told him heโs got to trust his pull-up shot when they run him off the line. He passed one up, then he took the next one at the foul line and it just rolled off the rim for him. Thought was a really good play by him. Story of the night for us, we couldnโt get the ball to go in. Dave was solid, he had five defensive rebounds too.โ
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on Cody Riley and Jaime Jaquez Jr.
โJaimeโs five offensive rebounds were huge. [Oregon State ] is going to play their matchup zone, we canโt just win if we make shots, we have to win if the ball wonโt go in. We talked a lot about that. Thatโs what happened to USC when they went to Oregon State, the ball didnโt go in for them. We had 11 [offensive rebounds], Jaime was big on the glass. I would say right now Cody is a product of his practice habits. Heโs by far our best player in practice. His effort, heโs really learned how to play hard and work himself into condition. He puts a lot of extra time in with Wes Long on his conditioning and expanding his 15-foot shot to where heโs money on that. A lot of guys, they think theyโre going to score at game time, but they donโt give it all at practice so theyโre going to try and flip the switch. I thought there was a problem with our shooting today, we didnโt have great practices other than Cody. Heโs really a product of his practice habits, thatโs why heโs grown so much as a player.โ
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on the close game
โI donโt sleep until the season is over, anyway. Our best shooters are wide open and itโs not going in, when that guy banked it in, thatโs when you start wondering. All I do is watch games, and Iโve seen some crazy, crazy endings this week. Itโs starting to get to the silly season in college basketball. Seasonโs getting long for the kids, COVID is making it longer, but itโs just that time of year. Itโs like I told the guys after the game, the next three weeks are a grind, theyโre a real grind until you get to late February. Then the guys start seeing the tournament coming, itโs just a different feel, but right now itโs a grind and you just have to grind out wins which we did today.โ
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on preparing for the game at USC next weekend
โIt will be our last week without a game, because of at the end of the year Iโd say weโll be playing at least one makeup game. Although the rest throws off our timing and our rhythm which you saw today with our shooting, I think ultimately it helps you in the long run. Iโm hoping. Our game is about March. Youโve got to win games to put yourself in a good position for March. But weโve got guys, especially Tyger, I think the rest could help him. Weโll probably take a couple of days off, obviously tomorrow will be a day off.โ
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on Jules Bernard
โI thought he blew his elbow out the way he went down, but they said he banged his knee on the ground. He kept telling me โ[Iโm] fine,โ the guyโs unbelievable. He kept convincing me he was fine, so we tried to use him. He wasnโt in a good offensive rhythm anyway, so I just figured try to save him late, use him for defense. He was awesome, had a couple great defensive plays down the stretch. Iโm sure heโll be pretty sore tomorrow because he landed without bracing himself at all. The guyโs made of rubber, heโs unreal.โ
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