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UW coach Mike Hopkins weighs in on the Oregon State victory.
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00:00 >> The defense that you guys played in that first half, I mean,
00:03 the question is, why can't you guys replicate that in other situations?
00:09 >> Well, I think it goes back to, you always go back to what type of shots
00:14 clear gets the most force and sometimes people get hot.
00:18 [LAUGH] So I think the efforts there, I think the thing that you saw in these
00:24 last two or three games, even though the result wasn't what we wanted in the cup,
00:30 was our multiple efforts on the defensive end.
00:33 When we're firing the post, which is a double team, when we are rebounding,
00:36 you saw five guys going after the ball.
00:38 I think those are the things, Percy, that you really notice and
00:42 you see the growth.
00:43 There's a little bit more, not that we're aggressive, but
00:47 a little bit more emphasis on certain things, and our guys did that tonight.
00:52 But even in those previous two games, it just felt like it was just too up and
00:55 down, and this is the type of game where you guys thrive at,
00:59 taking away their three, and then just keeping it.
01:02 >> It goes back to executing the game plan.
01:06 We wanted to make sure that Fulton didn't have a great game.
01:09 We knew he would score, but not the numbers that-
01:11 >> Efficient, yeah.
01:12 >> And Bilodeau, same thing.
01:13 I thought that was a big part of the game.
01:15 We executed that well.
01:16 And then we were worried about rebounding, because they're so big.
01:19 And we got them there, too.
01:22 >> A little bit too many turnovers in the second half for me,
01:25 to let them get back in the game.
01:27 But for the most part, on the defensive end, we really conveyed it.