Arkansas Razorbacks guard Khalif Battle with the media after a 71-67 loss to Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.
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00:08 How tough was that to have to watch from the bench knowing that you and Team Mark were both out?
00:14 It was tough, but I mean that's why you know we had a team so things like that happen
00:21 And regardless of if me and Team Mark are not in the game, we still gotta be able to finish the game
00:26 So it's not on them. It's just on us as a team collectively
00:30 Yes, I'm sure this was by far your best game in the SEC and you've had some good games
00:35 But had other games where you didn't play much or I think when you didn't play at all just kind of
00:38 How have you dealt with that and and what's the key to having a game like this when maybe the minutes haven't been there?
00:45 much lately
00:47 My work hasn't changed. Um
00:49 There's just you know, we got a lot of talented guys on the team
00:53 You just gotta be ready when your name is called
00:55 So whether I don't play or whether I play 40 minutes, the number one goal is winning
00:59 So I don't really you know get into that but I know what I'm capable of and you know
01:04 It doesn't change my work ethic and you know how I approach every single day
01:07 You know the loss aside how how good is it to get back in the flow and have a good game?
01:12 And maybe this is a good thing you can build on you know for the final stretch
01:19 Honestly, I'd rather have zero points zero minutes of a minute we won so I mean I mean the game doesn't mean anything like my
01:25 game individual performance mean anything we lost because at the end of the day, that's all we see is you know wins losses
01:31 So, I mean, we just got to get back in the gym
01:33 And just you know
01:36 Work on closing our games. We were right there. I liked our I liked our fight
01:40 But you know, it was just tough not being able to close out the game. Yeah, Makai really played
01:45 Well, what'd you think of his game and how he helped you all stay in the game and almost win it?
01:49 I play really well. He battled down there. Um
01:52 You know, he had a lot of key buckets for us
01:54 He played hard and it sucks that we couldn't get the win. I got a couple more somebody else wants to ask one or
02:02 You know, you want to just keep going Mike
02:07 Try you got a question. No. All right. Final question, Bob. Okay
02:13 Just you know, you didn't have Jalen obviously TB still out
02:16 You you and Tremont filed out but just what you think of the fight the team showed would be in shorthanded today. I
02:23 Think we made a step in the right direction, but as we still got some little ways to go
02:30 I'm I think we were right there. Um
02:32 It's tough because we feel like you know
02:35 We we're right there and now it's just like getting to the top of the mountain
02:39 We'd like this just it's tough. I mean I can't put into words, but you know, we still gonna keep working
02:44 Yeah, guys, well, we're about miss the a&m game. Okay
02:48 Obviously a short turnaround, but you guys had a tough turnaround really played well today
02:52 I thought just you know, you already beat a&m once and I guess you didn't get to play in that game
02:57 But I think you're gonna play in this one
02:59 Just just how do you feel about going to a&m and having a shot to sweep those guys? I
03:03 Just want to win so whatever we got to do a team and
03:10 Individually as long as I get the win, that's what I matter. So I'm just
03:13 Time to get back to work
03:16 That's really just what it is
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