USC Trojans Coach Eric Musselman Evaluates Struggling Team In Big Ten Play

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00:00With that, how do you correct it?

00:01I mean, you can't talk about it too much because then it gets in their heads.

00:05But you gotta work on your free throws, which we do.

00:11But we've had two home games where we just haven't converted it at a good

00:16enough rate, I don't know what else to do, look at me.

00:21Coach, Desmond only had seven shots tonight, and

00:25it looked like they were trying to clog the lane.

00:31When Morrow was out at the top of the key,

00:33were you making an effort to get the ball inside and beat him back?

00:36Well, yeah, I mean, didn't our center have 21 points?

00:41I think that's a career high for a G.

00:43So when he was out there, I thought we held our own or won that matchup.

00:49I mean, I don't really understand the question when we threw it to the roll man,

00:54and that's why he had 21 points, he didn't make a three tonight.

00:57So I thought that the handling of, and Des had six assists.

01:04But Des, he's got to play better than he did tonight, and

01:07then he did against Wisconsin.

01:09I mean, we rely on him,

01:11he's one of the most dynamic scorers in the Big Ten.

01:16So, but I actually thought that Rashawn was phenomenal tonight.

01:25Against their hard hedge, and that was part of the game plan.

01:28We knew that they were gonna double team the ball, or soft trap it, or

01:32hard hedge it, whatever you wanna say.

01:33And that's why Shawn was so effective, and he took a couple threes early.

01:39And we told him to short roll and not take those threes.

01:43And if you take away the first couple threes he had, he's super effective tonight.