“It’s something that we had talked about going into the game. We did a really good job on Jahvon Blair, but we didn’t do a good job on the other guys. I just thought we let them get off to too good of a start shooting the basketball, then we just had some breakdowns in the second half where they hit some really tough shots.”
On his concern for Seton Hall’s present standing:
“No. This is our third game in six days and they’re coming off a seven-day bye week, so we’re still 10-6 in the league and we’ve played more games than anybody. When you play against a team that’s coming off a bye week, you’ve got to make sure you’re coming in and execute defensively. We just didn’t execute defensively.”
On how much Seton Hall misses Bryce Aiken:
“It’s a big loss. Shavar’s been great all year, but the second half, we really never were in a position where we could give him a long, extended break. But he’s been playing great and it’s a matter of he’s got to try to pick his spots to where he could get a rest, and sometimes that’s hard to do. It’s a big loss, but I think we’ve just got to get other guys to step up right now.”
On Aiken’s return:
“Honestly, I have no idea. As of right now, he’s out indefinitely.”
On Georgetown’s Chudier Bile:
“I think he’s made a huge difference in the way they’re playing. I think it’s helped him out defensively, because it takes the pressure off Jamorko (Pickett) having to guard the three man at times, and again, I think it’s given them a guy who’s a tough matchup because he can drive the basketball, he’s shooting the basketball pretty darn good, and he plays really hard. So I think he’s given Jahvon and Jamorko a chance to kind of be a little more free on the offensive end, and it’s really helped them.”
On what Seton Hall has to do to play a complete game:
“I’ve always said this: Sometimes, how you play depends on how your schedule has been, and three games in six days is a lot in this conference, especially since we haven’t had a COVID break. We haven’t been on pause at all this year, so we’ve been doing what we’re supposed to be doing, and when you come and play a team that’s been off seven days and this is your third game in six days, you’re maybe not going to play the best. I’m not too worried, obviously I want to win every game, but I told my guys we battled. I thought they played really hard, but we just didn’t have enough focus. I think the third game in six days really kind of wore at us a little bit.”
On Seton Hall’s effort in the last five minutes:
“I think our execution down the stretch — I thought we had some chances at the rim, I thought (Qudus) Wahab had some big blocks at the rim, I thought there were some chances where we could have got to the free throw line, but we didn’t — but sometimes when you’re gassed and you’re a little bit out there, sometimes you just don’t make the plays that you need to play, and we had a couple of turnovers late in the game. Again, to play the way we did and battle the way we did after all these games, the energy was great. I thought the effort was great, we just didn’t have it from a mental standpoint today.”
On Seton Hall’s offensive execution:
“I thought our tempo was really good, I thought it was better today. Again, different teams play different ways. Georgetown’s not the most physical defensive team, they don’t battle you kind of like DePaul and Marquette do, so it’s a different example. I thought we would play well against them because they’re just not as physical a team as DePaul and Marquette, but they’ve been really getting up and down lately and that’s kind of what they did to us. It was two totally different styles from the two teams we had just played, so again, I think we’re in a really good spot. I like where we’re at, it’s just that we need to take a couple of days to get our rest, get our legs under us and get ready for the stretch run.”
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