Jaylin Williams, F, So.
On what allowed them to score 109 points during the game…
“The scouting report was big because it helped us in knowing who could guard who and knowing who was struggling to move their feet for the other team. We got our plays and we had to change them up a little bit because South Carolina’s coach, he’s a good coach, so we had to flip them up a little bit for him, and then they struggled to guard us so we just penetrated. When Sharife penetrates, they have to throw to him or he’s going to finish at the rim.”
On the team’s mentality after losing the lead to Arkansas…
“Especially at halftime when we saw we were up, I don’t know by how much, so going into the locker room I was thinking, ‘Man, we can not blow this lead.’ Going into the locker room we all got together and we kind of kept our energy up together, jumping around, happy, keeping our same energy to come out with in the second half. I believe we did so.”
On his own offensive performance…
“It was fun. Me, I don’t really care too much about having a big scoring game. We were struggling to win and that was good for me, I just wanted to win. I know BP told me to be more aggressive and do more things, but just the team win was big for me today.”
On scoring off turnovers and rebounds…
“South Carolina is leading the league in offensive rebounds so we know we had to bust them out and so when we got rebounds we know they were bad at getting back in transition so knew we had to bust out. I know in transition, Sharife is unbelievable so he’s going to find somebody or he’s going to get it to the rim.”
Allen Flanigan, G, So.
On what Auburn did better Saturday vs. Wednesday…
“We communicated better and just played to make plays for other guys, for the most part.”
On the pressure he puts on himself and his mentality changing from a freshman to a sophomore…
“My mentality and everything had to change in a big way, real quick, through the summer and through the quarantine phase, but really just being a leader and a guy that other guys can look at – the younger guys – and following what I do try to lead by example, and just be a great teammate.”
On what it means to accomplish a lot during the game as a young team…
“Everybody who comes to Auburn, we come here to make history. So just really just being able to make history and get out here and play great. We made history tonight.”