"We're a lot more focused in the way we need to play as far as hitting the offensive glass as much as we need to and playing harder defense," said Gates. "We felt it was just a slump we had to work our way out of ."
Cashmere Wright (whose minutes are increasing again) chimed in.
"We never really lost confidence in ourselves," Wright said. "So, when it all happened we just felt it was one bump in the road. We've got to move forward and work harder to get better. Team chemistry's coming back to the team."
If team chemistry's getting better, perhaps the shooting will too. The numbers from the foul line have been atrocious in the last two contests (8-16 vs. Marquette, 14-32 against DePaul) and UC missed ALL of their "threes" Wednesday night against the Blue Demons.
"I think we're coming along," Wright said. "We're going to make shots some nights and some nights we're not. Every night we're going to play defense and we're going to go all out and give ourselves a chance to win."
"They can go 0-10 too," said Wright when reminded of the "goose egg" from the arc. "You never know,it's all about how the ball falls that day. We don't think that's going to happen again (0-9)."
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Cashmere Wright (whose minutes are increasing again) chimed in.
"We never really lost confidence in ourselves," Wright said. "So, when it all happened we just felt it was one bump in the road. We've got to move forward and work harder to get better. Team chemistry's coming back to the team."
If team chemistry's getting better, perhaps the shooting will too. The numbers from the foul line have been atrocious in the last two contests (8-16 vs. Marquette, 14-32 against DePaul) and UC missed ALL of their "threes" Wednesday night against the Blue Demons.
"I think we're coming along," Wright said. "We're going to make shots some nights and some nights we're not. Every night we're going to play defense and we're going to go all out and give ourselves a chance to win."
"They can go 0-10 too," said Wright when reminded of the "goose egg" from the arc. "You never know,it's all about how the ball falls that day. We don't think that's going to happen again (0-9)."
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